Devonte Fields

Height:
6-4
Weight:
242
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Fort Worth, Texas
High School:
TCU

2015: Named the team’s Defensive Player of the Year ... started all 13 games this season for the Cardinals ... named All-ACC Honorable Mention (Coaches and Media) ... named to the All-Bowl team by ESPN ... finished the year fourth on the team in tackles with 64 ... topped the team with 11.0 sacks, which ranks tied for ninth on the school’s single-season list ... finished fourth in the ACC in sacks ... led the nation in tackles for loss and the team in tackles for loss with 22.5 or 1.73 per game, which are the second-most in a single season at Louisville ... credited with 8.5 sacks over the final four games of the season ... recorded 100 yards in lost yardage ... tied a career-high with eight tackle and registered a career-best 3.0 sacks in the win over Texas A&M in the Music City Bowl ... had a dominant performance against Kentucky totaling six tackles along with career highs in sacks with 2.5 and tackles for loss with 4.5 ... credited with two sacks and forced a fumble on the road against Pittsburgh ... set a career high in tackles for loss with 3.5 in the home win over Virginia ... credited with his first fourced fumble as a Cardinal in the win over Syracuse ... led the team in tackles with eight against Wake Forest which was a career high ... recorded five tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss in his Louisville debut against Auburn.

Before Louisville: Attended Trinity Valley Community College last season... played for Brad Smiley... rated as the No. 2 JUCO recruit in the country... appeared in 12 games... totaled 61 tackles and 6.5 sacks in one season at Trinity Valley... also forced a pair of fumbles... started collegiate career at TCU... played three games at TCU before suffering an injury in 2013... had two tackles for loss, both at Texas Tech, among his four stops on the season... selected as the AP Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year and Defensive Newcomer of the Year in 2012... voted by conference coaches as the Big 12 Defensive Freshman of the Year... landed on both of the first teams for All-Big 12 and AP All-Big 12... consensus Freshman All-American and named the Defensive Freshman of the Year by CollegeFootballNews.com... started all 13 games... posted 53 tackles, including 34 solo stops... led the team with 18.5 tackles for loss and 10 sacks... was first in the Big 12 at 1.42 tackles for loss per game and third in the league with 0.77 sacks per game... his 10 sacks tied for the fourth-most in a season in TCU history and were the most by a freshman ... forced two fumbles and recovered another ... posted an interception of Kansas State quarterback Collin Klein ... took part in a sack in the first seven games of the season ... recorded a tackle for loss in 11 of the 13 contests ... had a huge impact in his TCU debut, making five tackles, three of which were for loss, and a sack versus Grambling State ... contributed a half sack in the win at Kansas ... made four tackles, including three solo in the win over Virginia ... also had a sack and forced fumble in the game ... posted a season-best seven tackles in the win at SMU, which also featured season bests in tackles for loss (four) and sacks (2.5) ... made six stops (two solo) against Iowa State and chipped in a tackle for loss and half sack ... all five of his tackles in the win at Baylor were solo stops and two were for loss ... added a sack, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery at Baylor ... made four tackles against Texas Tech, 2.5 of which were behind the line of scrimmage with 1.5 sacks ... had four tackles (all solo) at Oklahoma State ... recorded half of a tackle for loss in the win at West Virginia as part of four stops ... posted three solo tackles (one for loss) against Kansas State and intercepted a pass on KSU’s first possession ... made four solo tackles in the Thanksgiving night win at Texas and two of them were for loss ... also posted his biggest sack of the season, an 11-yard loss ... made two tackles in the regular-season finale against Oklahoma ... recorded another 11-yard sack and a pass break-up in the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl versus Michigan State... rated a four-star recruit by Rivals.com and the No. 171 prospect in the nation at Arlington Martin High School... ranked as the No. 12 defensive end in the country... the No. 22 prospect in the Rivals.com Texas Top 100 and the No. 3 defensive end in Texas... participated in the Under Armour All-America Game... received second team ESPN High School All-America honors... tabbed the District 4-5A Defensive Player of the Year... named to the Associated Press 5A All-State team... totaled 73 tackles and 13 sacks while intercepting two passes his senior year... collected six sacks and 66 tackles during his junior campaign.

Personal: Son of Monica Fields ... born 9/23/93 ... criminal justice major.