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Name: Tommy DeVito (+) Coming off Oct 2022 Ankle INJ...Transfer from Syracuse College: Illinois
Number: 3
School Bio/Stats Link: HERE
Height: 6-1 Weight: 210 Position: Pos2:
Class/Draft Year: rSr/2023 40 Low: 4.62 40 Time: 4.66 40 High: 4.72
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Data Scout Notes: X-FA-Tryout/70%-15-4/70 yard Rush 5TD 2022: NAC...(+) Coming off Oct 2022 Ankle INJ...PUnitas...2021: Transfer from Syracuse...2020: NAC...(+) Coming off 10-10-20 Leg INJ
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Weight: 210
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Dates: 03/10/23
Hand: 10 1/8 Arm: 29 7/8 Wingspan: 73 3/8
Height: 6010
Weight: 210
40 Yrd Dash: 4.66
20 Yrd Dash: 2.71
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Broad Jump: 09'06"
20 Yrd Shuttle: 4.36
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40 Time Range: 4.64-4.67/Projected 4.79/-.13/No 3Cone-Choice
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Tommy DeVito, Illinois, Player News
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Bret Bielema is still holding out hope he can get a seventh year of eligibility for Tommy DeVito and maintain some continuity on the offensive end with a returning quarterback in 2023. How that could happen is still unclear, but Bielema's the guy that go t Alex Palczewski, Alex Pihlstrom and Michael Marchese a sixth year this fall. Every effort is being made to add DeVito to that list. "There's a hope that's out there that could get him back," Bielema said. "I couldn't be happier with Tommy and the progr ess he made this year." If Bielema can't make that happen? If the ReliaQuest Bowl is DeVito's last game as an Illini? Adding at least one quarterback in the portal will be a necessity.It's a key part of a busy offseason for Bielema and Co., who ar e in the midst of bowl game preparation, with Doak Walker Award finalist Chase Brown nearing a decision on if he'll play against Mississippi State or not. Not to mention two new defensive assistants to hire and a roster that could - and probably will - c hange with more transfers out and in. Quarterback, though, is a priority. Illinois signed Ardmore (Okla.) quarterback Cal Swanson on Wednesday as part of its 21-strong 2023 recruiting class. He'll join Donovan Leary and Kirkland Michaux in the quarterbac k room next season. - News Gazette Tribune
(DS#18 QB) rSr/2023 QB Tommy DeVito, Illinois
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Illinois' Tommy DeVito had the best completion rate of the season in a game matching FBS opponents, completing 20 of 22 against Nebraska. His 90.9% accuracy also was tops among quarterbacks who have ever visited Lincoln and had a minimum of 20 attempts. DeVito broke his previous career high of 78.1% on 25-of-32 passing against Minnesota on Oct. 15. - AP College Football
(DS#18 QB) rSr/2023 QB Tommy DeVito, Illinois
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2022 PRESEASON JOHNNY UNITAS GOLDEN ARM AWARD WATCH LIST: Tommy DeVito, Illinois,...First seson at Illinois after transferring to Champaign from Syracuse...Played in 24 games with 15 starts over three seasons at Syracuse...Completed 305-of-520 (.586) pas ses for 3,478 yards and 27 touchdowns with 10 interceptions, while rushing for 128 yards and three scores...Responsible for 3,606 career yards of total offense and 26 touchdowns...Ranked in the top 10 all-time at Syracuse in completion percentage (7th, 5 8.6), passer rating (8th, 128.1), passing yards per game (7th, 144.9), touchdown passes (7th, 27), completions (9th, 305) and passing yards (10th, 3,478). - Illinois Football
(DS#18 QB) rSr/2023 QB Tommy DeVito, Illinois
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Bret Bielema announced Syracuse transfer Tommy DeVito as Illinois' starting quarterback on Thursday. DeVito has a promising arm and the potential to boost the offense under first-year coordinator Barry Lunney Jr., hired from UTSA after the Roadrunners em barrassed Bielema's squad last year. The run-happy Cowboys lost quarterbacks Sean Chambers and Levi Williams to the transfer portal and brought in Andrew Peasley from rival Utah State and Evan Svoboda from Snow College. The result could hinge on which te am's newcomers hit the ground running. - AP College Football
(DS#18 QB) rSr/2023 QB Tommy DeVito, Illinois
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Bret Bielema will tell you there's going to be a quarterback competition when Illinois football training camp opens Saturday in Champaign. In fact, the Illini coach said exactly that Wednesday during Big Ten Media Days at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapoli s. It's been the same refrain from offensive coordinator Barry Lunney Jr. this summer. The starter for the Aug. 27 season opener against Wyoming in Champaign hasn't been decided. Tommy DeVito and Art Sitkowski - and to a much, much lesser degree the rest of the quarterbacks on the Illinois roster - will get their shot in camp. But let's be realistic. It's DeVito's job to lose. The 23-year-old Syracuse transfer who celebrates his 24th birthday on Aug. 7 didn't uproot his college football career on a whim . Sure, leaving the Orange was always in the cards after he ultimately lost the starting job there despite a breakout 2019 season, but he didn't zero in on Illinois to ride the bench again. "The spring game kind of gave you a glimpse of what he's capable of doing," Bielema said, with DeVito completing 16 of 20 passes for 248 yards and three touchdowns more than three months ago at Memorial Stadium. "He's got a live arm, and I think a very accurate arm. He does have the ability to get the ball in some ti ght windows. Sometimes, he gets a little too gunslinger for me, but I think he's learned what we're asking." - News Gazette Tribune
(DS#18 QB) rSr/2023 QB Tommy DeVito, Illinois
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Brandon Peters finally exhausted his eligibility after 27 seasons, so Illini coach Bret Bielema, lacking good in-house options, snagged from Syracuse DeVito, who threw 19 touchdowns in 2019 before sharing starting duties in 2020 and 2021. DeVito can make all the passes. Illinois hopes he can be more durable than the oft-injured Peters. - Lincoln Journal Star
(DS#18 QB) rSr/2023 QB Tommy DeVito, Illinois
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With spring practice complete, all signs point toward a pair of incoming transfers making their first appearances with their new teams when the Pokes and Illini meet in Week Zero. Tommy DeVito transferred to Illinois this offseason after spending the pas t five years at Syracuse. DeVito had his 2020 season cut short due to injury and lost his starting job last fall, but showed promise in his first year as a starter in 2019 - passing for 2,360 yards with 19 touchdowns and five interceptions. He also added two scores on the ground, and despite being sacked 44 times, finished the year with 122 rushing yards. This promise was on display again in Illinois' spring game, during which he completed 16 of 20 passes for 248 yards and three touchdowns. - Wyoming Tr ibune Eagle
(DS#18 QB) rSr/2023 QB Tommy DeVito, Illinois
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Illinois football is turning to the state of New Jersey for a third time to address its quarterback room for the 2022 season. Syracuse transfer Tommy DeVito, a Cedar Grove, N.J., native announced his commitment to the Illini late Friday night on social m edia. The 6-foot-2, 215-pounder is the third quarterback addition from New Jersey in the Bret Bielema era following Rutgers transfer Art Sitkowski and Class of 2022 commit Donovan Leary. DeVito fills a position of need through the transfer portal for Ill inois heading into the 2022 season. Brandon Peters exhausted his eligibility with the 2021 regular season finale win against Northwestern. Sitkowski will miss all of spring ball after undergoing surgery both for a broken left arm and a right shoulder inj ury and Leary will be a true freshman in 2022. - News Gazette Tribune
(DS#18 QB) rSr/2023 QB Tommy DeVito, Illinois
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Syracuse quarterback Tommy DeVito announced Sunday night on social media that he's entering the transfer portal. In a post on Twitter, the redshirt junior wrote that he was grateful to the university and all the teammates he played with. Coach Dino Baber s was not mentioned. "It's with a heavy heart that I am announcing that I will be entering the transfer portal," DeVito wrote. DeVito, a highly regarded recruit from Don Bosco Prep in New Jersey, succeeded Eric Dungey as the starter in 2019 and kept the job for two seasons, though he missed the final seven games of 2020 with a leg injury.He started the first three games of this season but was replaced by Mississippi State transfer Garrett Shrader and has not played in the past four games. With th e 6-foot-4, 230-pound Shrader at the helm, Syracuse (3-4) beat Liberty on a last-second field goal but has lost all three of its Atlantic Coast Conference games. Two were decided on the final play, one in overtime, and on Saturday the Orange fell to Clem son, 17-14, when kicker Andre Szmyt missed a 48-yard field goal in the final minute of regulation. DeVito accepted the backup role initially, hoping for another shot, but Shrader has elevated the offense with his running ability and Babers opted to keep him as the starter. - AP College Football
(DS#18 QB) rSr/2023 QB Tommy DeVito, Illinois
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Syracuse coach Dino Babers said Tommy DeVito's experience and knowledge of the offense gives him an edge over Garrett Shrader heading into fall practice next month. The two quarterbacks will compete for the starting job ahead of SU's season opener at Ohi o on Sept. 4. Syracuse is scheduled to open training camp Aug. 6. "I think if you're talking about who knows the offense better, it's definitely DeVito," Babers told syracuse.com. "I think what we need to do is be fair and continue to let those guys grow . They both have a set of tools that's unique to each one, and then there's a combination where they both can do the exact same thing. "We're going to have to see how it settles, but I would say he has an advantage because he's been here longer." Who Bab ers selects as his starting quarterback will be a defining storyline in the head coach's sixth season. DeVito, who has started 15 games over the past two seasons, showcased his arm and accuracy behind an offensive line that finally gave him some protecti on this spring. No school has allowed more sacks than Syracuse over the last two seasons. - The Post-Standard
(DS#18 QB) rSr/2023 QB Tommy DeVito, Illinois
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Syracuse will return to practice in about a month, when a quarterback competition Dino Babers said could rub up against the Sept. 4 season opener at Ohio will start to take shape. Returning starter Tommy DeVito is vying to hold off Garrett Shrader, the t ransfer from Mississippi State who spent most of the spring semester catching up on the language of the Orange offense. It's a season-defining decision in a year in which Babers is facing pressure to win. There's rarely been such ambiguity at quarterback heading into a season under Babers. It last happened with Eric Dungey and DeVito back in 2018, when Babers let the question hang in the air deep into August, despite Dungey having three seasons of starting experience. This summer has a similar feeling. DeVito is now the fourth-year player who has started games in multiple seasons and is coming off a year cut short by injury. Shrader is trying to close ground on the incumbent.DeVito showcased his arm and accuracy behind an offensive line that fin ally gave him some protection. Babers sized up his quarterback room during an in-house interview for season-ticket holders last month with radio voice Matt Park. The interview was recently made available to the public. It's a rare window into the head co ach's appraisal on his quarterbacks. The team closed all practices in the spring and did not hold a spring game for fans. "I think that Garrett had a spring where he's got to learn the offense and he's got to get better at things," Babers said, "but he's gobbling that up daily and getting better and better, and his legs are something to be reckoned with. "Tommy had a really, really good spring throwing the football. Those guys at practice can see what he can do when he has time and his feet are quiet." - The Post-Standard
(DS#18 QB) rSr/2023 QB Tommy DeVito, Illinois
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Quarterback Tommy DeVito will return to Syracuse for the 2021 season, his father told syracuse.com Monday morning. "We want to finish what we started here because it feels like we never got started," DeVito's father, Tom, said. "Tommy's not going anywher e. Tommy's committed. He's staying." It quiets speculation DeVito will seek a transfer and leave the program with two years of eligibility remaining. DeVito has been the team's starting quarterback each of the past two seasons. He injured his ankle late in SU's 38-24 loss to Duke on Oct. 10 and missed the team's final seven games as SU finished 1-10. It did not win a game after DeVito's season-ending injury. - The Post-Standard
(DS#18 QB) rSr/2023 QB Tommy DeVito, Illinois
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Syracuse redshirt junior quarterback Tommy DeVito suffered an injury to his left leg in a home loss to Duke on Saturday, and coach Dino Babers said afterward the injury was "not good." "Based off some of the stuff I've heard, it's not good," Babers said. "We're all pulling for him and we wish him the best. But right now, it's not good." DeVito was sacked early in the fourth quarter and left the field with help from two staff members. He finished watching from the sideline with a boot on and resting on c rutches. The redshirt junior has been pounded this season and last. The Orange have allowed 20 sacks in four games this year and last season gave up 50. - AP College Football
(DS#18 QB) rSr/2023 QB Tommy DeVito, Illinois
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Tommy DeVito threw for two scores, Sean Tucker ran for two others, and Syracuse broke out of its offensive doldrums to defeat Georgia Tech 37-20 Saturday for its first win of the season. The game, which was delayed more than 30 minutes while Syracuse pla yers were retested for COVID-19, was the first in the refurbished Carrier Dome. Renovations included a new roof, lighting, air conditioning and a scoreboard. The Orange (1-2, 1-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) scored 17 points off Georgia Tech (1-2, 1-1 ACC) turnovers.DeVito was 13 of 24 for 192 yards. Tucker, a freshman, had 111 yards on 22 carries and touchdown runs of 38 and four yards. Nykiem Johnson had four receptions for 84 yards, including a 43-yard touchdown, while Taj Harris had three catch es for 64 yards, including a 46-yard pass play. Jeff Sims completed 13 of 28 passes for 174 yards and one touchdown for the Yellow Jackets but had four interceptions at the hands of an opportunistic defense. Jahmyr Gibbs, a freshman playing in just his s econd game for Tech, had 105 yards, the first 100-yard game of his brief career. Dontae Smith had a career-high 75 yards rushing. - Syracuse/AP College Football
(DS#18 QB) rSr/2023 QB Tommy DeVito, Illinois
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The Orange opened the season ranked 22nd after going 10-3 and finishing ranked 15th last year. Syracuse (3-3) has now lost its three Atlantic Coast Conference games by a combined score of 120-36 and a bowl game is not a sure thing. - AP College Football
(DS#18 QB) rSr/2023 QB Tommy DeVito, Illinois
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Syracuse enters its bye week holding its collective breath on the status of starting quarterback Tommy DeVito and waiting for its offense to start playing at the speed coach Dino Babers expects. DeVito passed for four touchdowns to four different receive rs, the Syracuse defense held Holy Cross to 18 yards rushing and the Orange (3-2) defeated the Crusaders (1-3), a member of the Football Championship Subdivision, 41-3 Saturday. But DeVito, who was 19 of 31 for 269 yards, left the game in the fourth quar ter with an apparent injury. Things were well in hand for Syracuse, but Babers, who said DeVito gave himself a "thumbs up" after the win, didn't second-guess himself for leaving DeVito in the game."He had the first team offensive line in front of him. He's going to be out there a lot in those situations the next three years so we don't see it as a dangerous situation," he said. Babers was effusive in his praise of the defense, but not as much for his unit on the other side of the ball. "I thought our defense was fantastic," Babers said. "Holding a team to no touchdowns in college football is a big deal." As for the offense? "This is year one with our new group. Then we'll get to year two, then year three, and then it won't look like there's pain t drying out there because right now it looks slow to me. We'll get it right." Getting it right means eliminating turnovers. The Orange coughed it over three times in the fourth quarter. - Syracuse/AP College Football
(DS#18 QB) rSr/2023 QB Tommy DeVito, Illinois
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Syracuse coach Dino Babers was pleased his team's offense had come out of its shell, but in a game that saw both teams combine for more than 1,100 yards and 85 points, it was the defense that helped seal a 52-33 win for the Orange. Western Michigan (2-2) had rallied from a 21-0 deficit to narrow the margin to 38-33 with a little more than 10 minutes remaining and had a fourth-and-1 from its own 42. Momentum was on the Broncos' side and the Carrier Dome knew it. But Syracuse defensive tackle Kenneth Ruff and safety Evan Foster stopped Davon Tucker about a foot short of the first down. On the subsequent drive, tight end Aaron Hackett caught his second touchdown pass of the game from Tommy DeVito and the Orange (2-2) could exhale. "We treat fourth-down st ops like a turnover," Babers said."That was a really big deal. I thought the one stop was unbelievable where they originally gave them the first down (on third down). For us to come back and stop them on that series was a really big part of the ga me." "We have to be able to convert a fourth-and-short," said Western Michigan coach Tim Lester, who served as Syracuse offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach from 2013-2015. DeVito passed for a career-high four touchdowns and ran for one score as Syracuse broke a modest two-game losing streak. "I'm a throw-first guy but definitely can run if I have to," said DeVito, who broke off a career-high 60-yard run. "I thought it was cool that he started the game and finished the game with the same number of interceptions (zero)," Babers said. Hackett had a career day with six receptions. - Syracuse/AP College Football
(DS#18 QB) rSr/2023 QB Tommy DeVito, Illinois
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