Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2020-2025UAB
Devin Hightower
LB • 6'1" • 230 lbs • Twinsburg, OH, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Devin Hightower shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 34 disruption score.
Impact Production
73
High-end production for a linebacker
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Reliability
79
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
79
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · UAB
20212225
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Michigan State • Cincinnati • UAB
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: South Florida
Player Story
Devin Hightower built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a linebacker from Twinsburg, OH, spending time with Cincinnati, Michigan State, and UAB. The clearest part of Devin Hightower's career was his...
Read the storyDevin Hightower, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · UAB. Devin Hightower shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 34 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 86
- TFL
- 3
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 2
Quick Answers
Devin Hightower quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UAB · LB
- Career Tackles
- 86
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 15 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · UAB
- Top game
- South Florida
- High school pipeline
- Sierra Canyon · 33 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 0 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 81 tackles · LB 103rd (top 9%) · American Athletic 15th (top 3%) · National 138th (top 3%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Michigan State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 2 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 41.9 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2025 Regular Season | UAB | 12 | 81 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | 56.4 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | UAB to Tulsa | G5/FCS to G5/FCS | 19.6 | Feb 2, 2026 |
| 2025 | Unlisted to UAB | Unlisted to G5/FCS | 19.6 | Jan 9, 2025 |
| 2023 | Cincinnati to Unlisted | P4 to Unlisted | 19.6 | Mar 31, 2023 |
| 2021 | Michigan State to Cincinnati | P4 to P4 | 19.6 | May 18, 2021 |
Devin Hightower played LB for Michigan State, Cincinnati, and UAB. Across 4 tracked seasons, Devin Hightower recorded 86 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with UAB.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
UAB paired 7 primary output with 34 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 34 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Michigan State, Cincinnati, UAB.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: South Florida
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · UAB
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
34
Usage
9.3
Consistency
13.9
Best Game by takeover score
South Florida
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Alabama State: 1. Navy: 0. Akron: 0. Tennessee: 0. Army: 0. Florida Atlantic: 2. Memphis: 1. UConn: 0. Rice: 0. North Texas: 0. South Florida: 2. Tulsa: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Alabama State: 6 by 35. Navy: 10 by 41.7. Akron: 5 by 20.8. Tennessee: 5 by 20.8. Army: 9 by 37.5. Florida Atlantic: 7 by 49.2. Memphis: 5 by 30.8. UConn: 8 by 33.3. Rice: 9 by 37.5. North Texas: 6 by 25. South Florida: 9 by 57.5. Tulsa: 2 by 18.3
Split Comparison
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Wins0.8 · Games = 4 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 8 · -0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
South Florida
Best efficiency game
57.5 vs South Florida
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | @ Tulsa | W 31-24 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs South FloridaSplash game | L 18-48 | 9 | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs North Texas | L 24-53 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | @ Rice | L 17-24 | 9 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ UConn | L 19-38 | 8 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Memphis | W 31-24 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Florida AtlanticSplash game | L 33-53 | 7 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Army | L 13-31 | 9 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Tennessee | L 24-56 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/14 | vs Akron | W 31-28 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Navy10+ tackles | L 24-38 | 10 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 8/29 | vs Alabama State | W 52-42 | 6 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Devin Hightower story
Devin Hightower built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a linebacker from Twinsburg, OH, spending time with Cincinnati, Michigan State, and UAB. The clearest part of Devin Hightower's career was his defensive production: 86 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 1 interception across 15 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with UAB. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Devin Hightower's production has multiple signals. With 15 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Cincinnati, Michigan State, and UAB.
The arc is straightforward: Devin Hightower 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
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Michigan State
2020
Opening stop
- 2
Cincinnati
2021-2022
Peak year stop
- 3
UAB
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2020202120222025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Michigan State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 0 | 10.4 | 1.9 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | UAB | 7 | 34 | 9.3 | 7 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 29 South Florida
Week 13 · L 18-48 · Conference game
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
85.8 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 85.8 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 98 Florida Atlantic
Week 7 · L 33-53 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
83.1 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 83.1 takeover score.
#3
vs Alabama State
Week 1 · W 52-42
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Havoc Plays
58.9 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.9 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 39 Memphis
Week 8 · W 31-24 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
55.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 55.3 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 104 Tulsa
Week 14 · W 31-24 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
36.1 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · UAB
7 primary output · 34 efficiency · 9.3 usage
56.4
#2
2021 Regular Season · Cincinnati
41.9
0 primary · 10.4 efficiency · 1.9 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · Michigan State
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
2
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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