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Going Long

Posted on January 8, 2026 by Steve Millburg
Steve Millburg

Devin Volsin walking on the football field.The first home game for Jaguars wide receiver Devin Voisin ’24 wasn’t at “home.” The 37-14 victory over Jackson State was actually at Ladd-Peebles Stadium, seven miles from the University of South Alabama campus.

That was on Sept. 7, 2019. Hancock Whitney Stadium wouldn’t open until a year later.

Fast-forward six years. In his NCAA record-tying seventh season, Voisin was the Jaguars’ leading receiver, finishing third all time at South in career receptions and receiving yards.

“There’s not a better young man that

I’ve coached ever in my life,” says Offensive Coordinator and Receivers Coach Paul Petrino. “He’s a great player and probably an even better person.”

Voisin, a graduate student with a degree in marketing and still only 24 years old, played under three head coaches. Cam McCormick holds the record for most seasons of football eligibility with nine (2016-24 at Oregon and Miami), but he played in only six.

“I just love playing football,” Voisin says. For three seasons, 2019-21, his teammates included older brother Keon ’22, a safety, and twin brother Jaden ’24, also a safety and South’s career interceptions leader with 11.

Their hometown, Crestview, Florida, is less than two hours from campus.

Love of the game carried Devin through serious injuries that shortened his season in 2021 (broken collarbone; four games) and 2023 (torn ACL; two games). The NCAA counted each as a redshirt year, preserving a year of eligibility. All 2020 COVID-season players also got an extra eligibility year.

Voisin could have transferred to a power-conference school. His 2022 season — 64 receptions, 871 yards, 5 touchdowns — put him on the preseason watch list for the Biletnikoff Award, which goes to college football’s top receiver.

“This school chose me when I wasn’t ‘a thing,’” he says. “The school has never tried to replace me when I got hurt, never cast me to the side. They’ve always supported me through everything. That’s why I chose South every single time.”

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