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2014-2014Massachusetts
Brian McDonald
P • 6'3" • Westwood, MA, USA
Impact contributor
Brian McDonald shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.
Impact Production
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Production sample still building
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Reliability
3
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
49
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · Massachusetts
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
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- Program Path
- Massachusetts
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Vanderbilt
Player Story
Brian McDonald built his college career in 2014 as a punter from Westwood, MA wearing No. 96, spending time with Massachusetts. The clearest part of Brian McDonald's career was his field-position work: 57 punts,...
Read the storyBrian McDonald, P. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · Massachusetts. Brian McDonald shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Touchdowns
- 1
- Passing yards
- 53
Quick Answers
Brian McDonald quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Massachusetts · P
- Career Touchdowns
- 1
- Tracked sample
- 1 unique seasons · 1 entries · 12 games
- Best season
- 2014 Regular Season · Massachusetts
- Top game
- Vanderbilt
- Latest roster
- No. 96 · Class 2014
- 2014 Touchdowns rank
- 1 touchdowns · P 1st (top 25%) · Mid-American 109th (top 74%) · National 1,195th (top 70%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | TD | Primary | Overall |
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| 2014 Regular Season | Massachusetts | 12 | 1 | 1 | 51.4 |
Related Context
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Brian McDonald played P for Massachusetts. Across 1 tracked season, Brian McDonald recorded 53 passing yards and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2014 with Massachusetts.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2014 Regular Season
Massachusetts paired 1 primary output with — efficiency.
Supporting note
2014 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with — efficiency.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Vanderbilt
Loss with a strong all-around stat line. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2014 Regular Season · Massachusetts
Games
12
Primary Metric / G
0.1
Efficiency
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Usage
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Consistency
2.8
Best Game by takeover score
Vanderbilt
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Boston College: 0. Colorado: 0. Vanderbilt: 1. Penn State: 0. Bowling Green: 0. Miami (OH): 0. Kent State: 0. Eastern Michigan: 0. Toledo: 0. Ball State: 0. Akron: 0. Buffalo: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 3 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.1 · Games = 9 · +0.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Touchdowns
Top game by takeover score
Vanderbilt
Best efficiency game
— vs Buffalo
| Result | ||||||||||||||
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| Fri 11/28 | vs Buffalo | L 21-41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wed 11/19 | @ Akron | L 6-30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Thu 11/13 | vs Ball State | W 24-10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Toledo | L 35-42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Eastern Michigan | W 36-14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Kent State | W 40-17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Miami (OH) | L 41-42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Bowling Green | L 42-47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Penn State | L 7-48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Vanderbilt | L 31-34 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Colorado | L 38-41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Boston College | L 7-30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Player Story
Brian McDonald story
Brian McDonald built his college career in 2014 as a punter from Westwood, MA wearing No. 96, spending time with Massachusetts. The clearest part of Brian McDonald's career was his field-position work: 57 punts, 2,150 punting yards, and 10 punts inside the 20 across 12 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2014 with Massachusetts. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Special-teams careers depend on repeatable opportunity, not just one highlight. His career also includes 53 passing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 12 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Massachusetts.
The arc is straightforward: Brian McDonald moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Massachusetts
2014
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2014
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
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| 2014 Regular Season | Massachusetts | 1 | — | — | — |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Vanderbilt
Week 3 · L 31-34
Loss with a strong all-around stat line.
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Touchdowns
100 takeover
1 primary-metric impact.
#2
vs Buffalo
Week 14 · L 21-41 · Conference game
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Touchdowns
0 takeover
Loss with a strong all-around stat line.
0 primary-metric impact.
#3
@ Akron
Week 13 · L 6-30 · Conference game
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Touchdowns
0 takeover
Loss with a strong all-around stat line.
0 primary-metric impact.
#4
vs Ball State
Week 12 · W 24-10 · Conference game
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Touchdowns
0 takeover
Win with a strong all-around stat line.
0 primary-metric impact.
#5
@ Toledo
Week 9 · L 35-42 · Conference game
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Touchdowns
0 takeover
Loss with a strong all-around stat line.
0 primary-metric impact.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2014 Regular Season · Massachusetts
1 primary output · — efficiency · — usage
51.4
Milestones
1
Impact games
0
Splash games
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