Devin Abraham

Position:
Safety
Height:
5-9
Weight:
189
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Tarpon Springs, Fla.
High School:
East Lake HS

DEVIN ABRAHAMS' CAREER HIGHS

Total tackles: 10, two times, last at UConn (11/4/17)

TFL: 2.0, vs. WKU, Miami Beach Bowl (12/21/15)

INT: 1, nine times, last vs. Texas Tech, Birmingham Bowl (12/23/17)

PBU: 2, vs. South Carolina, Birmingham Bowl (12/29/16)

USF Career: Played in 46 games and made 37 starts...recorded 168 tackles (125 solo), seven tackles for loss, two sacks, two fumble recoveries and one forced fumble...had 17 passes defended, including nine interceptions, which tied for fifth all-time at USF...earned second team All-American Athletic Conference honors in his senior season.

2017: All-conference second team selection… selected to play in the 2018 NFLPA Collegiate Bowl at Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, Calif. ... one of 10 USF football players to graduate in the spring… led the team with five interceptions and ranked 12th nationally with 0.4 interceptions per game…tied for fifth on USF’s all-time interceptions list with nine… ranked third among USF secondary players with 48 total tackles (35 solo)… started all 12 games at strong safety this season and made 37 starts in his career… intercepted a pass and finished with five solo tackles and a TFL against Texas Tech in the Birmingham Bowl (12/23)...made a career-high 10 tackles at UConn (11/4)… posted the second sack of his career vs. Temple (9/21)...noted as one of the sharpest football minds on the team and a quarterback of the secondary.

2016: Started the first five games of the season (six total) and played in nine…missed five games from Oct. 8 through Nov. 12 with a broken thumb suffered in a win at Cincinnati (10/1)…returned for the SMU game (11/19)…tied for 11th on the team with 31 total tackles in the regular season…set a career high with 10 tackles against No. 13 Florida State (9/24)... has made 25 starts in his career after starting all 13 games of the 2015 season... returned an interception 21 yards and posted a career-high two pass breakups in the Birmingham Bowl victory over South Carolina.

2015: Abraham started all 13 games at free safety and has started 19 games in his career…ranked fifth on the team with a career-best 51 tackles and second with a career-best three interceptions…also had a sack, two tackles for loss, three pass break-ups and a fumble recovery on the year…recorded a career-best nine tackles (5 solo) in the Miami Beach Bowl...had interceptions in the final two games of the regular season, grabbing one in the first quarter of a 65-27 rout of Cincinnati (11/20) and one in the second quarter of a 44-3 rout of UCF (11/27)…also had five tackles and an interception that he returned 42 yards to the 5-yard line setting up the game's first score at Maryland (9/19)…had a season-high six tackles and a sack in the Bulls win at UConn (10/17)…also had six tackles in a loss at Navy (10/31).

2014: Played in 12 games and made six starts... Totaled 34 tackles (23 solo)... Started the first three games of the season... Posted a career-high six tackles (four solo) against Cincinnati.

EAST LAKE HIGH SCHOOL: An early enrollee who began attending classes at USF in January…coached by Bob Hudson at East Lake HS…2013 Class 7A first team all-state selection …2013 Tampa Bay Times All-Suncoast Defensive Player of the Year…registered 90 tackles, six interceptions, eight blocked kicks in his senior season…scored 10 total touchdowns, five defensive …led defense that posted five shut outs and allowed just 114 points in 14 games…team went 13-1 and advanced to the Class 7A state semifinals…had 95 tackles and six interceptions to help the Eagles advance to the Class 8A region final as a junior and 146 tackles and four interceptions as a sophomore…totaled 19 interceptions on his career…three-time team captain…listed as a three-star recruit by 247Sports.com…ranked No. 18 on the Tampa Bay Times Home Team Top 25…three-time All-Pinellas County…honored on three All-Suncoast teams…also lettered three years in football, two in basketball and one in track…four-time member of honor roll…the son of former Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback Donnie Abraham…also received scholarship offers from NC State, Middle Tennessee State, Ohio and South Alabama.