Las Vegas Sun

April 26, 2024

UNLV

83 Devonte Boyd

  • Wide receiver
  • Grade: Sophomore
  • Height: 6′1″
  • Weight: 175 lbs

2015 Season Statistics by Game

Game Receiving
Date Opp. W/L Score No. Yds Yds/Rec TDs
9/5 at NIU L 30-38 5 107 21.4 1
9/12 UCLA L 3-37 3 55 18.3
9/19 at UM L 7-28 3 65 21.7 1
10/3 at UNR W 23-17 4 39 9.8
10/10 SJST L 27-33 3 61 20.3 1
10/16 at FRESNO L 28-31 2 43 21.5 1
10/31 BSU L 27-55 10 116 11.6
11/7 HAW W 41-21 6 120 20 1
11/14 at CSU L 35-49 8 131 16.4
11/21 SDSU L 14-52 3 41 13.7
11/28 at WYO L 28-35 6 122 20.3 1
Totals    53 900 17.0 6

Player Bio: UNLV: An impressive and already highly decorated young receiver who is a 2015 preseason All-MW First Team selection by Phil Steele’s, Lindy’s and ESPN … Became just the third Rebel named to the Football Writers Association of America Freshman All-America Team (OL Matt Murphy in 2007 and WR Ryan Wolfe in 2006) when he joined Baylor’s K.D. Cannon as the two ball-catchers on the elite national squad … Just the fifth UNLV player to be named his conference’s Freshman of the Year … Led the nation in receiving yards among freshmen during the regular season and finished 38th overall with 980 … His 15.1 yard per catch average was second only to Oregon’s Darren Carrington (19.0) among all freshmen who had at least 700 yards receiving in 2014 … The second UNLV signee from local program Basic HS in as many years as OL J’Ondray Sanders.

2014: Capped a record-breaking initial season by being named the Mountain West Freshman of the Year and Freshman All-America … His 65 receptions and 980 yards receiving shattered former Rebel great Ryan Wolfe’s school freshman records (55 for 911) set in 2006 … Boyd also broke the UNLV mark for receptions in a game by a freshman when he hauled in 11 passes against New Mexico on Nov. 1 … His three 100-yard games tied Wolfe and Carlos Baker (1995) for the most in Rebel history by a freshman … Boyd’s catch total ranked 11th in UNLV single-season history overall and his 980 yards came in at eighth most by any Reb in one campaign … Boyd, who started 11 of his 13 games played, made an immediate impact as he caught six passes for 102 yards in his first collegiate game, which made him only the second UNLV freshman in history -- and the first on the road -- to reach the 100-yard receiving mark in his first game (Wolfe had 160 vs. Idaho State in 2006) … Caught at least two passes in all 13 games … His career-high 128 yards on six receptions at Utah State on Oct. 25 gave him his second 100-yard game and one week later, his career-high 11 grabs for 108 yards vs. the Lobos was his third … Scored his first UNLV touchdown at San Diego State on Sept. 27 when he brought in a 44-yard pass from Blake Decker in the first quarter … Also found the end zone once each at USU (41 yards), at BYU (40 yards) and vs. UNR (24 yards).