Player Dossier

2018-2022

Oregon

Donovan Dalton

DB • 6'3" • 208 lbs • Apple Valley, MN, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Donovan Dalton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Usage Score

2.2

Efficiency

17.4

Consistency

38.9

Season Value

23

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason · Hawai'i

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
7
Program Path
Hawai'i • Oregon
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Wyoming

Scouting Read

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Donovan Dalton, DB. Best season Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason · Hawai'i. Donovan Dalton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Donovan Dalton played DB for Hawai'i and Oregon. Across 5 tracked seasons, Donovan Dalton recorded 41 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Hawai'i.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

Hawai'i paired 3.5 primary output with 14.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 17.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2022 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Hawai'i, Oregon.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Wyoming

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2020 Postseason · Hawai'i

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

17.4

Usage

2.2

Consistency

38.9

Best Game by takeover score

Houston

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Houston: 0. Wyoming: 2. New Mexico: 1. San Diego State: 1. Boise State: 0. Nevada: 0. San José State: 0. UNLV: 2

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.

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Houston: 2 by 8.3. Wyoming: 9 by 57.5. New Mexico: 2 by 18.3. San Diego State: 0 by 10. Boise State: 1 by 4.2. Nevada: 1 by 4.2. San José State: 2 by 8.3. UNLV: 2 by 28.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.8 · Games = 4 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 4 · +0 vs Wins
First Half1 · Games = 4 · +0.5 vs Second Half
Second Half0.5 · Games = 4 · -0.5 vs First Half

Game Log

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

8 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Wyoming

Best efficiency game

57.5 vs Wyoming

Result
Thu 12/24@ HoustonW 28-1421000
Sun 12/13vs UNLVW 38-21220011
Sat 12/5@ San José StateL 24-3522000
Sun 11/29vs NevadaW 24-2111000
Sun 11/22vs Boise StateL 32-4010000
Sat 11/14@ San Diego StateL 10-3400001
Sun 11/8vs New MexicoW 39-3321001
Sat 10/31@ WyomingL 7-3194002

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Hawai'i

    2018-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Oregon

    2022

    Final stop

Season Progression

2018201920192020202020212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonHawai'i0.57.57.4
2019 PostseasonHawai'i3.514.53.53
2019 Regular SeasonHawai'i3.514.53.50
2020 PostseasonHawai'i617.42.22.5
2020 Regular SeasonHawai'i617.42.20
2021 Regular SeasonHawai'i0-6
2022 Regular SeasonOregon00

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Wyoming

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 54.2 takeover score.

#2

Washington

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 50.1 takeover score.

#3

UNLV

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 44.9 takeover score.

#4

BYU

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 42.7 takeover score.

#5

Unknown

1

Primary metric

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2019 Postseason · Hawai'i

3.5 primary output · 14.5 efficiency · 3.5 usage

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#2

2019 Regular Season · Hawai'i

23.1

3.5 primary · 14.5 efficiency · 3.5 usage

#3

2020 Postseason · Hawai'i

23

6 primary · 17.4 efficiency · 2.2 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2024 · Rating 0.8783

Cedar Valley · EAGLE MOUNTAIN, UT

Committed To
BYU
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Career Facts

2

Career teams

7

Seasons tracked

41

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 7 tracked seasons, 19 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.