Player Dossier

2013-2016

South Alabama

Devon Earl

S • 5'10" • Hoover, AL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Devon Earl shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 32.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a safety

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

87

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · South Alabama

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
South Alabama
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Air Force

Player Story

Devon Earl built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a safety from Hoover, AL wearing No. 7, spending time with South Alabama. The clearest part of Devon Earl's career was his defensive production: 74...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2013 · Rating 0.8036

Hoover · Hoover, AL

Committed To
South Alabama
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2013

Devon Earl, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · South Alabama. Devon Earl shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 32.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
74
TFL
7
Sacks
1
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Devon Earl quick answers

Latest team and position
South Alabama · S
Career Tackles
74
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 14 games
Best season
2016 Postseason · South Alabama
Top game
Air Force
Recruit profile
3-star · Hoover · South Alabama
High school pipeline
Hoover · 53 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 7 · Class 2016
2016 Tackles rank
74 tackles · S 42nd (top 11%) · Sun Belt 25th (top 6%) · National 275th (top 5%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2013 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama00-0--0-
2014 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama10-0--042.8
2015 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama00-0--0-
2016 PostseasonSouth Alabama13931--049.5
2016 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama136540-3049.5

Related Context

Devon Earl played S for South Alabama. Across 4 tracked seasons, Devon Earl recorded 74 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with South Alabama.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason

South Alabama paired 12 primary output with 32.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 32.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2016 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Air Force

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2016 Postseason · South Alabama

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

0.9

Efficiency

32.6

Usage

6.3

Consistency

12.8

Best Game by takeover score

Air Force

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Air Force: 4. Mississippi State: 1. Georgia Southern: 0. Louisiana: 0. Nicholls: 0.5. San Diego State: 1.5. Arkansas State: 0. Troy: 0. Georgia State: 1. UL Monroe: 0. Presbyterian: 0. Idaho: 0. New Mexico State: 4

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Air Force: 9 by 77.5. Mississippi State: 7 by 39.2. Georgia Southern: 1 by 4.2. Louisiana: 4 by 16.7. Nicholls: 5 by 25.8. San Diego State: 5 by 35.8. Arkansas State: 6 by 25. Troy: 9 by 37.5. Georgia State: 5 by 30.8. UL Monroe: 13 by 50. Presbyterian: 3 by 12.5. Idaho: 2 by 8.3. New Mexico State: 5 by 60.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.3 · Games = 6 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 7 · -0.8 vs Wins

Game Log

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13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Air Force

Best efficiency game

77.5 vs Air Force

Result
Fri 12/30@ Air ForceSplash gameL 21-4596310
Sat 12/3vs New Mexico StateSplash gameW 35-28531012
Sat 11/26@ IdahoL 31-3822000
Sun 11/20vs PresbyterianW 31-732000
Sat 11/5@ UL Monroe10+ tacklesL 35-42137000
Sat 10/29vs Georgia StateW 13-1053100
Thu 10/20vs TroyL 21-2894000
Sat 10/15@ Arkansas StateL 7-1763000
Sun 10/2vs San Diego StateW 42-24530.5001
Sat 9/24vs NichollsW 41-40520.5000
Sat 9/17@ LouisianaL 23-2843000
Sat 9/10vs Georgia SouthernL 9-2411000
Sat 9/3@ Mississippi StateW 21-2075100

Player Story

Devon Earl story

Devon Earl built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a safety from Hoover, AL wearing No. 7, spending time with South Alabama. The clearest part of Devon Earl's career was his defensive production: 74 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 2 interceptions across 14 career games in the available record. That gives Devon Earl's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    South Alabama

    2013-2016

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20132014201520162016
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2013 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama0
2014 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama1201
2015 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama0-1
2016 PostseasonSouth Alabama1232.66.312
2016 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama1232.66.30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Air Force

Week 1 · L 21-45 · Postseason

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4

Havoc Plays

92.5 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 92.5 takeover score.

#2

vs New Mexico State

Week 14 · W 35-28 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

79.2 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 79.2 takeover score.

#3

@ South Carolina

Week 13 · L 12-37

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Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#4

@ Mississippi State

Week 1 · W 21-20

1

Havoc Plays

51.4 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.4 takeover score.

#5

vs San Diego State

Week 5 · W 42-24

1.5

Havoc Plays

39.4 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 39.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Postseason · South Alabama

12 primary output · 32.6 efficiency · 6.3 usage

49.5

#2

2016 Regular Season · South Alabama

49.5

12 primary · 32.6 efficiency · 6.3 usage

#3

2014 Regular Season · South Alabama

42.8

1 primary · 20 efficiency · usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

2

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games