Player Dossier

2021-2025

TCU

Devean Deal

EDGE • 6'4" • 250 lbs • Garland, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Devean Deal shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 35.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

56%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

46

Developing production for an edge defender

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

43

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · TCU

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Tulane • TCU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UAB

Player Story

Devean Deal built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as an edge defender from Garland, TX wearing No. 11, spending time with TCU and Tulane. The clearest part of Devean Deal's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.9417

Naaman Forest · Garland, TX

Committed To
TCU
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Devean Deal, EDGE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · TCU. Devean Deal shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 35.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
173
TFL
35.5
Sacks
14
QB hurries
19
Passes defended
9
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Devean Deal quick answers

Latest team and position
TCU · EDGE
Career Tackles
173
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 50 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · TCU
Top game
UAB
Recruit profile
4-star · Naaman Forest · TCU
High school pipeline
Naaman Forest · 14 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 11 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
53 tackles · EDGE 2nd (top 5%) · Big 12 55th (top 8%) · National 533rd (top 9%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonTulane23111-031.5
2022 Regular SeasonTulane9283.5022040.2
2023 PostseasonTulane143101-067
2023 Regular SeasonTulane144012432067
2024 PostseasonTCU1251.51--062.4
2024 Regular SeasonTCU124184.531062.4
2025 PostseasonTCU133-01-069.9
2025 Regular SeasonTCU13508.53.584169.9

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2024Tulane to TCUG5/FCS to P483.5Dec 8, 2023

Devean Deal played EDGE for Tulane and TCU. Across 5 tracked seasons, Devean Deal recorded 173 tackles and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with TCU.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

TCU paired 25 primary output with 35.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 35.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Tulane, TCU.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Baylor

Win with 6 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2025 Postseason · TCU

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

1.9

Efficiency

35.4

Usage

11.6

Consistency

47.6

Best Game by takeover score

Baylor

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. USC: 1. North Carolina: 1.5. Abilene Christian: 0.5. SMU: 0. Arizona State: 3. Colorado: 1. Kansas State: 2. Baylor: 6. West Virginia: 1. Iowa State: 3.5. BYU: 2. Houston: 0.5. Cincinnati: 3

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. USC: 3 by 22.5. North Carolina: 3 by 27.5. Abilene Christian: 7 by 34.2. SMU: 2 by 8.3. Arizona State: 8 by 63.3. Colorado: 2 by 18.3. Kansas State: 1 by 24.2. Baylor: 2 by 58.3. West Virginia: 6 by 35. Iowa State: 5 by 55.8. BYU: 4 by 36.7. Houston: 6 by 30. Cincinnati: 4 by 46.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.6 · Games = 9 · -1.0 vs Losses
Losses2.6 · Games = 4 · +1.0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Baylor

Best efficiency game

63.3 vs Arizona State

Result
Wed 12/31vs USCW 30-2730000
Sat 11/29vs CincinnatiSplash gameW 45-2342110
Sat 11/22@ HoustonW 17-14640.5000
Sun 11/16@ BYUSplash gameL 13-4442200
Sat 11/8vs Iowa StateSplash gameL 17-20531.5001
Sat 10/25@ West VirginiaW 23-1763001
Sat 10/18vs BaylorSplash gameW 42-36200.500.501
Sat 10/11@ Kansas StateSplash gameL 28-4111110
Sat 10/4vs ColoradoW 35-2121000
Sat 9/27@ Arizona StateSplash gameL 24-2785111
Sat 9/20vs SMUW 35-2422000
Sun 9/14vs Abilene ChristianW 42-21740.5000
Tue 9/2@ North CarolinaW 48-14300.5000

Player Story

Devean Deal story

Devean Deal built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as an edge defender from Garland, TX wearing No. 11, spending time with TCU and Tulane. The clearest part of Devean Deal's career was his defensive production: 173 tackles, 35.5 tackles for loss, 14 sacks, and 1 interception across 50 career games in the available record. That gives Devean Deal's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Tulane

    2021-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    TCU

    2024-2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonTulane321.35.1
2022 Regular SeasonTulane7.521.36.54.5
2023 PostseasonTulane2429.910.816.5
2023 Regular SeasonTulane2429.910.80
2024 PostseasonTCU1931.811-5
2024 Regular SeasonTCU1931.8110
2025 PostseasonTCU2535.411.66
2025 Regular SeasonTCU2535.411.60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs UAB

Week 5 · W 35-23 · Conference game

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5

Havoc Plays

94.4 takeover

5 disruption/tackle impact with 94.4 takeover score.

#2

@ Utah

Week 8 · W 13-7 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

86.9 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 86.9 takeover score.

#3

vs No. 71 Baylor

Week 8 · W 42-36 · Conference game

6

Havoc Plays

86.1 takeover

Win with 6 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

6 disruption/tackle impact with 86.1 takeover score.

#4

@ Baylor

Week 10 · L 34-37 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

84.2 takeover

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.

#5

@ Kansas State

Week 3 · W 17-10

2

Havoc Plays

76.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · TCU

25 primary output · 35.4 efficiency · 11.6 usage

69.9

#2

2025 Regular Season · TCU

69.9

25 primary · 35.4 efficiency · 11.6 usage

#3

2023 Postseason · Tulane

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24 primary · 29.9 efficiency · 10.8 usage

Milestones

18

Impact games

22

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games