Honors
- All-MVFC: 2023 (honorable mention)
- MVFC Defensive Player of the Week: 10/21/23
- Preseason All-MVFC: 2023 (3rd team)
- ISSJ Scholar Baller (2022)
2023
Honorable mention All-MVFC selection ... Played in all 11 games with 36 total tackles (8th on the squad) with 12 solos stops ... Led the team with 8.5 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks and 9 quarterback hurries on the season ... Ranked 8th in MVFC and 63rd nationally in sacks per game (0.50) ... Earned MVFC Defensive Player of the Week after posting 8 tackles vs. Murray State (10/21/23) with 2.5 sacks ... Racked up 7 tackles vs. Northern Iowa (11/11/23) with 3 QB hurries ... Brought down 5 ball carriers at UT Martin (9/9/23) with a solo tackle ... Posted 3.0 sacks with 3 solo stops and a forced fumble at Western Illinois (10/14/23) ... Logged 4 total tackles and a pair of QB hurries in home win over Utah Tech (9/23/23) ... Also had a pair of QB hurries vs. Illinois State (11/4/23) ... Phil Steele named Goree as an MVFC Preseason Team third-teamer ... Ended career with 44 consecutive games played.
2022
Finished season with 30 total tackles, 6.5 for loss, 4 sacks and 3 QB hurries ... Ranked 12th in the Valley in sacks per game (0.36) ... Started 10 of 11 games on the defensive line ... Notched 6 solo tackles in season opener at Central Arkansas (9/1/22) with a sack and 2.0 tackles for loss ... Posted 5 total stops with a TFL, a 15-yard sack and 3 solo stops vs. Southern Illinois (10/8/22) ... Also notched 5 stops at No. 10 Arkansas (9/17/22) with a pair of solos ... Ended season with 3 total stops, 2 solos, 1.5 TFL's and a sack at Indiana State (11/19/22) ... Had 2 solo stops and 2 QB hurries in home opener vs. UT Martin (9/8/22) ... Logged 2 solos, sack in win over Youngstown State (11/12/22) ... Phil Steele named Goree to his MVFC third-team squad ... Awarded Scholar Baller and Academic Momentum Award from ISSJ.
2021
Played in all 12 games in 2021 ... Tallied 17 total tackles, including 9 solo stops with 4.0 sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss and 4 QB hurries ... Ranked 17th in the MVFC in sacks per game (0.38) with 4.5 total QB tackles on the season ... Had multiple tackles in 7 contests ... Had 2 solo tackles in home wins over UCA (9/11/21), South Dakota (9/25/21) and Indiana State (10/16/21) ... Also had a sack and forced fumble in UCA game and a sack in the Indiana State game ... Credited for 1.5 sacks in road win over No. 7 Southern Illinois (11/6/21) ... Notched a pair of QB hurries at No. 3 North Dakota State (10/23/21).
2020-21
Played in all 10 games as a true freshman ... Posted season-best 3 assisted tackles in win at No. 10-ranked Northern Iowa (3/20/21) with a half sack ... Brought down a pair of ball carriers, both solo stops, including a sack in win at No. 21 South Dakota (3/13/21) ... Also contributed a pair of tackles in season opener at No. 6 Oklahoma (9/12/20) ... Recorded a solo tackle in NCAA FCS Playoff game at North Dakota (4/24/21).
High School
Was part of a remarkable 14-2 senior campaign at Guyer High in Denton, Texas for coach John Walsh … Wildcats were ranked 32nd nationally as a team … Goree brought down 70 ball carriers as a senior (2019) with 23 tackles for loss and 15 sacks … Was starting defensive end for another 6A playoff team his junior year with 48 tackles, 7 tackles for loss and 5 sacks.
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Personal
Devin Goree was born 2/2/02 in Denton, Texas … Son of Cory and Krystal Goree of Denton … Has a sister, Destiny … Majoring in Communication Studies.
