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Devin Lloyd
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 235
- Position:
- LB
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Chula Vista, Calif.
- Prev School:
- Otay Ranch HS
Twitter: @DevinLloyd_ | Instagram: @devinlloyd_
NFL DRAFT
Selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the 2022 NFL Draft (Round 1, Pick 27)
LLOYD BY THE NUMBERS
High School: Played safety, receiver and punter at Otay Ranch HS (Calif.).
NFL DRAFT
Selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the 2022 NFL Draft (Round 1, Pick 27)
LLOYD BY THE NUMBERS
- 47 career games as a Ute with 32 starts.
- Finished his career with 43 tackles for loss, fourth-most in program history.
- Tied for second-most TFLs in a season (22 in 2021).
- Recorded at least one TFL in 18 of his final 22 games at Utah.
- Finished the 2021 season as the only active Pac-12 player with three career interception return TDs.
- One of six Utes all-time with three-plus career interception return TDs.
- Three games in 2021 with a 90-plus grade by PFF, leading all linebackers nationally.
- Ten career All-America accolades, including eight First Team honors in 2021.
- 2022 Reese’s Senior Bowl invitee
- Two-time Butkus Award Finalist (2020, 2021)
- 2021 Consensus All-America, the tenth such Ute in program history
- 2021 All-America First Team (Associated Press, CBS Sports, ESPN, FWAA, Phil Steele, Reese’s Senior Bowl, Sporting News, Walter Camp)
- 2021 All-America Second Team (AFCA)
- 2021 Lott IMPACT Trophy Finalist
- 2021 Bednarik Award Semifinalist
- 2021 Associated Press Defensive Player of the Year
- 2021 Pac-12 Pat Tillman Defensive Player of the Year
- Three-time All-Pac-12 (First Team in 2020 and 2021)
- 2021 Midseason All-America First Team (The Athletic, Associated Press, CBS Sports, ESPN, Sporting News)
- 2021 Preseason All-America (The Athletic, Athlon Sports, Walter Camp, Phil Steele).
- 2021 Watch Lists: Bednarik Award, Bronko Nagurski, Butkus Award, Lott IMPACT Trophy, Reese's Senior Bowl.
- Pop Warner College Football Award Finalist in 2020.
- 2020 Sporting News All-America second-team and Phil Steele All-America honorable mention.
- PFF College Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 7).
- Rose Bowl Game Pac-12 Player of the Week (Oct. 18)
- Lott IMPACT Trophy Player of the Week (Oct. 12, Nov. 9).
- Reese’s Senior Bowl Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 27).
- Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 7, Oct. 18, Nov. 8).
- Ranked third in the Pac-12 with 110 tackles on the season, including a league-leading 22 TFL.
- Eight sacks led all Pac-12 linebackers, and was second overall to teammate Mika Tafua (9.5).
- Four interceptions (two for touchdowns), six PBUs, two hurries and a fumble recovery.
- Only Power Five linebacker with multiple pick-sixes during the 2021 season.
- Had had eight or more tackles in eight games.
- Was the only Power Five player with 15-plus tackles for loss and two-plus interceptions.
- Produced 13 tackles in back-to-back weeks at BYU (Sept. 11) and San Diego State (Sept. 18).
- Tallied three sacks in the win over No. 18 Arizona State (Oct. 16), including two on ASU’s final drive to seal the victory.
- Highlighted the Stanford win (Nov. 5) with a career-high 5 TFLs during a nine-tackle night.
- Picked off Stanford QB Jack West at the two-yard line and lunged forward for a pick-six in an incredible display of athleticism.
- Returned another pick 34 yards for a touchdown, and had seven tackles during the Pac-12 Championship vs. No. 10 Oregon (Dec. 3).
- PFF gave Lloyd a 93.3 coverage grade in the Pac-12 Championship, the highest for any LB in any game this season.
- Concluded his career in the Rose Bowl Game vs. No. 6 Ohio State (Jan. 1), contributing four tackles.
- Pac-12 All-Conference first-team, Sporting News All-America second-team, Phil Steele All-America honorable mention.
- Butkus Award and Pop Warner College Football Award finalist.
- Led the team in total tackles (48) and tackles for loss (10.0), adding 2.0 sacks, a forced fumble and one quarterback hurry.
- Three double-digit tackle games (11 vs. USC, 11 at Washington, 10 vs. Washington State).
- Ranked eighth in the FBS and fifth in the Pac-12 in solo tackles per game (6.6), second in the FBS and the Pac-12 in tackles for loss per game (2.0) and fifth in the Pac-12 in total tackles per game (9.6).
- Career-high 11 tackles (2.0 TFL) against No. 20 USC.
- Team-high 11 tackles (1.0 TFL) against Washington.
- 10 tackles, which included nine solo, with a career-high four tackles for loss (1.0 sack) against Washington State.
- Honorable mention All-Pac-12.
- Utah with 91 tackles, was second on the team (tied for seventh in the Pac-12) with 6.5 sacks and second on the team with 11.0 tackles for loss (ninth in the Pac-12).
- Led or tied for the team lead in tackles in five games.
- Season-high 10 tackles vs. Northern Illinois included a sack.
- Returned his first career interception for a 64-yard touchdown against Oregon State and had four tackles.
- Six tackles.
- Season-high four tackles against Colorado.
High School: Played safety, receiver and punter at Otay Ranch HS (Calif.).
- 2016 second-team All-CIF San Diego Section defense and Metro-Mesa League offense.
- As a senior team captain, he had 52 tackles, eight interceptions, three pass breakups and three defensive touchdowns (1 FR, 2 IR), as well as 29 receptions for 493 yards and six touchdowns.
- 43 punts for 1,596 yards (37.1 average) with 12 punts inside the 20-yard line and a long of 60 yards his senior season.
- San Diego Union-Tribune Prep Athlete of the Week for his four interceptions—two returned for touchdowns—in a win over Eastlake.
- 23 receptions for 384 yards and two touchdowns as a junior.
- 47 punts for 1,575 yards (33.5 average) in 2015.
- Also lettered two seasons in basketball.
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