Player Dossier

2015-2018

Arkansas State

Donovan Ransom

DL • 6'1" • 283 lbs • Garland, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Donovan Ransom shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

12%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

41

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

28

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

55

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Arkansas State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Arkansas State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Coastal Carolina

Player Story

Donovan Ransom built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a defensive lineman from Garland, TX wearing No. 91, spending time with Arkansas State. The clearest part of Donovan Ransom's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2015 · Rating 0.7826

Garland · Garland, TX

Committed To
Arkansas State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2015

Donovan Ransom, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Arkansas State. Donovan Ransom shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
34
TFL
5
Sacks
2
QB hurries
1

Quick Answers

Donovan Ransom quick answers

Latest team and position
Arkansas State · DL
Career Tackles
34
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 24 games
Best season
2018 Regular Season · Arkansas State
Top game
Coastal Carolina
Recruit profile
2-star · Garland · Arkansas State
High school pipeline
Garland · 32 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 91 · Senior
2018 Tackles rank
9 tackles · DL 469th (top 59%) · Sun Belt 222nd (top 48%) · National 2,726th (top 47%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonArkansas State00-0--0-
2016 PostseasonArkansas State101-0--031.8
2016 Regular SeasonArkansas State101021--031.8
2017 PostseasonArkansas State9210--024.6
2017 Regular SeasonArkansas State912-01-024.6
2018 Regular SeasonArkansas State5921--039.7

Related Context

Donovan Ransom played DL for Arkansas State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Donovan Ransom recorded 34 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Arkansas State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season

Arkansas State paired 3 primary output with 13.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 13.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2018 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Coastal Carolina

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2018 Regular Season · Arkansas State

Games

5

Havoc Plays / G

0.6

Efficiency

13.5

Usage

3.8

Consistency

13.3

Best Game by takeover score

Coastal Carolina

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Southeast Missouri State: 0. UNLV: 0. Georgia State: 0.5. South Alabama: 0. Coastal Carolina: 2.5

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Southeast Missouri State: 2 by 8.3. UNLV: 1 by 4.2. Georgia State: 3 by 17.5. South Alabama: 1 by 4.2. Coastal Carolina: 2 by 33.3

Split Comparison

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

First Half0.2 · Games = 3 · -1.1 vs Second Half
Second Half1.3 · Games = 2 · +1.1 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

5 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Coastal Carolina

Best efficiency game

33.3 vs Coastal Carolina

Result
Sat 11/10@ Coastal CarolinaSplash gameW 44-16211.5010
Sat 11/3vs South AlabamaW 38-1410000
Thu 10/18vs Georgia StateW 51-35310.5000
Sat 9/22vs UNLVW 27-2010000
Sat 9/1vs Southeast Missouri StateW 48-2121000

Player Story

Donovan Ransom story

Donovan Ransom built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a defensive lineman from Garland, TX wearing No. 91, spending time with Arkansas State. The clearest part of Donovan Ransom's career was his defensive production: 34 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, and 2 sacks across 24 career games in the available record. That gives Donovan Ransom's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Arkansas State

    2015-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201520162016201720172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonArkansas State0
2016 PostseasonArkansas State37.61.53
2016 Regular SeasonArkansas State37.61.50
2017 PostseasonArkansas State28.71.9-1
2017 Regular SeasonArkansas State28.71.90
2018 Regular SeasonArkansas State313.53.81

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Coastal Carolina

Week 11 · W 44-16 · Conference game

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5

Havoc Plays

77.8 takeover

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 77.8 takeover score.

#2

vs Middle Tennessee

Week 1 · L 30-35 · Postseason

1

Havoc Plays

56.1 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.1 takeover score.

#3

vs New Mexico State

Week 11 · W 41-22 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

55.3 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 55.3 takeover score.

#4

@ South Alabama

Week 11 · L 19-24 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

47.5 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 47.5 takeover score.

#5

@ Troy

Week 12 · W 35-3 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

34.2 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 34.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Regular Season · Arkansas State

3 primary output · 13.5 efficiency · 3.8 usage

39.7

#2

2016 Postseason · Arkansas State

31.8

3 primary · 7.6 efficiency · 1.5 usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · Arkansas State

31.8

3 primary · 7.6 efficiency · 1.5 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games