Receiver, UT Martin, 2021–⁠24

DeVonte Tanksley

Number
No. 4
Height
5′10″
Weight
160 lb
Class (2024)
Sophomore
Hometown
Gainesville, FL

DeVonte Tanksley played receiver at UT Martin (2021–⁠24).

Career highs

10catches, career highvs. Kennesaw State, 2022220receiving yards, career highat Murray State, 20222receiving touchdowns, career highat Charleston Southern, 2024

Team titles: Ohio Valley champions, 2021 and 2022; Big South–OVC Football Association champions, 2023 and 2024

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2021UT Martin471.804
2022UT Martin5365312.3169
2023*UT Martin5469812.9446
2024UT Martin4465815.0365
Career1552,01613.0869

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
2021UT Martin4WRYr 1
2022UT Martin4WRYr 2
2023UT Martin4WRYr 3
2024UT Martin4WRSo. (Yr 4)5′10″160

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
2021UT Martin (FCS)8-0.42––-3.4–
2022UT Martin (FCS)770.3511th (n=683)0.7126.613%
2023UT Martin (FCS)520.9874th (n=681)0.8050.97%
2024UT Martin (FCS)540.8539th (n=581)0.9246.28%

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

2024 UT Martin 12 games, 44 catches, 658 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 31atKansas StateL 6–⁠41228022−1
Sep 7atSoutheast Missouri StateL 42–⁠457113039–
Sep 14vs.North AlabamaW 43–⁠28569045–
Oct 5vs.Gardner-WebbW 35–⁠17441014–
Oct 12atWestern IllinoisW 45–⁠1721106–
Oct 26vs.Eastern IllinoisW 52–⁠17361053−4
Nov 2atTennessee StateW 28–⁠21464135–
Nov 9atCharleston SouthernW 40–⁠145128265–
Nov 16vs.Tennessee TechL 9–⁠105490201
Nov 23vs.LindenwoodW 33–⁠2631706−4
Nov 30atNew HampshireW 41–⁠10377059–
Dec 7atMontana StateL 17–⁠491000–
2023 UT Martin 11 games, 54 catches, 698 yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 2atGeorgiaL 7–⁠482302–
Sep 9vs.Missouri StateW 38–⁠31444014–
Sep 16vs.Houston ChristianW 66–⁠76120135–
Sep 23atNorth AlabamaW 37–⁠21344018–
Sep 30vs.Tennessee StateW 20–⁠106930354
Oct 7atEastern IllinoisW 28–⁠27436017–
Oct 21vs.Charleston SouthernW 17–⁠0317011–
Oct 28atGardner-WebbL 34–⁠38781124–
Nov 4atTennessee TechW 44–⁠417115146–
Nov 11vs.Southeast Missouri StateW 41–⁠14892131–
Nov 18atSamfordL 17–⁠27453022–
2022 UT Martin 10 games, 53 catches, 653 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 1vs.Western IllinoisW 42–⁠25598039–
Sep 8atMissouri StateL 30–⁠35559039–
Sep 17atBoise StateL 7–⁠304280129
Sep 24vs.LindenwoodW 56–⁠2685712513
Oct 1vs.Tennessee TechW 45–⁠28469069–
Oct 8atMurray StateW 45–⁠169220037–
Oct 22atTennesseeL 24–⁠6531809–
Oct 29atHouston ChristianW 52–⁠2826067
Nov 5vs.Kennesaw StateL 27–⁠441075018–
Nov 19vs.Eastern IllinoisW 34–⁠31323011–
2021 UT Martin 1 game, 4 catches, 7 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 2atWestern KentuckyL 21–⁠594704–

No box score in the source for Oct 9 vs. Murray State, so that game is not listed.

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

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