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 / Role

5%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

15

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

4

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

26

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Hawai'i

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Hawai'i • Oregon
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Washington

Player Story

Donovan Dalton built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a defensive back from Apple Valley, MN wearing No. 30, spending time with Hawai'i and Oregon. The clearest part of Donovan Dalton's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2024 · Rating 0.8783

Cedar Valley · EAGLE MOUNTAIN, UT

Committed To
BYU
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Donovan Dalton, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Hawai'i. Donovan Dalton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
41
TFL
2
Passes defended
7

Quick Answers

Donovan Dalton quick answers

Latest team and position
Oregon · DB
Career Tackles
41
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 19 games
Best season
2020 Postseason · Hawai'i
Top game
Washington
Recruit profile
3-star · Cedar Valley · BYU
High school pipeline
Cedar Valley · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 30 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonHawai'i460.50--021.3
2019 PostseasonHawai'i7210--038.2
2019 Regular SeasonHawai'i7140.50-2038.2
2020 PostseasonHawai'i82-0--043.4
2020 Regular SeasonHawai'i817-0-5043.4
2021 Regular SeasonHawai'i00-0--0-
2022 Regular SeasonOregon00-0--0-

Related Context

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: 2020 Postseason

Hawai'i paired 6 primary output with 17.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 7.5 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: Fresno State

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2018 Regular Season · Hawai'i

Games

4

Havoc Plays / G

0.1

Efficiency

7.5

Usage

7.4

Consistency

8.3

Best Game by takeover score

Fresno State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Colorado State: 0. Rice: 0. Duquesne: 0. Fresno State: 0.5

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. Colorado State: 2 by 8.3. Rice: 1 by 4.2. Duquesne: 1 by 4.2. Fresno State: 2 by 13.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0 · Games = 3 · -0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 1 · +0.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

4 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Fresno State

Best efficiency game

13.3 vs Fresno State

Result
Sun 10/28@ Fresno StateL 20-50210.5000
Sun 9/23vs DuquesneW 42-2111000
Sun 9/9vs RiceW 43-2911000
Sat 8/25@ Colorado StateW 43-3421000

Player Story

Donovan Dalton story

Donovan Dalton built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a defensive back from Apple Valley, MN wearing No. 30, spending time with Hawai'i and Oregon. The clearest part of Donovan Dalton's career was his defensive production: 41 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 7 passes defended across 19 career games in the available record. That gives Donovan Dalton's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

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 Value Progression

2018201920192020202020212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonHawai'i0.57.57.4
2019 PostseasonHawai'i3.514.533
2019 Regular SeasonHawai'i3.514.530
2020 PostseasonHawai'i617.42.12.5
2020 Regular SeasonHawai'i617.42.10
2021 Regular SeasonHawai'i0-6
2022 Regular SeasonOregon00

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Washington

Week 3 · L 20-52

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

67.5 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 67.5 takeover score.

#2

@ Wyoming

Week 9 · L 7-31 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

66.4 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.4 takeover score.

#3

@ BYU

Week 1 · W 38-34 · Postseason

1

Havoc Plays

57.5 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 57.5 takeover score.

#4

vs UNLV

Week 15 · W 38-21 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

57.5 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 57.5 takeover score.

#5

@ Fresno State

Week 9 · L 20-50 · Conference game

0.5

Havoc Plays

54.4 takeover

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 54.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Postseason · Hawai'i

6 primary output · 17.4 efficiency · 2.1 usage

43.4

#2

2020 Regular Season · Hawai'i

43.4

6 primary · 17.4 efficiency · 2.1 usage

#3

2019 Postseason · Hawai'i

38.2

3.5 primary · 14.5 efficiency · 3 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games