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Per Rusty Simmons:
Cal inside linebacker Devante Downs is out for the season with a lower body injury, according to the school.
— Rusty Simmons (@Rusty_SFChron) October 17, 2017
Devante was on track for the Pac-12 DPOY year with his disruptive play in the middle of the defense. Him being the heart and soul of the LB corps this will be a hit to the resurgent Cal defense.
Devante has played out his eligibility for the Bears. He has truly left it all on the field for Cal and we can only wish him a long and healthy in the NFL, where he belongs.
His statistics as a Cal LB are as follows:
| Tackles | Def Int | Fumbles | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | School | Conf | Class | Pos | G | Solo | Ast | Tot | Loss | Sk | Int | Yds | Avg | TD | PD | FR | Yds | TD | FF |
| 2014 | California | Pac-12 | FR | LB | 12 | 19 | 15 | 34 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| *2015 | California | Pac-12 | SO | LB | 8 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2016 | California | Pac-12 | JR | LB | 12 | 42 | 41 | 83 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2017 | California | Pac-12 | SR | LB | 7 | 36 | 29 | 65 | 5.5 | 3.0 | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Career | California | 110 | 101 | 211 | 14.5 | 8.0 | 5 | 59 | 11.8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||||