Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2024UCLA
Devin Kirkwood
DB • 6'3" • 205 lbs • Inglewood, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Devin Kirkwood shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15 disruption score.
Impact Production
40
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
38
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
58
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · UCLA
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- UCLA
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Washington
Player Story
Devin Kirkwood built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a defensive back from Inglewood, CA wearing No. 3, spending time with UCLA. The clearest part of Devin Kirkwood's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- UCLA
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Devin Kirkwood, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · UCLA. Devin Kirkwood shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 98
- TFL
- 4
- Sacks
- 0.5
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 10
Quick Answers
Devin Kirkwood quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UCLA · DB
- Career Tackles
- 98
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 43 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · UCLA
- Top game
- Washington
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Junipero Serra · UCLA
- High school pipeline
- Junipero Serra · 73 FBS recruits · 7 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 3 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 24 tackles · DB 395th (top 41%) · Big Ten 229th (top 28%) · National 1,718th (top 29%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | UCLA | 12 | 23 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 15.2 |
| 2022 Regular Season | UCLA | 8 | 27 | - | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 33.8 |
| 2023 Postseason | UCLA | 12 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 33.6 |
| 2023 Regular Season | UCLA | 12 | 22 | 2.5 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 33.6 |
| 2024 Regular Season | UCLA | 11 | 24 | 1 | 0.5 | - | 4 | 0 | 47.3 |
Related Context
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Devin Kirkwood played DB for UCLA. Across 4 tracked seasons, Devin Kirkwood recorded 98 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with UCLA.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
UCLA paired 6.5 primary output with 15 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 15 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2024 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Washington
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 90.9th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · UCLA
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
15
Usage
3.3
Consistency
46.4
Best Game by takeover score
Washington
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Hawai'i: 0. Indiana: 2. LSU: 0. Oregon: 0.5. Penn State: 0. Minnesota: 0. Rutgers: 1. Nebraska: 0. Iowa: 1. Washington: 1. USC: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Hawai'i: 1 by 4.2. Indiana: 2 by 28.3. LSU: 3 by 12.5. Oregon: 4 by 21.7. Penn State: 3 by 12.5. Minnesota: 2 by 8.3. Rutgers: 2 by 18.3. Nebraska: 2 by 8.3. Iowa: 2 by 18.3. Washington: 3 by 22.5. USC: 0 by 10
Split Comparison
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Wins0.5 · Games = 4 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 7 · +0.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Washington
Best efficiency game
28.3 vs Indiana
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/24 | vs USC | L 13-19 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | @ Washington | L 19-31 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/9 | vs Iowa | W 20-17 | 2 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | @ Nebraska | W 27-20 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | @ Rutgers | W 35-32 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 10/13 | vs Minnesota | L 17-21 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | @ Penn State | L 11-27 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/29 | vs Oregon | L 13-34 | 4 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | @ LSU | L 17-34 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | vs IndianaSplash game | L 13-42 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | @ Hawai'i | W 16-13 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Devin Kirkwood story
Devin Kirkwood built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a defensive back from Inglewood, CA wearing No. 3, spending time with UCLA. The clearest part of Devin Kirkwood's career was his defensive production: 98 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks, and 3 interceptions across 43 career games in the available record. That gives Devin Kirkwood's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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UCLA
2021-2024
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20212022202320232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | UCLA | 1.5 | 10.1 | 2.6 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | UCLA | 5 | 20.3 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
| 2023 Postseason | UCLA | 5.5 | 12.9 | 2.7 | 0.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | UCLA | 5.5 | 12.9 | 2.7 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | UCLA | 6.5 | 15 | 3.3 | 1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Washington
Week 7 · W 24-17 · Conference game
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
70.8 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 70.8 takeover score.
#2
vs Bowling Green
Week 1 · W 45-17
3
Havoc Plays
63.6 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 63.6 takeover score.
#3
vs California
Week 13 · L 7-33 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
57.8 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 57.8 takeover score.
#4
@ Arizona
Week 10 · L 10-27 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
57.8 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 57.8 takeover score.
#5
@ Washington
Week 12 · L 19-31 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
54.2 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 54.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · UCLA
6.5 primary output · 15 efficiency · 3.3 usage
47.3
#2
2022 Regular Season · UCLA
33.8
5 primary · 20.3 efficiency · 3.1 usage
#3
2023 Postseason · UCLA
33.6
5.5 primary · 12.9 efficiency · 2.7 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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