Devan Boykin

Earned undergraduate degree in sports management from NC State ... Appeared in 61 career games with 30 starts ... Played in 45 games with 20 starts over five seasons at NC State (2020-24) ... Redshirted his final season at NC State due to injury ... First-career start came as a true freshman at North Carolina (10/24) in 2020 ... Grabbed first-career interception against Florida State (10/8) in 2022 ... Owns two career touchdowns: scoop-and-score on bobbled punt in the third quarter at Boston College (10/16) in 2021 and forced fumble and recovery at Maryland (11/1) in 2025 ... First collegiate interception came in the fourth quarter against Florida State (10/8) in the end zone in 2022 ... Owns one career double-digit tackle game (1, 2023).

Career Notes & Records
Earned undergraduate degree in sports management from NC State ... Appeared in 61 career games with 30 starts ... Played in 45 games with 20 starts over five seasons at NC State (2020-24) ... Redshirted his final season at NC State due to injury ... First-career start came as a true freshman at North Carolina (10/24) in 2020 ... Grabbed first-career interception against Florida State (10/8) in 2022 ... Owns two career touchdowns: scoop-and-score on bobbled punt in the third quarter at Boston College (10/16) in 2021 and forced fumble and recovery at Maryland (11/1) in 2025 ... First collegiate interception came in the fourth quarter against Florida State (10/8) in the end zone in 2022 ... Owns one career double-digit tackle game (1, 2023).

2025 (Redshirt-Senior+ Season)
Season: Appeared in all 16 games with 10 starts.

Old Dominion (8/30): Made Indiana debut with a start on defense ... Chipped in one stop. Kennesaw State (9/6): Made four tackles - three solo ... Logged solo tackle for loss in the second quarter. Indiana State (9/12): Had three tackles ... Added one pass breakup. Illinois (9/20): Part of a defense that held Illinois to just 2 yards rushing - the sixth-fewest yards rushing allowed since at least 1950 ... Posted four tackles ... Added one pass breakup. at Iowa (9/27): Logged one tackle. at Oregon (10/11): Part of a defense that limited Oregon's offense to its fewest yards of total offense since 2021 versus Utah in the Pac-12 Championship Game ... Made four tackles. Michigan State (10/18): Had five stops. UCLA (10/25): Totaled seven tackles ... Broke up two passes ... First IU interception came off of Nico Iamaleava in the fourth quarter. at Maryland (11/1): Posted four tackles with 1.0 tackle for loss ... Tackle for loss came on same play as his forced fumble that he recovered and raced 32 yards for a touchdown ... First IU fumble recovery for a touchdown since 2022 and part of a defensive effort that forced five turnovers for its most in a game since a six-turnover game at Iowa in 2009. at Penn State (11/8): Chipped in three stops. Wisconsin (11/15): Made two tackles ... Intercepted a fourth-quarter pass that led to Indiana's final score of the game. at Purdue (11/28): Made seven tackles ... Recovered the third-quarter fumble that was forced by Stephen Daley and led to an Indiana touchdown. vs. Ohio State (12/6): Both tackles and his pass breakup came in the fourth quarter ... Broke up the second-to-last pass of the game with 2 seconds left on the clock ... Posted solo tackle for loss in the fourth quarter. vs. Alabama (1/1): Totaled seven tackles ... Posted 3.0 tackles for loss ... Posted a first-quarter tackle for loss ... Chipped in a tackle for loss in the second quarter ... Logged first-career sack in the fourth quarter. vs. Oregon (1/9): Made one stop. vs. Miami (Fla.) (1/20): Had four tackles.

2024 (Senior Season - NC State)
Did not appear in a game due to injury and redshirted.

2023 (Junior Season - NC State)
Season: Appeared in 11 games with 10 starts ... Was injured (knee) during prep for the Pop-Tarts Bowl ... Posted first double-digit tackle game of career against Notre Dame (9/9) ... Forced first-career fumble against North Carolina (11/25).

at UConn (8/31): Logged three stops. Notre Dame (9/9): Posted first-career double-digit tackle game with 11 stops ... Combined on a third-quarter tackle for loss. VMI (9/16): Chipped in one stop. at Virginia (9/22): Made one tackle. Marshall (10/7): Totaled eight stops ... Combined on a first-quarter tackle for loss. at Duke (10/14): Made three tackles ... Chipped in a first-quarter solo tackle for loss. Clemson (10/28): Logged eight tackles ... Added a solo tackle for loss in the first quarter ... Grabbed a first-quarter interception that led to the game's opening score. Miami (Fla) (11/4): Owned six tackles ... Pulled in a fourth-quarter interception and returned it 39 yards to set up a field goal. at Wake Forest (11/11): Chipped in two stops. at Virginia Tech (11/18): Made five tackles. North Carolina (11/25): Made six tackles ... Added a forced fumble in the first quarter that led to an NC State field goal ... Pulled in his third interception of the year in the fourth quarter.

2022 (Sophomore Season - NC State)
Season: Appeared in 11 games with three starts ... Missed Duke's Mayo Bowl due to injury ... First collegiate interception came in the fourth quarter against Florida State (10/8) in the end zone.

at East Carolina (9/3): Chipped in one tackle. Charleston Southern (9/10): Had one stop. Texas Tech (9/17): Boasted four tackles. UConn (9/24): Logged two stops. at Clemson (10/1): Made five tackles. Florida State (10/8): Added two tackles ... Pulled in first collegiate interception in the end zone on the final FSU drive of the fourth quarter to preserve a two-point victory. at Syracuse (10/15): Chipped in one stop. Virginia Tech (10/27): Made one tackle. Boston College (11/12): Posted one tackle. at Louisville (11/19): Had two tackles ... Combined on a first-quarter tackle for loss.

2021 (Redshirt Freshman Season - NC State)
Awards: Named ACC Special Teams Player of the Week after returning a bobbled punt for a touchdown at Boston College (10/16) ... Named NC State Philip Rivers Freshman of the Year.

Season: Appeared in 11 games with five starts ... First-career fumble recovery came at Boston College (10/16) on a scoop-and-score of a bobbled punt.

USF (9/2): Had two stops. Furman (9/18): Made three tackles. Louisiana Tech (10/2): Posted two stops. at Boston College (10/16): Logged three tackles ... Picked up a bobbled punt in the third quarter for first-career fumble recovery and returned it 34 yards for a touchdown ... Broke up two passes ... One breakup came in the end zone on a third down to force a field goal attempt late in the first quarter that was missed. at Miami (Fla.) (10/23): Chipped in three stops. Louisville (10/30): Had two stops. at Florida State (11/6): Logged five tackles ... Combined on a fourth-quarter tackle for loss on fourth down to seal a victory. at Wake Forest (11/13): Chipped in one tackle ... Broke up two passes. Syracuse (11/20): Totaled three stops.

2020 (Freshman Season - NC State)
Season: Appeared in 12 games with two starts ... Made collegiate debut against Wake Forest (9/19) ... First collegiate start came at North Carolina (10/24) ... One of three true freshmen to start a game.

Wake Forest (9/19): Made collegiate debut. at Virginia Tech (9/26): Logged two tackles for first collegiate stops. at Pittsburgh (10/3): Made five tackles ... First tackle for loss was a solo stop behind the line. at Virginia (10/10): Totaled two tackles ... Broke up one pass. Duke (10/17): Had two stops ... Broke up one pass. at North Carolina (10/24): Posted three tackles. Miami (Fla.) (11/6): Totaled two stops. Florida State (11/14): Logged two tackles. Liberty (11/21): Chipped in one stop.

Prep/Personal
All-purpose athlete for head coach Johnny Boykin at Ragsdale High School ... Father, Johnny, was his high school head coach ... Saw time at cornerback, quarterback and wide receiver ... Rated a three-star prospect per ESPN, 247Sports and Rivals ... Tabbed a top-60 cornerback by ESPN (No. 58) and 247Sports (No. 38) ... Slotted as a top-30 prospect in North Carolina by ESPN (No. 26) and 247Sports (No. 17) ... Named all-state as a senior ... Piled up career totals of 1,817 yards passing, 1,287 yards rushing, 881 yards receiving and 95 tackles ... Boasted six career interceptions ... Accounted for 2,762 all-purpose yards and 29 career touchdowns scored ... Added 18 touchdown passes ... Totaled 44 tackles with four interceptions as a senior ... Logged 33 tackles with one interception as a junior.