Usage / Role
11%
Rotational defensive role
lowfeatured
Player Dossier
2016-2019Colorado State
Max McDonald
LB • 6'1" • 225 lbs • Fort Collins, CO, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Max McDonald shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
17
Developing production for a linebacker
lowelite
Reliability
8
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
30
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Colorado State
161617171819
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Colorado State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Marshall
Player Story
Max McDonald built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a linebacker from Fort Collins, CO wearing No. 44, spending time with Colorado State. The clearest part of Max McDonald's career was his defensive...
Read the story2★
- Committed To
- Colorado State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
Max McDonald, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Colorado State. Max McDonald shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 84
- TFL
- 7.5
- Sacks
- 2
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Max McDonald quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Colorado State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 84
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 29 games
- Best season
- 2017 Postseason · Colorado State
- Top game
- Marshall
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Rocky Mountain · Colorado State
- High school pipeline
- Rocky Mountain · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 44 · Junior
- 2019 Tackles rank
- 16 tackles · LB 637th (top 51%) · Mountain West 199th (top 37%) · National 2,199th (top 37%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Postseason | Colorado State | 3 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 35.2 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Colorado State | 3 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1 | - | 0 | 35.2 |
| 2017 Postseason | Colorado State | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 61.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Colorado State | 13 | 48 | 3 | 0.5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 61.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Colorado State | 4 | 6 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.2 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Colorado State | 9 | 16 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 8.7 |
Related Context
Keep exploring Max McDonald
Max McDonald played LB for Colorado State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Max McDonald recorded 84 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Colorado State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason
Colorado State paired 10.5 primary output with 26.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 8.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2019 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: San Diego State
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.
Season Explorer
Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.
2019 Regular Season · Colorado State
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.1
Efficiency
8.5
Usage
1.6
Consistency
3.7
Best Game by takeover score
San Diego State
Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.
Active game
Hover over a point
Hover or select a game to keep its context visible here without the page shifting around.
Game-by-Game Trend
Follow how the selected stat changes from one game to the next. Spikes mark standout outings, while dips show quieter weeks.
Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Colorado: 0. Arkansas: 0. Toledo: 0. Utah State: 0. San Diego State: 1. New Mexico: 0. Fresno State: 0. UNLV: 0. Boise State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
Low volumeHigh quality
High volumeHigh quality
Low volumeLower quality
High volumeLower quality
Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Colorado: 1 by 4.2. Arkansas: 4 by 16.7. Toledo: 2 by 8.3. Utah State: 3 by 12.5. San Diego State: 2 by 18.3. New Mexico: 1 by 4.2. Fresno State: 1 by 4.2. UNLV: 1 by 4.2. Boise State: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0 · Games = 3 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · Games = 6 · +0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
San Diego State
Best efficiency game
18.3 vs San Diego State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/29 | vs Boise State | L 24-31 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | vs UNLV | W 37-17 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | @ Fresno State | W 41-31 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | @ New Mexico | W 35-21 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/6 | vs San Diego State | L 10-24 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | @ Utah State | L 24-34 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/22 | vs Toledo | L 35-41 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | @ Arkansas | L 34-55 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | @ Colorado | L 31-52 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Max McDonald story
Max McDonald built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a linebacker from Fort Collins, CO wearing No. 44, spending time with Colorado State. The clearest part of Max McDonald's career was his defensive production: 84 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 29 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with Colorado State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Max McDonald's production has multiple signals. With 29 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Colorado State.
The arc is straightforward: Max 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
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Colorado State
2016-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201620162017201720182019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Postseason | Colorado State | 3 | 17 | 4 | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | Colorado State | 3 | 17 | 4 | 0 |
| 2017 Postseason | Colorado State | 10.5 | 26.4 | 8.2 | 7.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Colorado State | 10.5 | 26.4 | 8.2 | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Colorado State | 0 | 6.3 | 1 | -10.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Colorado State | 1 | 8.5 | 1.6 | 1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Marshall
Week 1 · L 28-31 · Postseason
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
89.2 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 89.2 takeover score.
#2
@ Alabama
Week 3 · L 23-41
2
Havoc Plays
67.8 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.8 takeover score.
#3
vs Fresno State
Week 10 · W 37-0 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
64.4 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 64.4 takeover score.
#4
vs San Diego State
Week 6 · L 10-24 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
51.1 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.1 takeover score.
#5
vs Nevada
Week 7 · W 44-42 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
48.9 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 48.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Postseason · Colorado State
10.5 primary output · 26.4 efficiency · 8.2 usage
61.5
#2
2017 Regular Season · Colorado State
61.5
10.5 primary · 26.4 efficiency · 8.2 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Colorado State
38.2
0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
Next best actions
Keep exploring Max McDonald
Move from the player story into the game log, career arc, team context, and video shelf.