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Full nameTerry Devlin
PositionFull-back
NationalityNorthern Ireland
Age22
Date of birth6 Nov 2003
BirthplaceCookstown
Height180 cm
Shirt number#24
ClubPortsmouth
Full-backalso played DEF
38
Appearances
5
Goals
1
Assists
2563
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Portsmouth.

Injury-affected season

Missed 4 of Portsmouth's ~46 games this season through 3 injury absences and 1 suspension (injury). He still appeared 38 times — a solid return given how little of the season he was available. His rating is judged mainly on the games he was fit to play.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Championship385125636.95
UEFA U21 Championship - Qualificationat Northern Ireland U21900388
League Cup100906.9
FA Cup100906.3

Scout report

Rising assetBall-winning Full-back

T. Devlin is a 22-year-old full-back at Portsmouth, rated 68.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 69th of 493 on scout potential in the Championship and 367th of 2874 U-23 players tracked. An emerging talent, he has been a regular starter this season (67.8% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 5.06 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Devlin.

Judged on this season alone, Devlin graded 37 — a strong campaign that ranks top 17% of the 77 full-backs in the Championship, on 6 clean sheets and 5.057 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 17 → 37). Across the 3 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 69, top 12% of the 77 full-backs in the Championship. At 22 Devlin is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 30.1 reflects that trajectory.

Read the appearance count in context: Devlin missed 3 games through injury and 1 suspension (injury) out of roughly 46 this season. The 38 he did play is a solid return on the time he was fit, and his ratings are weighted toward those games rather than the ones he sat out injured.

From the career report
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A career still climbing — Devlin is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.

Peak: 2025/26Trending upBreakout: 2025/26Stepped up 2024/25
Current potentialTop 12% full-backs · ChampionshipCurrent seasonTop 17% full-backs · Championship13th-best full-back in the Championship69th in the Championship · potential9th-highest potential full-back in the Championship367th-highest potential U-23 tracked
68.7
Ratingi
9th of 77 full-backs
36.6
Seasoni
developing / rotation level
67.8%
Minutes
a regular starter
5.06
Def. actions / 90
high defensive volume

Output in context · Portsmouth finished 18th of 24 · a lower-table side

5.06
Def. / 90
79
Tackles
56
Interceptions
6
Clean sheets

5.06 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — high defensive volume, with 6 clean sheets across 38 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (18th of 24) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 5 goals and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 67.8% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
  • Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.21 goal involvements per 90, useful for a full-back.
  • Defensive volume. 5.06 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
  • Ceiling. High potential at just 22 — room to grow into a bigger role.

Watch points

  • Few red flags. No obvious weaknesses in the current-season profile — consistency is the next test.

Outlook

With a Rating of 68.7, Devlin carries the 9th-highest potential of the full-backs in the Championship (top 12%), and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Portsmouth finished 18th of 24) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as high defensive volume (5.06 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 1.9×) with the best seasons likely ahead. With this floor already at 22, the ceiling gets tested by a step up in level — one to track.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among full-backs in the Championship with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals5
Shots on target12
Shots25

Passing

Assists1
Pass accuracy71%

Possession

Successful dribbles14
Dribble success45.2%
Fouls won35

Defending

Tackles79
Interceptions56
Blocks9
Fouls committed23

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards3
Red cards1

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.