CFB Zeitgeist Score
84
All-Conference in the position cohort. Carried by sacks at the 91st percentile.
Devean Deal
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
53 TACKLES · 3.5 SACKS
2026 Outlook
Returning to TCU for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Edge · TCU
Returning around him
- 61% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
- 3 TCU players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -2 net (12 in / 14 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
TCU · Last season: 9-4 (AP #24) · Talent rank #32 · 2026 recruiting class #24
EDGE · TCU · BIG 12
Devean Deal
- 4
- #11
- 6-4 | 250 lb
- Garland, TX
Heisman Heat
#7970
<1% win probability
Fan Belief
Awaiting
Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.
Respect Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
Reality Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
ACCOLADE PROBABILITY
Heisman
<1%
TOP DEFENSE AWARD
Nagurski
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR07 · Impact starter
Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Identity & Role
The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.
Recruiting Pedigree
How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.
| Class | Profile | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4-star | 0.9417 | No. 132 recruit | HighSchool | TCU |
| 2021 | 3-star | 0.8422 | No. 1405 recruit | HighSchool | Tulane |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Tulane -> TCU | 3-star | 0.8900 | Immediate |
Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final
Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.
HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16Heisman Futures
Not yet listed on major futures markets.
No achievements unlocked yet this season.
Selector Grid · 2025
AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI—
Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
Recruit stars
★★★★☆
to TCU
Composite
0.9417
#132 national
Today’s Hot-Take
The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.
Anti-Take
PENDINGThe contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.
The Room on Devean Deal
Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal
The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.
Cohort divergence map
Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Devean Deal
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
Signature Story
Awaiting candidate metric
He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.
Signature Moment
No signature moment on the ledger yet.
Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the defensive totals stand
Through 13g
53Tackles
8.5Tackles for loss
3.5Sacks
Per game
4Tackles
0.7Tackles for loss
0.3Sacks
Final
53Tackles
8.5Tackles for loss
3.5Sacks
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Devean Deal is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on TCU's defense, with 3.5 sacks, 8.5 tackles for loss, and -- interceptions through the current loaded season. For a defender, the question is never just production; it is whether elite disruption and team context can become nationally undeniable.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
DEF season snapshot
2025 season snapshot | final
2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Player identity What kind of player is this?
30-second read
What kind of player is this?
High-disruption defender | Coverage splash | High-volume tackler against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
53 89th
SOLO
27 86th
TFL
8.5 97th
SACK
3.5 95th
QBH
9 99th
Coverage & Takeaways
PD
4 84th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 48-14@ North Carolina | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 42-21vs Abilene Christian | 7 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 35-24vs SMU | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-27@ Arizona State | 8 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 35-21vs Colorado | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 28-41@ Kansas State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 42-36vs Baylor | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 23-17@ West Virginia | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-20vs Iowa State | 5 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 13-44@ BYU | 4 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 17-14@ Houston | 6 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 45-23vs Cincinnati | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 30-27vs USC | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 53 | 27 | 8.5 | 3.5 | — | 4 |
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score
Traditional history
Traditional Stats
Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.
Season context · Team result + system
2021Tulane2-10HC: Willie Fritz · Run-leaning
2022Tulane12-2HC: Willie Fritz · Run-leaning
2023Tulane11-3HC: Slade Nagle · Run-leaning
2024TCU9-4HC: Sonny Dykes · Pass-leaning
2025TCU9-4HC: Sonny Dykes · Balanced
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.
Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.
Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.
The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.
Open full stat explorer
| Group | Metric | Value | Rank | Pct | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defense | Total tackles | 53 | #525/4942 | 89th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 8.5 | #175/4972 | 97th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 3.5 | #233/4972 | 95th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pass breakups | 4 | #340/2184 | 84th pct | Coveragevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | QB hurries | 9 | #27/1878 | 99th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 27 | #649/4584 | 86th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Defensive TD | 1 | #23/200 | 89th pct | Scoringvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Fumbles recovered | 1 | #103/736 | 86th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 0 | #1/773 | 100th pct | Turnoversvs FBS DEF |
Player Standing
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION
On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16
Why he’s here
Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.
What moves him up
What moves him down
Accolade streams
Status—Awaiting tracker
Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Road6g | 4.7 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins9g | 3.9 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Losses4g | 4.5 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.5 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the EDGE cohort
84All-Conference
Elite: qb hurries (98th). Strength: tackles for loss (93rd).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · EDGE · 2024
Percentile Card
Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.
P4G5All FBS
Advanced Savant
Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.
Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Devean DealTCURasheem BilesPittsburgh· 90% simJohn MillerUtah State· 90% simSammy BrownClemson· 89% sim
QB hurries
Tackles for loss
Sacks
Passes defended
Tackles
Solo tackles
Forced fumbles
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Versatile End
Holds up against run and pass without a single dominant trait.
EDGE
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Bradyn Swinson’s 2023 season.
Bradyn Swinson
90%match
NFL Rd 5
#2
Chris Jones
89%
#3
Chisom Ifeanyi
88%
#4
Jalil Clemons
87%
#5
Tre Moore
87%
Matches Bradyn on
TFL rate
Weight
Sack rate
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Jestin Jacobs's graduate season at Oregon (2024).
Jestin Jacobs
83%match
#2
Quashon Fuller
79%
#3
Trey Moore
All-AACNFL Rd 4
79%
#4
Edward Vesterinen
76%
#5
Deshawn Holt
76%
Matches Jestin on
Class year
Height
Sack rate
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sonny Dykes
Pass share
51.9%
460 pass / 426 run
Plays / game
68.2
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
5.6%
340 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025
2 coaches2021
Gary Patterson
TCU
2022era →
Sonny Dykes
TCU
2023
Sonny Dykes
TCU
2024
Sonny Dykes
TCU
2025
Sonny Dykes
TCU
Coaching transition mid-career: Gary Patterson → Sonny Dykes. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownGarland, TX
Height6'4"
Weight250 lb
Class4
PositionEDGE
Jersey11
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamTCU
ConferenceBig 12
Joined2025
Career arc5 season(s)
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
No formal honors on the ledger yet
All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.
Honors Timeline
Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.
| Season | Honor | Scope | Team / Selector | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned. | ||||
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | TCU | EDGE4 | #7970 | #8579 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Big 12 |
| 2023 | Tulane | EDGE4 | #6177 | #6916 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | American Athletic |
| 2022 | Tulane | EDGE4 | #6926 | #6994 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | American Athletic |
| 2021 | Tulane | EDGE4 | #12282 | #12479 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | American Athletic |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | TCU | Big 12 | EDGE | 4 | No. 11 | 6-4 | 250 lb | Garland, TX |
| 2024 | TCU | Big 12 | EDGE | 4 | No. 11 | 6-4 | 250 lb | Garland, TX |
| 2023 | Tulane | American Athletic | EDGE | 4 | No. 11 | 6-4 | 250 lb | Garland, TX |
| 2022 | Tulane | American Athletic | EDGE | 4 | No. 11 | 6-4 | 250 lb | Garland, TX |
| 2021 | Tulane | American Athletic | EDGE | 4 | No. 11 | 6-4 | 250 lb | Garland, TX |