Usage Score
9.3
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.
Efficiency
34
Consistency
13.9
Season Value
39.3
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · UAB
20212225
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Seasons Tracked
- 4
- Program Path
- Michigan State • Cincinnati • UAB
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Florida Atlantic
Scouting Read
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Devin 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.
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: Florida Atlantic
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
Florida Atlantic
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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
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
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
Florida Atlantic
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 | — | — |
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
Florida Atlantic
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Primary metric
2 disruption/tackle impact with 59.9 takeover score.
#2
South Florida
2
Primary metric
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 59.2 takeover score.
#3
Alabama State
1
Primary metric
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 32 takeover score.
#4
Memphis
1
Primary metric
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 30.3 takeover score.
#5
Tulsa
1
Primary metric
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 24.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · UAB
7 primary output · 34 efficiency · 9.3 usage
39.3
#2
2021 Regular Season · Cincinnati
37.4
0 primary · 10.4 efficiency · 1.9 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · Michigan State
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
2
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Recruit Profile
5★
Class 2026 · Rating 0.9869
Sierra Canyon · Chatsworth, CA
- Committed To
- Texas
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2026
Career Facts
3
Career teams
4
Seasons tracked
86
Career Tackles
Data Context
Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 15 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.
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