Player Dossier

2008-2010

New Mexico State

Donavan Roberts

RB • 5'10" • Mansfield, TX, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Donavan Roberts leans balanced backfield option traits and 16.3 efficiency.

Usage / Role

22%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

5

Developing production for a back

lowelite

Reliability

0

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

15

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · New Mexico State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
New Mexico State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Boise State
2★

Recruit Profile

Class 2008 · Rating 0.7

Mansfield · Mansfield, TX

Committed To
New Mexico State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2008

Donavan Roberts, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · New Mexico State. Donavan Roberts leans balanced backfield option traits and 16.3 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
53
Rushing yards
35
Receiving yards
18

Quick Answers

Donavan Roberts quick answers

Latest team and position
New Mexico State · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
53
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 7 games
Best season
2008 Regular Season · New Mexico State
Top game
Boise State
Recruit profile
2-star · Mansfield · New Mexico State
High school pipeline
Mansfield · 32 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 6 · Class 2010
2010 Scrimmage yards rank
11 scrimmage yards · RB 410th (top 91%) · Western Athletic 129th (top 88%) · National 1,851st (top 88%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2008 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State542420044.8
2009 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State00000-
2010 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State211-718026.4

Related Context

Donavan Roberts played RB for New Mexico State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Donavan Roberts recorded 9 passing yards, 35 rushing yards, and 18 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2008 with New Mexico State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2008 Regular Season

New Mexico State paired 42 primary output with 29.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2008 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 29.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2010 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Boise State

Loss with 26 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2008 Regular Season · New Mexico State

Games

5

Scrimmage Yards / G

8.4

Efficiency

29.7

Usage

7.1

Consistency

29.2

Best Game by takeover score

Boise State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Nebraska: 2. Alcorn State: 4. Boise State: 26. Fresno State: 3. Louisiana Tech: 7

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Nebraska: 1 by 20.8. Alcorn State: 1 by 41.7. Boise State: 15 by 18.1. Fresno State: 1 by 31.3. Louisiana Tech: 2 by 36.5

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins4 · Games = 1 · -5.5 vs Losses
Losses9.5 · Games = 4 · +5.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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5 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Boise State

Best efficiency game

41.7 vs Alcorn State

Result
Sat 11/22vs Louisiana TechL 31-35273.5003.5
Sat 11/15@ Fresno StateL 17-2413303
Sat 11/1vs Boise StateL 0-4915261.7001.7
Sat 10/4vs Alcorn StateW 45-1014404
Sat 9/13@ NebraskaL 7-3812202

Career Arc

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  1. 1

    New Mexico State

    2008-2010

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

200820092010
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2008 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State4229.77.1
2009 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State0-42
2010 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State1116.34.611

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Boise State

Week 10 · L 0-49 · Conference game

Loss with 26 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

26

Scrimmage Yards

64.4 takeover

26 scrimmage yards and 26.3 usage.

#2

vs Louisiana Tech

Week 11 · L 20-41 · Conference game

19

Scrimmage Yards

49.4 takeover

Loss with 19 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

19 scrimmage yards and 5.5 usage.

#3

vs Louisiana Tech

Week 13 · L 31-35 · Conference game

7

Scrimmage Yards

23.9 takeover

Loss with 7 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

7 scrimmage yards and 2.9 usage.

#4

vs Alcorn State

Week 6 · W 45-10

4

Scrimmage Yards

20.7 takeover

Win with 4 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

4 scrimmage yards and 1.7 usage.

#5

@ Fresno State

Week 12 · L 17-24 · Conference game

3

Scrimmage Yards

16.6 takeover

Loss with 3 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

3 scrimmage yards and 2.4 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2008 Regular Season · New Mexico State

42 primary output · 29.7 efficiency · 7.1 usage

44.8

#2

2010 Regular Season · New Mexico State

26.4

11 primary · 16.3 efficiency · 4.6 usage

#3

2009 Regular Season · New Mexico State

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

0

2+ TD games