Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2025TCU
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.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for an edge defender
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
90
Elite ceiling indicators
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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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- 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
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Tulane | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 31.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Tulane | 9 | 28 | 3.5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 40.2 |
| 2023 Postseason | Tulane | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 67 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Tulane | 14 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 67 |
| 2024 Postseason | TCU | 12 | 5 | 1.5 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 62.4 |
| 2024 Regular Season | TCU | 12 | 41 | 8 | 4.5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 62.4 |
| 2025 Postseason | TCU | 13 | 3 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 69.9 |
| 2025 Regular Season | TCU | 13 | 50 | 8.5 | 3.5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 69.9 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
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
2024 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 31.8 efficiency.
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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: Utah
Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Postseason · TCU
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.6
Efficiency
31.8
Usage
11
Consistency
50.3
Best Game by takeover score
Utah
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Louisiana: 2.5. Stanford: 3. UCF: 0. SMU: 0. Kansas: 1. Houston: 0. Utah: 4. Texas Tech: 2. Baylor: 4. Oklahoma State: 2. Arizona: 0. Cincinnati: 0.5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Louisiana: 5 by 45.8. Stanford: 5 by 50.8. UCF: 3 by 12.5. SMU: 3 by 12.5. Kansas: 0 by 10. Houston: 1 by 4.2. Utah: 5 by 60.8. Texas Tech: 9 by 57.5. Baylor: 3 by 52.5. Oklahoma State: 5 by 40.8. Arizona: 1 by 4.2. Cincinnati: 6 by 30
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.9 · Games = 8 · +0.9 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 4 · -0.9 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
Utah
Best efficiency game
60.8 vs Utah
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/28 | vs LouisianaSplash game | W 34-3 | 5 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/30 | @ Cincinnati | W 20-13 | 6 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | vs Arizona | W 49-28 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/10 | vs Oklahoma StateSplash game | W 38-13 | 5 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/3 | @ BaylorSplash game | L 34-37 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | vs Texas TechSplash game | W 35-34 | 9 | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/20 | @ Utah2+ sacks · Splash game | W 13-7 | 5 | 4 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 10/4 | vs Houston | L 19-30 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | @ Kansas | W 38-27 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | @ SMU | L 42-66 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | vs UCF | L 34-35 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | @ StanfordSplash game | W 34-27 | 5 | 3 | — | 2.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
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
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Tulane
2021-2023
Opening stop
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TCU
2024-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Tulane | 3 | 21.3 | 5.1 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Tulane | 7.5 | 21.3 | 6.5 | 4.5 |
| 2023 Postseason | Tulane | 24 | 29.9 | 10.8 | 16.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Tulane | 24 | 29.9 | 10.8 | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | TCU | 19 | 31.8 | 11 | -5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | TCU | 19 | 31.8 | 11 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | TCU | 25 | 35.4 | 11.6 | 6 |
| 2025 Regular Season | TCU | 25 | 35.4 | 11.6 | 0 |
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.
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Havoc Plays
94.4 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 94.4 takeover score.
#2
@ Utah
Week 8 · W 13-7 · Conference game
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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
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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
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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
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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
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#2
2025 Regular Season · TCU
69.9
25 primary · 35.4 efficiency · 11.6 usage
#3
2023 Postseason · Tulane
67
24 primary · 29.9 efficiency · 10.8 usage
Milestones
18
Impact games
22
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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