Syracuse University Athletics

Career Overview: Talented passer who stepped into the starting role as a sophomore in 2019 ... Missed most of the 2020 season due to injury ... As a freshman in 2018, served as the second-string quarterback and led the Orange to critical wins over Florida State and North Carolina … In 24 games (15 starts) over three seasons, has completed 305-of-520 (.586) passes for 3,478 yards and 27 touchdowns with 10 interceptions, while rushing for 128 yards and three scores ... Has 3,606 career yards of total offense and 26 touchdowns responsible for .. Ranks in the top 10 all-time at Syracuse in completion percentage (7th - 58.6), 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) ... Two 300-yard passing games ... Five games with 3+ TD passes ... Had a streak of 212 pass attempts without an interception from 2019 through the first two games of 2020 ... The interception-free streak is the longest in team history ... 2019 All-ACC Academic Team selection ... Redshirted in 2017 ... Transferred after the 2021 season.

Junior Year (2021): Started the first three games of the 2021 season ... Completed 11-of-17 passed and carried the ball seven times for 49 yards and a touchdown in a win at Ohio (9/4) ... Completed 15-of-26 passes against Rutgers (9/11) ... Completed 6-of-9 passes for 147 yards and a touchdown and also ran five times for 28 yards before being lifted in a blowout win over UAlbany (9/18) ... Entered the transfer portal following week 6.

Junior Year (2020): Started the first four games of the season before suffering a season-ending injury against Duke … Completed 48-of-96 passes for 593 yards and four touchdowns … Against North Carolina (9/12), completed 13-of-31 passes for 112 yards … Completed 13-of-24 passes for 194 yards and two touchdowns against Georgia Tech (9/26), and also ran for 23 yards … Completed 13-of-26 passes for 255 yards against Duke (10/10), with two touchdowns, before leaving the game due to injury.

Sophomore Year (2019): Started 11 out of 12 games ... Passed for 2,360 yards, completing 213 out of his 337 throws (.632) ... Tied Ryan Nassib (2010) and Donovan McNabb (1996) for the most TD passes by a sophomore in school history with 19 ... Added 122 rushing yards and two touchdowns on 112 carries (1.1 avg.) to finish the year with 2,482 total yards and 21 touchdowns responsible for ... Passed for 300+ yards twice ... Only threw five interceptions and did not throw any in the Orange’s last seven games ... Ended the season with a streak of 170 consecutive pass attempts without an INT, the second-longest streak in team history (R.J. Anderson 190, 2002-03) ... One of seven Power-Five quarterbacks with 19+ touchdown passes and five or fewer interceptions, joining Justin Fields (Ohio State), Tua Tagovailoa (Alabama), Jake Luton (Oregon State), Tyler Huntley (Utah), Jake Fromm (Georgia) and Micale Cunningham (Louisville) ... No. 2 in Syracuse single-season history in interception avoidance (1.48), trailing only Perry Patterson’s 2006 mark of 1.33 ... DeVito’s nearly 4:1 touchdown-to-interception ratio was third in the ACC behind North Carolina’s Sam Howell (5.4 to 1) and Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence (4.5 to 1) ... Ranked hird in the ACC and No. 35 nationally in completion percentage (.632) ... Posted a 137.67 efficiency rating ... Won his starting debut at Liberty (8/31), completing 17-of-35 passes for 176 yards with two interceptions, while running for 21 yards on six carries ... At Maryland (9/7), threw for a career-high 330 yards with three TDs and one interception on 28-of-39 passing ... The performance marked the fourth time in school history a Syracuse quarterback passed for 300 yards and three touchdowns in the same game ... Accounted for a career-high five touchdowns and a personal-best 372 yards of offense versus Western Michigan (9/21) ... DeVito completed 27-of-35 passes for 287 yards with a personal-best four touchdowns and rushed nine times for a career-high 85 yards, including a 36-yard TD run and career-long dash of 60 yards ... Named to the weekly Davey O’Brien Award “Great 8” quarterback list for his effort against the Broncos ... A week later against Holy Cross (9/28), became the first quarterback in Orange history to throw 4+ touchdowns in back-to-back games, tossing four TDs while connecting on 19-of-31 passes for 269 yards with one interception ... At NC State (10/10), logged his second 300-yard passing game ... DeVito finished with exactly 300 yards through the air against the Wolfpack, completing a personal-best 29 passes and tying his career high with 39 pass attempts ... Threw for 289 yards and three touchdowns on 25-of-36 passing against Boston College (11/2) ... Of DeVito’s three TDs, one was a career-long, 85-yard bomb to Trishton Jackson ... DeVito also rushed for 61 yards on a career-high 16 carries versus the Eagles ... At Duke (11/16), was 6-for-15 for 105 yards and two touchdowns through the air, while also scoring a 1-yard TD and catching the first pass of his career for a gain of four yards ... Completed 14-of-21 passes for 153 yards with two touchdowns at Louisville (11/23) ... Voted to the All-ACC Academic Team ... ACC Honor Roll selection ... Named to the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll both semesters.

Freshman Year (2018): Came off the bench in eight games as the primary backup for starter Eric Dungey ... Completed 44-of-87 (.506) passes for 525 yards, four touchdowns and three interceptions ... Made his collegiate debut at Western Michigan (8/31) ... Was 4-of-9 passing for 42 yards and rushed seven times for 12 yards against the Broncos … Against Florida State (9/15), filled in for Dungey and guided Syracuse to three second-half touchdowns in a 30-7 victory to win ACC Freshman of the Week honors ... Was 11-for-16 passing for 144 yards against the Seminoles and threw his first career touchdown pass, while also scoring his first career rushing TD on a 3-yard run ... Set season highs for passing yards (181) and touchdown passes (3) in SU’s double-overtime win against North Carolina (10/20) ... Entered the game with 5:07 left in the fourth quarter against the Tar Heels and completed 11-of-19 passes, including the 42-yard tying touchdown to Nykeim Johnson with 1:39 to go and the 4-yard winner to Ravian Pierce in the second OT … Replaced an injured Dungey in the first quarter against Notre Dame (11/17) ... Established season bests for completions (14) and passing attempts (31) against the Irish ... Member of the Fall 2018 SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.

2017: Redshirt season ... Member of the travel squad for the first nine games ... Named to the Spring 2018 SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.

High School: Two-year starter for head coach Greg Toal … No. 136 in the ESPN 300 ... Ranked eighth nationally by ESPN among pocket passers … No. 8 pro-style quarterback in the Class of 2017, according to 247Sports.com … Ranked No. 14 among pro-style quarterbacks by Rivals.com … No. 39 overall quarterback in the class, according to Scout.com … Starter for Team Highlight at the 2017 Under Armour All-America Game … Nike Football Elite 11 finalist and named to The Opening Finals 7-on-7 All-Tournament Team … Two-time NJ.com All-State selection, including first-team honors in 2015 … Named to the 2016 American Family Insurance All-USA New Jersey Second Team by USA Today … 2015 MSG Varsity All-Metro First Team Offense … PrepStar All-East Region selection … As a junior, led the Ironmen to a 9-3 record and the 2015 New Jersey Non-Public 4 state title … As a senior captain, passed for 2,005 yards and 16 touchdowns … Threw for 3,800 yards and 35 TDs in his career … Team MVP.  

Personal: Thomas N. DeVito … Born on August 7, 1998 in Livingston, New Jersey … Son of Alexandra and Tom DeVito … One brother … Sociology major.