Player Dossier

2019-2023

Kentucky

Devin Leary

QB • 6'1" • 217 lbs • Sicklerville, NJ, USA

Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator

Devin Leary is a balanced quarterback profile with 13.7 usage in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

35%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

53

Solid production for a quarterback

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Reliability

42

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

68

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · NC State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
NC State • Kentucky
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Louisville

Player Story

Devin Leary built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a quarterback from Sicklerville, NJ wearing No. 13, spending time with Kentucky and NC State. The clearest part of Devin Leary's career was his passing...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8905

Timber Creek · Sicklerville, NJ

Committed To
NC State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2024
Selection
Round 6 · Pick 42
Overall
No. 218
NFL Team
Baltimore Ravens

Devin Leary, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · NC State. Devin Leary is a balanced quarterback profile with 13.7 usage in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
9,463
Passing yards
9,542
Touchdowns
93

Quick Answers

Devin Leary quick answers

Latest team and position
Kentucky · QB
Career Total Offense
9,463
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 43 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · NC State
Top game
Louisville
Recruit profile
4-star · Timber Creek · NC State
High school pipeline
Ben Davis · 37 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
NFL Draft
2024 · Round 6 · Pick 42 · Baltimore Ravens
Latest roster
No. 13 · Senior
2023 Total offense rank
2,686 total offense · QB 64th (top 17%) · SEC 9th (top 6%) · National 64th (top 5%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonNC State81,2651,21946849.8
2020 Regular SeasonNC State48868797848.4
2021 Regular SeasonNC State123,3603,433-733770.4
2022 Regular SeasonNC State61,2661,26511449.6
2023 PostseasonKentucky13301306-5258.3
2023 Regular SeasonKentucky132,3852,440-552458.3

Related Context

Devin Leary played QB for NC State and Kentucky. Across 5 tracked seasons, Devin Leary recorded 9,542 passing yards, -79 rushing yards, and -4 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2021 with NC State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

NC State paired 3,360 primary output with 59.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

pass-led usage with 54.8 efficiency.

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Career value stayed steady

2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across NC State, Kentucky.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Clemson

Loss with 245 yards of offense and 48.6 efficiency. It landed in the 66.7th percentile of the selected season.

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2022 Regular Season · NC State

Games

6

Primary Metric / G

211

Efficiency

54.8

Usage

12.8

Consistency

77.6

Best Game by takeover score

Clemson

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. East Carolina: 212. Charleston Southern: 258. Texas Tech: 109. UConn: 313. Clemson: 245. Florida State: 129

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. East Carolina: 35 by 49.4. Charleston Southern: 28 by 77.5. Texas Tech: 28 by 52.3. UConn: 48 by 56.1. Clemson: 54 by 48.6. Florida State: 23 by 45

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins204.2 · Games = 5 · -40.8 vs Losses
Losses245 · Games = 1 · +40.8 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

6 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

Clemson

Best efficiency game

77.5 vs Charleston Southern

Result
Sun 10/9vs Florida StateW 19-17102113047.611452-1-0.5006
Sat 10/1@ ClemsonL 20-30284724559.61148.670017
Sat 9/24vs UConn300-yard game · 3+ TDW 41-10324432072.74156.14-7-1.8004
Sat 9/17vs Texas TechW 27-14152312165.20052.35-12-2.4002
Sat 9/10vs Charleston Southern3+ TDW 55-3162523864.04077.53206.70212
Sat 9/3@ East CarolinaW 21-20173321151.51149.4210.5002

Player Story

Devin Leary story

Devin Leary built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a quarterback from Sicklerville, NJ wearing No. 13, spending time with Kentucky and NC State. The clearest part of Devin Leary's career was his passing role: 9,542 passing yards, 87 touchdown passes, and 1,314 attempts across 43 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with NC State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. His career also includes 6 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 43 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Kentucky and NC State.

The arc is straightforward: Devin Leary moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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  1. 1

    NC State

    2019-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Kentucky

    2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201920202021202220232023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonNC State1,26553.617.6
2020 Regular SeasonNC State88660.512.9-379
2021 Regular SeasonNC State3,36059.615.32,474
2022 Regular SeasonNC State1,26654.812.8-2,094
2023 PostseasonKentucky2,68654.213.71,420
2023 Regular SeasonKentucky2,68654.213.70

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Louisville

Week 12 · L 20-34 · Conference game

Loss with 266 yards of offense and 52.7 efficiency.

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Total Offense

76.3 takeover

266 total offense with 52.7 efficiency.

#2

vs Tennessee

Week 9 · L 27-33 · Conference game

393

Total Offense

73.2 takeover

Loss with 393 yards of offense and 73.3 efficiency.

393 total offense with 73.3 efficiency.

#3

@ Wake Forest

Week 11 · L 42-45 · Conference game

406

Total Offense

67 takeover

Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.

406 total offense with 51.7 efficiency.

#4

@ Clemson

Week 5 · L 20-30 · Conference game

245

Total Offense

67 takeover

Loss with 245 yards of offense and 48.6 efficiency.

245 total offense with 48.6 efficiency.

#5

@ Pittsburgh

Week 5 · W 30-29 · Conference game

338

Total Offense

65 takeover

Win with 338 yards of offense and 57.8 efficiency.

338 total offense with 57.8 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · NC State

3,360 primary output · 59.6 efficiency · 15.3 usage

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#2

2023 Postseason · Kentucky

58.3

2,686 primary · 54.2 efficiency · 13.7 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Kentucky

58.3

2,686 primary · 54.2 efficiency · 13.7 usage

Milestones

16

250+ passing yards

10

300+ total offense

16

3+ TD games

12

Above avg efficiency