Troy University Athletics
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Jersey Number 3
Devin Lafayette
- Position:
- SPR
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 210
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Brunswick, Ga.
- High School:
- Brunswick HS
- Prev School:
- Northern Illinois
All-Sun Belt First Team (2025)
All-Sun Belt Honorable Mention (2024)
Troy
2025 (Senior): Started all 14 games and played 921 of 971 defensive snaps on the season … Most snaps by a defensive player in the Sun Belt and sixth most in the country … 20th-ranked rush defender in the country (min. 500 snaps) per PFF … Named to the All-Sun Belt First Team … Second on Troy’s team with 11 tackles … Added a pair of interceptions, 3.5 tackles for loss, a sack, six pass break ups and two forced fumbles … One of just four players in the country with 110-plus tackles, two interceptions and two forced fumbles; add in his six PBUs and the number shrinks to three … Recorded 19 tackles in victory over South Alabama; most by a Troy player not named Carlton Martial since 2012 … His performance tied for the 16th most in conference history and landed his SBC Defensive Player of the Week honors … Added 10 tackles, a TFL and a pass break up in the IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl … Had seven tackles and a PBU at Clemson
2024 (Junior): Named to the All-Sun Belt team as an honorable mention selection … Started and played in 10 games … Finished fifth on the team with 51 tackles … Added six tackles for loss, a pass break up and a forced fumble … Troy’s top-rated defender and rush defender per Pro Football Focus … One of five defenders on Troy’s squad with double-digit pressures; finished the year with 10 … One of two Trojan regulars with a sub 10 percent missed tackle percentage (9.8 percent) … Season-best 10 tackles at Arkansas State … Had a pair of tackles for loss in victory over Coastal Carolina; had a TFL in five different games … Forced a fumble and broke up a pass in the season opener against Nevada
Northern Illinois
2023 (Sophomore): Recorded 39 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, a half sack and a pair of forced fumbles for the Huskies … Season-best seven tackles against Central Michigan … Forced fumbles against Tulsa and Toledo … Recorded multiple tackles in nine different games … Played 95 snaps on special teams, primarily on kickoff cover and punt cover … Helped lead the Huskies to a victory over Arkansas State in the Camellia Bowl
2022 (RS-Freshman): Played in 11 games at the huskie position and made 44 tackles, 19 solo with two tackles for loss ... Recorded five tackles and a half tackle for loss at Tulsa (9-10) ... Forced a fumble and made seven tackles at Kentucky (9-24) ... Registered a season high 10 tackles, five solo, broke up a pass and picked off his second career pass at Ball State (10-1) ... Made five tackles in consecutive games at Ohio (10-22) and versus Central Michigan (11-2) ... Had six tackles and a career best 1.5 tackles for loss, including half a sack, in the Miami game (11-16) ... Saw extensive action on special teams, including the kickoff, punt, kickoff return and punt return units
2021 (Freshman): NIU starter at safety entering the season ... Suffered a season-ending injury during the season opener at Georgia Tech (9-4) ... Recorded two solo and two assisted tackles and a pass break-up in his only action of the year
2020 (Freshman): Third team All-MAC selection ... Started all six games as a true freshman ... Finished second on the team in tackles with 36, including 21 solo stops ... Established career highs in tackles (13), with eight solo, against Toledo (12-5) ... Snagged his first career interception against Toledo (12-5) ... Tallied 10 total tackles and a sack at Ball State (11-18)
High School: Two-year letterwinner at cornerback and safety as a junior and senior at Brunswick HS ... Earned first team all-area honors in 2018 and 2019 and was a first team all-conference choice both seasons as well ... Named Most Improved Defensive Player in 2018 ... Selected as 912 Sports defensive MVP as a senior ... Team advanced to the second round of the GHSAA State Playoffs his senior season, when he served as team captain ... Amassed 75 tackles, 46 solo, his senior season with 23 pass break-ups, two interceptions, two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and one blocked kick ... Contributed 35 tackles, 20 solo, with nine pass deflections, as a junior
Personal: Born Sept. 25 in Brunswick, Ga. ... Nephew of Shelia and Willie Bolden ... Major post-baccalaureate
All-Sun Belt Honorable Mention (2024)
Troy
2025 (Senior): Started all 14 games and played 921 of 971 defensive snaps on the season … Most snaps by a defensive player in the Sun Belt and sixth most in the country … 20th-ranked rush defender in the country (min. 500 snaps) per PFF … Named to the All-Sun Belt First Team … Second on Troy’s team with 11 tackles … Added a pair of interceptions, 3.5 tackles for loss, a sack, six pass break ups and two forced fumbles … One of just four players in the country with 110-plus tackles, two interceptions and two forced fumbles; add in his six PBUs and the number shrinks to three … Recorded 19 tackles in victory over South Alabama; most by a Troy player not named Carlton Martial since 2012 … His performance tied for the 16th most in conference history and landed his SBC Defensive Player of the Week honors … Added 10 tackles, a TFL and a pass break up in the IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl … Had seven tackles and a PBU at Clemson
2024 (Junior): Named to the All-Sun Belt team as an honorable mention selection … Started and played in 10 games … Finished fifth on the team with 51 tackles … Added six tackles for loss, a pass break up and a forced fumble … Troy’s top-rated defender and rush defender per Pro Football Focus … One of five defenders on Troy’s squad with double-digit pressures; finished the year with 10 … One of two Trojan regulars with a sub 10 percent missed tackle percentage (9.8 percent) … Season-best 10 tackles at Arkansas State … Had a pair of tackles for loss in victory over Coastal Carolina; had a TFL in five different games … Forced a fumble and broke up a pass in the season opener against Nevada
Northern Illinois
2023 (Sophomore): Recorded 39 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, a half sack and a pair of forced fumbles for the Huskies … Season-best seven tackles against Central Michigan … Forced fumbles against Tulsa and Toledo … Recorded multiple tackles in nine different games … Played 95 snaps on special teams, primarily on kickoff cover and punt cover … Helped lead the Huskies to a victory over Arkansas State in the Camellia Bowl
2022 (RS-Freshman): Played in 11 games at the huskie position and made 44 tackles, 19 solo with two tackles for loss ... Recorded five tackles and a half tackle for loss at Tulsa (9-10) ... Forced a fumble and made seven tackles at Kentucky (9-24) ... Registered a season high 10 tackles, five solo, broke up a pass and picked off his second career pass at Ball State (10-1) ... Made five tackles in consecutive games at Ohio (10-22) and versus Central Michigan (11-2) ... Had six tackles and a career best 1.5 tackles for loss, including half a sack, in the Miami game (11-16) ... Saw extensive action on special teams, including the kickoff, punt, kickoff return and punt return units
2021 (Freshman): NIU starter at safety entering the season ... Suffered a season-ending injury during the season opener at Georgia Tech (9-4) ... Recorded two solo and two assisted tackles and a pass break-up in his only action of the year
2020 (Freshman): Third team All-MAC selection ... Started all six games as a true freshman ... Finished second on the team in tackles with 36, including 21 solo stops ... Established career highs in tackles (13), with eight solo, against Toledo (12-5) ... Snagged his first career interception against Toledo (12-5) ... Tallied 10 total tackles and a sack at Ball State (11-18)
High School: Two-year letterwinner at cornerback and safety as a junior and senior at Brunswick HS ... Earned first team all-area honors in 2018 and 2019 and was a first team all-conference choice both seasons as well ... Named Most Improved Defensive Player in 2018 ... Selected as 912 Sports defensive MVP as a senior ... Team advanced to the second round of the GHSAA State Playoffs his senior season, when he served as team captain ... Amassed 75 tackles, 46 solo, his senior season with 23 pass break-ups, two interceptions, two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and one blocked kick ... Contributed 35 tackles, 20 solo, with nine pass deflections, as a junior
Personal: Born Sept. 25 in Brunswick, Ga. ... Nephew of Shelia and Willie Bolden ... Major post-baccalaureate
Scott Cross Postgame (App State)
Sunday, February 01
Player Postgame Press Conference (Rachel Leggett, Ashley Baez) - Marshall
Friday, January 30
Chanda Rigby Postgame Press Conference - Coastal Carolina
Friday, January 30
Scott Cross Postgame (James Madison)
Friday, January 30
