Player Dossier

2017-2020

Air Force

Grant Donaldson

LB • 6'3" • 230 lbs • Sudlersville, MD, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Grant Donaldson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

54%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

50

Solid production for a linebacker

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Reliability

56

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

53

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Air Force

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Air Force
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Washington State

Player Story

Grant Donaldson built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a linebacker from Sudlersville, MD wearing No. 30, spending time with Air Force. The clearest part of Grant Donaldson's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.74

DeMatha Catholic · Annapolis, MD

Committed To
Air Force
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Grant Donaldson, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Air Force. Grant Donaldson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
74
TFL
5.5
Sacks
2
QB hurries
4
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

Grant Donaldson quick answers

Latest team and position
Air Force · LB
Career Tackles
74
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 22 games
Best season
2019 Postseason · Air Force
Top game
Washington State
Recruit profile
2-star · DeMatha Catholic · Air Force
High school pipeline
DeMatha Catholic · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 30 · Senior
2020 Tackles rank
20 tackles · LB 449th (top 40%) · Mountain West 110th (top 25%) · National 1,358th (top 27%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonAir Force00-0--0-
2018 Regular SeasonAir Force6191.50--017.3
2019 PostseasonAir Force11411--059.6
2019 Regular SeasonAir Force1131312-059.6
2020 Regular SeasonAir Force520-022044.3

Related Context

Grant Donaldson played LB for Air Force. Across 4 tracked seasons, Grant Donaldson recorded 74 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Air Force.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

Air Force paired 8 primary output with 20.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 24.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Navy

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

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2020 Regular Season · Air Force

Games

5

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

24.7

Usage

5.6

Consistency

55.5

Best Game by takeover score

Navy

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Navy: 2. San José State: 1. Boise State: 0. Utah State: 1. Army: 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.

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Navy: 6 by 45. San José State: 3 by 22.5. Boise State: 1 by 4.2. Utah State: 4 by 26.7. Army: 6 by 25

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.5 · Games = 2 · +1.2 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 3 · -1.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

5 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Navy

Best efficiency game

45 vs Navy

Result
Sat 12/19@ ArmyL 7-1061000
Fri 12/4@ Utah StateW 35-741000
Sat 10/31vs Boise StateL 30-4911000
Sun 10/25@ San José StateL 6-1732001
Sat 10/3vs NavySplash gameW 40-763001

Player Story

Grant Donaldson story

Grant Donaldson built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a linebacker from Sudlersville, MD wearing No. 30, spending time with Air Force. The clearest part of Grant Donaldson's career was his defensive production: 74 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 22 career games in the available record. That gives Grant Donaldson'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

    Air Force

    2017-2020

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20172018201920192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonAir Force0
2018 Regular SeasonAir Force1.515.73.51.5
2019 PostseasonAir Force820.59.66.5
2019 Regular SeasonAir Force820.59.60
2020 Regular SeasonAir Force424.75.6-4

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Washington State

Week 1 · W 31-21 · Postseason

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

78.9 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.

#2

@ New Mexico

Week 13 · W 44-22 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

78.9 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.

#3

vs Navy

Week 5 · W 40-7

2

Havoc Plays

76.4 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.4 takeover score.

#4

vs Navy

Week 6 · W 35-7

1.5

Havoc Plays

76.1 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.

#5

@ Utah State

Week 14 · W 35-7 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

58.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · Air Force

8 primary output · 20.5 efficiency · 9.6 usage

59.6

#2

2019 Regular Season · Air Force

59.6

8 primary · 20.5 efficiency · 9.6 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Air Force

44.3

4 primary · 24.7 efficiency · 5.6 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

3

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games