Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2022New Mexico State
Donavan King
DL • 6'3" • 255 lbs • Killeen, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Donavan King shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
62
Solid production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
56
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
73
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · New Mexico State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- New Mexico State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i
Player Story
Donavan King built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Killeen, TX wearing No. 16, spending time with New Mexico State. The clearest part of Donavan King's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- New Mexico State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Donavan King, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · New Mexico State. Donavan King shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 90
- TFL
- 17.5
- Sacks
- 4
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
Donavan King quick answers
- Latest team and position
- New Mexico State · DL
- Career Tackles
- 90
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 34 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · New Mexico State
- Top game
- Hawai'i
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Shadow Creek · New Mexico State
- High school pipeline
- Shadow Creek · 26 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 16 · Senior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 27 tackles · DL 202nd (top 21%) · FBS Independents 77th (top 24%) · National 1,468th (top 26%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 7 | 14 | 2.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 17.1 |
| 2019 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 7 | 15 | 1.5 | 1.5 | - | - | 0 | 18.3 |
| 2020 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 12 | 34 | 10 | 2.5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 57.3 |
| 2022 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 8 | 27 | 3.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 39.4 |
Related Context
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Donavan King played DL for New Mexico State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Donavan King recorded 90 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with New Mexico State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
New Mexico State paired 16.5 primary output with 25.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 23.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2022 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Lamar
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · New Mexico State
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
0.9
Efficiency
23.4
Usage
5.4
Consistency
43.3
Best Game by takeover score
Lamar
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Minnesota: 0. Nevada: 1. Florida International: 0. New Mexico: 2. Massachusetts: 0.5. Lamar: 3. Missouri: 0. Valparaiso: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Minnesota: 5 by 20.8. Nevada: 5 by 30.8. Florida International: 2 by 8.3. New Mexico: 5 by 40.8. Massachusetts: 3 by 17.5. Lamar: 2 by 38.3. Missouri: 2 by 8.3. Valparaiso: 3 by 22.5
Split Comparison
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Wins1.6 · Games = 4 · +1.4 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 4 · -1.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Lamar
Best efficiency game
40.8 vs New Mexico
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| Sat 12/3 | vs Valparaiso | W 65-3 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/20 | @ Missouri | L 14-45 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/12 | vs LamarSplash game | W 51-14 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/29 | @ Massachusetts | W 23-13 | 3 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/16 | vs New MexicoSplash game | W 21-9 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 10/2 | vs Florida International | L 7-21 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/2 | @ Minnesota | L 0-38 | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 8/28 | vs Nevada | L 12-23 | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Donavan King story
Donavan King built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Killeen, TX wearing No. 16, spending time with New Mexico State. The clearest part of Donavan King's career was his defensive production: 90 tackles, 17.5 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, and 1 interception across 34 career games in the available record. That gives Donavan King's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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New Mexico State
2018-2022
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 2.5 | 11.9 | 3.3 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 3 | 13.2 | 3.9 | 0.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 0 | — | — | -3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 16.5 | 25.6 | 8.6 | 16.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 7.5 | 23.4 | 5.4 | -9 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Hawai'i
Week 4 · L 21-41
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
84.2 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.
#2
@ Alabama
Week 11 · L 3-59
3
Havoc Plays
76.7 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 76.7 takeover score.
#3
vs South Carolina State
Week 3 · W 43-35
3
Havoc Plays
76.7 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 76.7 takeover score.
#4
@ Washington State
Week 1 · L 7-58
2
Havoc Plays
74.7 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.7 takeover score.
#5
vs Lamar
Week 11 · W 51-14
3
Havoc Plays
71.1 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 71.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · New Mexico State
16.5 primary output · 25.6 efficiency · 8.6 usage
57.3
#2
2022 Regular Season · New Mexico State
39.4
7.5 primary · 23.4 efficiency · 5.4 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · New Mexico State
18.3
3 primary · 13.2 efficiency · 3.9 usage
Milestones
7
Impact games
8
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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