Running back, Tennessee State and Northern Arizona, 2019–⁠25

Devon Starling

Number
No. 5
Height
6′1″
Weight
210 lb
Class (2025)
Senior
Hometown
Nashville, TN

Devon Starling played running back at Tennessee State (2019–⁠22), Northern Arizona (2023) and Tennessee State (2025).

Career highs

207rushing yards, career highat Eastern Washington, 20222rushing touchdowns, career highat Sacramento State, 20236catches, career highvs. Portland State, 2023

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2021*Tennessee State11333.009
2022Tennessee State1165404.7143
2023Northern Arizona1307035.4630
Career2571,2765.0743

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2021*Tennessee State492.307
2022Tennessee State1622113.8149
2023Northern Arizona222109.5136
Career4244010.5249

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2021Tennessee State5RBYr 1
2022Tennessee State5RBYr 2
2023Northern Arizona5RBYr 3
2025Tennessee State5RBSr. (Yr 5)6′1″210

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2021Tennessee State (FCS)17-0.22––-3.8–
2022Tennessee State (FCS)890.1757th (n=470)0.1415.320%
2023Northern Arizona (FCS)1490.3489th (n=450)0.1750.324%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2023 Northern Arizona 11 games, 703 rushing yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Sep 2atArizonaL 3–⁠38720120
Sep 9atNorth DakotaL 22–⁠37157302140
Sep 16vs.Utah TechL 36–⁠501511111250
Sep 23vs.MontanaW 28–⁠149431110
Sep 30atSacramento StateL 30–⁠31211172330
Oct 7atWeber StateW 27–⁠10219403220
Oct 14vs.Portland StateL 21–⁠4552006550
Oct 28vs.UC DavisW 38–⁠2172901360
Nov 4atMontana StateL 21–⁠452130–––
Nov 11vs.Northern ColoradoW 28–⁠7117611301
Nov 18atEastern WashingtonW 49–⁠421712513220
2022 Tennessee State 10 games, 540 rushing yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Sep 3atEastern WashingtonL 29–⁠362520713230
Sep 10vs.Jackson StateL 3–⁠1618700170
Sep 17atMiddle TennesseeL 6–⁠4991502210
Oct 8vs.Bethune-CookmanW 41–⁠1710430–––
Oct 15atTennessee TechW 30–⁠1482102550
Oct 22vs.Eastern IllinoisW 37–⁠17145803581
Oct 29atMurray StateL 3–⁠19350150
Nov 5vs.Southeast Missouri StateL 0–⁠42156401−20
Nov 12vs.UT MartinL 3–⁠206801370
Nov 19atEast Texas A&MW 22–⁠1484902170
2021 Tennessee State 1 game, 33 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Nov 20atMississippi StateL 10–⁠5511330490

No box score in the source for Sep 5 at Grambling; Sep 18 vs. Kentucky State; Oct 30 vs. Murray State, so those games are not listed.

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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