Player Dossier

2018-2019

NC State

De'Von Graves

S • 6'1" • 197 lbs • Appomattox, VA, USA

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De'Von Graves shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

21%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

31

Developing production for a safety

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Reliability

29

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

46

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · NC State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
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Unique Seasons
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Program Path
NC State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Ball State

Player Story

De'Von Graves built his college career from 2018 through 2019 as a safety from Appomattox, VA wearing No. 14, spending time with NC State. The clearest part of De'Von Graves' career was his defensive production: 26...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8958

Appomattox County · Appomattox, VA

Committed To
NC State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

De'Von Graves, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · NC State. De'Von Graves shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
26
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
4

Quick Answers

De'Von Graves quick answers

Latest team and position
NC State · S
Career Tackles
26
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 13 games
Best season
2019 Regular Season · NC State
Top game
Ball State
Recruit profile
4-star · Appomattox County · NC State
High school pipeline
Appomattox County · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 14 · Sophomore
2019 Tackles rank
23 tackles · S 202nd (top 42%) · ACC 201st (top 32%) · National 1,750th (top 30%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonNC State33-01-014.3
2019 Regular SeasonNC State1023-014044.9

Related Context

De'Von Graves played S for NC State. Across 2 tracked seasons, De'Von Graves recorded 26 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with NC State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season

NC State paired 5 primary output with 14.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 14.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2019 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Ball State

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2019 Regular Season · NC State

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

14.6

Usage

1.8

Consistency

50

Best Game by takeover score

Ball State

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. East Carolina: 1. Western Carolina: 0. Ball State: 1. Florida State: 0. Syracuse: 0. Boston College: 0. Wake Forest: 1. Clemson: 1. Georgia Tech: 0. North Carolina: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. East Carolina: 1 by 14.2. Western Carolina: 1 by 4.2. Ball State: 6 by 35. Florida State: 2 by 8.3. Syracuse: 3 by 12.5. Boston College: 1 by 4.2. Wake Forest: 4 by 26.7. Clemson: 2 by 18.3. Georgia Tech: 1 by 4.2. North Carolina: 2 by 18.3

Split Comparison

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Wins0.5 · Games = 4 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 6 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Ball State

Best efficiency game

35 vs Ball State

Result
Sun 12/1vs North CarolinaL 10-4122001
Fri 11/22@ Georgia TechL 26-2811000
Sun 11/10vs ClemsonL 10-5522001
Sat 11/2@ Wake ForestL 10-4442001
Sat 10/19@ Boston CollegeL 24-4511000
Fri 10/11vs SyracuseW 16-1033000
Sat 9/28@ Florida StateL 13-3121000
Sat 9/21vs Ball StateW 34-2364001
Sat 9/7vs Western CarolinaW 41-011000
Sat 8/31vs East CarolinaW 34-611000

Player Story

De'Von Graves story

De'Von Graves built his college career from 2018 through 2019 as a safety from Appomattox, VA wearing No. 14, spending time with NC State. The clearest part of De'Von Graves' career was his defensive production: 26 tackles and 4 passes defended across 13 career games in the available record. That gives De'Von Graves' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    NC State

    2018-2019

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20182019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonNC State17.52.2
2019 Regular SeasonNC State514.61.84

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Ball State

Week 4 · W 34-23

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

56.1 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.1 takeover score.

#2

@ Louisville

Week 12 · W 52-10 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

53.1 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.1 takeover score.

#3

@ Wake Forest

Week 10 · L 10-44 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

48.6 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.6 takeover score.

#4

vs East Carolina

Week 1 · W 34-6

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Havoc Plays

47.5 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 47.5 takeover score.

#5

vs North Carolina

Week 14 · L 10-41 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

42.8 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 42.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Regular Season · NC State

5 primary output · 14.6 efficiency · 1.8 usage

44.9

#2

2018 Regular Season · NC State

14.3

1 primary · 7.5 efficiency · 2.2 usage

Milestones

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Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games