Devin Lloyd

Devin Lloyd
Utah Utes – No. 0
Position	Linebacker
Class	Senior
Major	Communications
Personal information
Born:	Kansas City, Missouri
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight	232 lb (105 kg)
Career history
College	Utah (2017–present);
High school	Otay Ranch (Chula Vista, California)
Career highlights and awards
	Consensus First-team All-American (2021); Pat Tillman Defensive Player of the Year (2021); 2× First team All-Pac 12 (2020, 2021);
	Stats at ESPN.com;

Devin Eric Lloyd is an American football linebacker for the Utah Utes.

Early years[]

Lloyd attended Otay Ranch High School in Chula Vista, California.^[1] He played safety, wide receiver and was a punter in high school. He committed to the University of Utah to play college football.^[2]

College career[]

After redshirting his first year at Utah in 2017, Lloyd played in all 14 games as a backup in 2018 and had six tackles. He became a starter in 2019.^[3] In 14 games he had 91 tackles, 6.5 sacks and one interception which he returned for a touchdown.^[4] As a junior in 2020, Lloyd played in five games and had 48 tackles and two sacks.^[5] He returned to Utah for his senior year in 2021 rather than enter the 2021 NFL Draft.^[6]^[7]

References[]

^ Brents, Phillip (December 30, 2018). "Holiday Bowl to feature homecoming for Otay Ranch grad". The Star News. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
^ Goon, Kyle (January 26, 2017). "Utah football: 2017 ATH Devin Lloyd commits to Utes". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
^ "Truly 'next man up': What Devin Lloyd provides Utah in wake of Manny Bowen's exit".
^ "Utah's linebackers will be mostly young, but Devin Lloyd will provide veteran leadership".
^ Judd, Brandon (April 21, 2021). "What makes Utah linebacker Devin Lloyd a top-10 talent in college football?". Deseret News. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
^ "Utah football's Devin Lloyd considered NFL draft, but Cody Barton's advice helped him return for one more year".
^ Call, Jeff (March 17, 2021). "Why Utes' star linebacker Devin Lloyd signed up for another season". Deseret News. Retrieved November 24, 2021.

External links[]

Utah Utes bio

[1] Brents, Phillip (December 30, 2018). "Holiday Bowl to feature homecoming for Otay Ranch grad". The Star News. Retrieved November 24, 2021.

[2] Goon, Kyle (January 26, 2017). "Utah football: 2017 ATH Devin Lloyd commits to Utes". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved November 24, 2021.

[3] "Truly 'next man up': What Devin Lloyd provides Utah in wake of Manny Bowen's exit".

[4] "Utah's linebackers will be mostly young, but Devin Lloyd will provide veteran leadership".

[5] Judd, Brandon (April 21, 2021). "What makes Utah linebacker Devin Lloyd a top-10 talent in college football?". Deseret News. Retrieved November 24, 2021.

[6] "Utah football's Devin Lloyd considered NFL draft, but Cody Barton's advice helped him return for one more year".

[7] Call, Jeff (March 17, 2021). "Why Utes' star linebacker Devin Lloyd signed up for another season". Deseret News. Retrieved November 24, 2021.

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v t 2021 College Football All-America Team consensus selections
Offense	QB Bryce Young RB Breece Hall RB Kenneth Walker III WR Jordan Addison WR David Bell OT Ikem Ekwonu OT Darian Kinnard OT Evan Neal C Tyler Linderbaum TE Trey McBride
Defense	DE Aidan Hutchinson DE Kayvon Thibodeaux DT Jordan Davis LB Will Anderson LB Nakobe Dean LB Devin Lloyd CB Ahmad Gardner S Kyle Hamilton S Verone McKinley III S Jalen Pitre
Special teams	K Jake Moody P Matt Araiza AP Brian Battie AP Marcus Jones AP Deuce Vaughn

v t Pac-12 Football Player of the Year winners
Overall (1975–1982)	1975 Muncie 1976 Bell 1977 Benjamin and Moon 1978 White 1979 White 1980 Elway 1981 Allen 1982 Elway and Ramsey
Offensive (1983–present)	1983 Pelluer 1984 Mayes 1985 Mayes 1986 Muster 1987 Aikman 1988 Peete 1989 S. Broussard 1990 G. Lewis 1991 Pawlawski and M. Bailey 1992 Bledsoe 1993 Stokes 1994 Kaufman 1995 K. Johnson 1996 Plummer 1997 Leaf 1998 McNown and A. Smith 1999 Walters 2000 Tuiasosopo 2001 Harrington 2002 Gesser and Palmer 2003 Leinart 2004 Bush and Leinart 2005 Bush 2006 Lynch 2007 Dixon 2008 Rodgers 2009 Gerhart 2010 Luck 2011 Luck 2012 Lee 2013 Carey 2014 Mariota 2015 McCaffrey 2016 Browning 2017 Love 2018 Minshew 2019 Moss 2020 J. Broussard 2021 London
Defensive (1983–present)	1983 Hunley and Rivera 1984 Bickett 1985 Walen 1986 Evans 1987 Cecil 1988 Wells 1989 Seau 1990 Emtman and D. Lewis 1991 Emtman 1992 Hoffmann 1993 Waldrop 1994 Fields 1995 Bruschi 1996 Chorak 1997 Tillman 1998 Claiborne 1999 O'Neal 2000 Archuleta 2001 R. Thomas 2002 Suggs 2003 Ball 2004 Cody and Swancutt 2005 Ngata and 2006 Hughes 2007 Ellis 2008 Maualuga 2009 Price 2010 Paea 2011 Kendricks 2012 Sutton 2013 Sutton 2014 Wright 2015 Buckner 2016 Jackson 2017 Vea 2018 Burr-Kirven 2019 Weaver 2020 Hufanga 2021 Lloyd
Freshman (1999–2008)	1999 Kelly 2000 Suggs 2001 T. Johnson and R. Williams 2002 M. Williams 2003 Browner 2004 Miller 2005 and M. Thomas 2006 Byrd, Mays and Verner 2007 Locker 2008 Rodgers
Freshman Offensive (2009–present)	2009 James 2010 Woods 2011 D. Thomas and Lee 2012 Mariota 2013 Jack 2014 Freeman 2015 Rosen 2016 Darnold 2017 Taylor and Little 2018 Jefferson 2019 Slovis 2020 Jordan 2021 de Laura
Freshman Defensive (2009–present)	2009 Burfict 2010 2011 D. Bailey 2012 L. Williams 2013 Jack 2014 Jackson 2015 C. Smith 2016 Rapp 2017 Schooler 2018 2019 Thibodeaux 2020 Sewell 2021