2024 Football Roster
Roster
Devin Lemear
- Position:
- Safety
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Manor, Texas
- High School:
- Manor HS
• Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (2x)
• 2022 Honorable Mention All-Big 12 (Coaches)
• 2022 First-Team Academic All-Big 12
2023 (Redshirt Sophomore): Started all 10 games he played in, missing a pair while battling injuries … Ranked third on the team in tackles … Had 41 tackles, half a stop for a loss and three pass break-ups … Had four tackles in the season opener vs. Texas State before suffering an injury that forced him to miss the next two games … Returned vs. No. 3/6 Texas in week four to collect nine tackles and half a stop for a loss … Had three tackles at UCF … Made a stop vs. Texas Tech … Had six tackles vs. Iowa State … Went for two tackles vs. Houston and had five at No. 25 Kansas State … Had two at TCU and three with a pass break-up vs. West Virginia.
2024 (Redshirt Junior): Started the first 12 games of the year before missing the Texas Bowl vs. LSU … Made 29 tackles, had an interception and broke up two passes … Had the third-best pass coverage grade from PFF (70.4) on the roster … Finished with a 65.3 defensive grade, 11th best among players that played at least 70 snaps … Had three tackles at Utah … Made a stop vs. Air Force … Broke up a pass and had a tackle at Colorado … Finished with three tackles vs. BYU … Had two tackles and a PBU at ISU … Had a tackle vs. Tech … Made five tackles vs. OSU … Had a tackle vs. TCU … Made six stops at WVU, a season high … Had three tackles and an interception at Houston … Had three tackles vs. Kansas.
2022 (Redshirt Freshman): Named All-Big 12 Honorable Mention by the league coaches and also earned votes for Big 12 Defensive Freshman of the Year … Tabbed First-Team Academic All-Big 12 … Earned Freshman All-America honors ... Started at safety in 13 games … Totaled 57 tackles with two tackles for a loss, two interceptions, two fumble recoveries and four pass break-ups … Made collegiate debut vs. UAlbany in the season opener … Had a tackle for a loss at No. 21 BYU … Finished with three tackles vs. Texas State … Had four stops and a pass break-up at Iowa State … Finished with three stops vs. No. 7 Oklahoma State … Had seven tackles at West Virginia … Recovered first career fumble – returning it 18 yards – while totaling three tackles, and a tackle for a loss, in a win over Kansas … Had five tackles, two pass break-ups and returned an interception 21 yards in a 45-17 rout of Texas Tech in Lubbock … Had eight stops and returned an interception 31 yards in a win at Oklahoma … Had four tackles vs. No. 19 Kansas State … Had a season-best nine tackles vs. No. 4 TCU, breaking up one pass … Finished with seven tackles at No. 23 Texas, also recovering a fumble … Had three tackles in the Armed Forces Bowl vs. Air Force.
2021 (Freshman): Redshirted ... Appeared in four games … Made collegiate debut against Texas Southern (9/11), recorded his career-first and set a career high in tackles (2) … Played but did not record a stat at Kansas (9/18), vs. Iowa State (9/25) and vs. Ole Miss (1/1).
High School: Prepped at Manor High School for coach James Keller … 54 tackles with one interception in 2020 … Three PBU and one TFL … Also returned four kickoffs for 100 yards … All-District honoree … 59 tackles and two interceptions as a junior … helped team to 8-6 record and Class 5A Division I quarterfinals … Rated three stars by 247 Sports … No. 142 in Texas … No. 76 safety nationally … Rivals rated a three-star recruit … ESPN’s No. 97 player in Texas … Three-star recruit … Dave Campbell’s Texas Football ranked as No. 75 player in Texas and No. 3 safety in the state … Also played basketball … Picked Baylor over TCU and Texas.
Personal: Son of Darryl and Frances Lemear … computer science major … early enrollee.
