Devonte Ross
| No. 5 – Penn State Nittany Lions | |
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| Position | Wide receiver |
| Class | Senior |
| Personal information | |
| Born | September 9, 2002 Cartersville, Georgia |
| Listed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Listed weight | 171 lb (78 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Cartersville (Cartersville, Georgia) |
| College |
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| Awards and highlights | |
| Stats at ESPN | |
Devonte Ross is an American college football wide receiver for the Penn State Nittany Lions. He previously played for the Troy Trojans.
Early life
Ross attended Cartersville High School in Cartersville, Georgia. He played wide receiver and cornerback in high school. As a senior, he was the Daily Tribune Player of the Year after recording 43 receptions for 876 yards and 10 touchdowns on offense and 26 tackles and one interception on defense. For his career he had 126 receptions for 2,532 yards and 29 touchdowns. Ross originally committed to play college football at the University of Kentucky before flipping his commitment to Troy University.
College career
Ross played at Troy from 2022 to 2024.[1] In his first two years he combined for 53 receptions for 575 yards and three touchdowns. As a junior in 2024, he set the school record for receiving yards in a game with 229.[2] He finished the season with 76 receptions for 1,043 yards and 11 touchdowns.[3][4] After the season, Ross entered the transfer portal and transferred to Penn State University.[5][6][7]
Career statistics
| Legend | |
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| Bold | Career high |
| Season | GP | Receiving | Rushing | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | ||||||||
| Troy Trojans | |||||||||||||||
| 2022 | 13 | 13 | 147 | 11.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2023 | 14 | 40 | 428 | 10.7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2024 | 12 | 76 | 1,043 | 13.7 | 11 | 9 | 35 | 3.9 | 0 | ||||||
| Career | 39 | 129 | 1,618 | 12.5 | 14 | 10 | 37 | 3.7 | 0 | ||||||
References
- ^ All-Sun Belt receiver Devonte Ross enters transfer portal
- ^ Ross sets receiving record as Troy earns first win of 2024
- ^ Troy’s Devonte Ross named 1st-team All-Sun Belt at 2 positions, 2nd-team at another
- ^ Can this Penn State football transfer solve a major problem in 2025?
- ^ Former Troy receiver Devonte Ross headed to Big Ten school
- ^ Former Troy receiver Devonte Ross commits to Penn State
- ^ Penn State lands 1st-team all-conference wide receiver via transfer portal