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CAREER
- School & Southern Conference Record Holder for Career Sacks (37.5)
- Led or tied for lead in SoCon in sacks in 2019 (7.0), 2021 (12.0) & 2022 (8.0)
- Nine career games with multiple sacks including school-record 5.0 in the 2021 win over ETSU
- 2022 Team Captain
- All-America: 2020-21 (2nd), 2021, 2022
- Attended the Hula Bowl & East-West Shrine Game
- All-SoCon: 2019 (1st), 2020-21 (1st), 2021 (1st), 2022 (1st)
- SoCon Defensive Player of the Year: 2021
- Freshman All-America: 2018
- Sophomore All-America: 2019
- 2021 Graduate with a degree in Psychology
Career Stats…

• 47 games played with 42 starts
• 187 tackles with 55.5 for loss (second all-time at UTC) and 37.5 sacks
• 28.5 sacks and 41.0 TFLs in SoCon games
• 5 forced fumbles

 
2022 (Senior)
- 1st team All-America (HERO Sports & TheBluebloods), 2nd team (AP & Stats Perform) & 3rd team (Phil Steele).
- Consensus 1st team All-SoCon (Coaches, Media & Phil Steele)…Buck Buchanan Award Watch List.
- SoCon November Defensive Player of the Month.
- East-West Shrine Bowl Watch List…invited to and accepted both the Hula Bowl & East-West Shrine Game.
- Tied for the league lead with teammate Jay Person with 8.0 apiece…finished a half-sack ahead of linemate Ben Brewton’s 7.5…13.5 TFLs was third behind Person (17.5) in the top spot.
- Set the school and conference mark for career sacks in his final game with a strip sack at Western Carolina…tied for 21st nationally in sacks and 32nd in TFLs.
- 48 tackles ranked fifth on the squad.
- Season-high 2.0 sacks at Illinois.
 
2021 (Junior II)
- First Team All-America per Stats Perform and Phil Steele…Second Team All-America per AFCA, AP and HERO Sports...First Team All-SoCon…SoCon Defensive Player of the Year…Buck Buchanan Award Finalist.
- COVID junior season…started all 11 games at the defensive tackle slot.
- Team leader with 12.0 sacks…set school record with 5.0 in Rail Rivalry win over ETSU with four of the five coming in the fourth quarter securing the 21-16 triumph…tied for third-highest sack total in school history.
- 8th nationally in sacks per game (1.09).
- Team-high 15.5 tackles for loss…5.0 TFLs in ETSU win are second-most in program history behind Tyler Unzicker’s 6.0 in 2001 at ETSU.
- 17th nationally in TFLs per game (1.41).
- 42 total tackles with 28 solo and 14 assisted…tied career high with 10 in the finale against The Citadel.
- Nearly 43 percent (18/42) of his total tackles were behind the line of scrimmage.
- D-Line led the way to a dominating defensive effort for the squad leading the SoCon in every major statistical category: Total (275.8), Scoring (17.1), Rushing (122.3) & Passing (153.5)…the unit was top 20 nationally in Passing (2nd), First Downs Allowed (3rd), Total (9th), Third-Down Conversions (10th), Scoring (11th), Interceptions (14th), Pass Efficiency (15th), Rushing (16th), Sacks (16th) and TFLs (18th).
- SoCon Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 14)...three sacks in four plays at North Alabama halted a potential fourth quarter scoring drive in 20-0 win...tied school record with 3.5 in the game.
- Stats Perform National Defensive Player of the Week as well as SoCon Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 18 following the ETSU win.
- Dean’s List and A.D. Honor Roll.

2020-21 (Junior)
- Second Team AFCA All-American...First Team All-SoCon
- 5.0 sacks and 7.0 TFLs in four games...1.25 sacks per game and 1.75 TFLs per outing both led the SoCon.
- Two TFLs with a sack and two hurries at Furman...forced the fumble that sealed the win...three total tackles...also blocked a PAT against the Paladins.
- Career-high 10 tackles and tied a then high with 2.0 sacks at The Citadel.
- Tied career highs with 3.0 TFLs and 2.0 sacks in the SoCon opener vs. Wofford...named honorable mention National Defensive Player of the Week (Stats Perform) after performance vs. the Terriers.
- Made the Dean’s List & the A.D. Honor Roll both semesters...SoCon Honor Roll student.
2019 (Sophomore)
- First Team All-SoCon...Sophomore All-American per HeroSports.com.
- Tied for the SoCon lead with 7.0 sacks ... second in the SoCon with 13.0 TFLs.
- Then-high 2.0 sacks and 3.0 TFLs at VMI...last of three multi-sack and five multi-TFL contests.
- Season-high seven tackles against The Citadel.
- 1.5 sacks vs. Furman and ETSU.
- 1.5 TFLs at Mercer and in the season opener against Eastern Illinois.
- Dean’s List & the A.D. Honor Roll in the fall. 
2018 (Redshirt Freshman)
- Played in nine games with five starts...Phil Steele FCS Freshman All-American First Team...HeroSports.com FCS Freshman All-American Honorable Mention...SoCon All-Freshman
- Posted 32 tackles and was second on the team with 6.5 for loss and 5.5 sacks.
- Sack total was second on UTC's all-time freshman list, trailing Joshua Williams' 7.0 in 2009
- Nine tackles were high against Furman as were 1.5 sacks against VMI. 

2017 (Freshman)
- Redshirted...served as a member of the scout team.

PRIOR TO UTC
- All-state selection at Valdosta (Ga.) High School…led the Wildcats to the Georgia 6A state title as a senior in 2016…played for head coach Alan Rodemaker.
- 69 tackles (10 for loss), 5.5 sacks, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery as a senior.
- Team captain…two-time best defensive lineman award winner.

PERSONAL
- Full name is Devonnsha Jerome Maxwell…born May 5, 1999…son of Regina Maxwell.
- Earned a degree in 2021 in Psychology.