Player Dossier

2018-2021

Massachusetts

Donte Lindsey

CB • 5'11" • 190 lbs • Fayetteville, NC, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Donte Lindsey shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

50%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

59

Solid production for a corner

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Reliability

57

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

62

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Massachusetts

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Massachusetts
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Liberty

Player Story

Donte Lindsey built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a cornerback from Fayetteville, NC wearing No. 5, spending time with Massachusetts. The clearest part of Donte Lindsey's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.7697

Mountain Pointe · Fayetteville, NC

Committed To
Massachusetts
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Donte Lindsey, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Massachusetts. Donte Lindsey shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
73
TFL
0.5
Passes defended
5

Quick Answers

Donte Lindsey quick answers

Latest team and position
Massachusetts · CB
Career Tackles
73
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 17 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Massachusetts
Top game
Liberty
Recruit profile
2-star · Mountain Pointe · Massachusetts
High school pipeline
Mountain Pointe · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 5 · Junior
2021 Tackles rank
56 tackles · CB 16th (top 5%) · FBS Independents 22nd (top 7%) · National 484th (top 9%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonMassachusetts10-0-1032.5
2019 Regular SeasonMassachusetts512-0--041.3
2020 Regular SeasonMassachusetts150.50--044.6
2021 Regular SeasonMassachusetts1056-0-4054.3

Related Context

Donte Lindsey played CB for Massachusetts. Across 4 tracked seasons, Donte Lindsey recorded 73 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Massachusetts.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Massachusetts paired 5 primary output with 28.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 28.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Liberty

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2021 Regular Season · Massachusetts

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

28.3

Usage

4.7

Consistency

50

Best Game by takeover score

Liberty

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Pittsburgh: 1. Boston College: 0. Eastern Michigan: 1. Coastal Carolina: 0. UConn: 1. Florida State: 0. Liberty: 1. Rhode Island: 0. Army: 0. New Mexico State: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Pittsburgh: 8 by 43.3. Boston College: 2 by 8.3. Eastern Michigan: 7 by 39.2. Coastal Carolina: 4 by 16.7. UConn: 4 by 26.7. Florida State: 9 by 37.5. Liberty: 8 by 43.3. Rhode Island: 1 by 4.2. Army: 4 by 16.7. New Mexico State: 9 by 47.5

Split Comparison

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Wins1 · Games = 1 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 9 · -0.6 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Liberty

Best efficiency game

47.5 vs New Mexico State

Result
Sat 11/27@ New Mexico StateL 27-4495001
Sat 11/20@ ArmyL 17-3343000
Sat 11/6vs Rhode IslandL 22-3510000
Sat 10/30@ LibertyL 17-6288001
Sat 10/23@ Florida StateL 3-5994000
Sat 10/9vs UConnW 27-13440010
Sat 9/25@ Coastal CarolinaL 3-5343000
Sat 9/18vs Eastern MichiganL 28-4275001
Sat 9/11vs Boston CollegeL 28-4521000
Sat 9/4@ PittsburghL 7-5185001

Player Story

Donte Lindsey story

Donte Lindsey built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a cornerback from Fayetteville, NC wearing No. 5, spending time with Massachusetts. The clearest part of Donte Lindsey's career was his defensive production: 73 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 5 passes defended across 17 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with Massachusetts. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Donte Lindsey's production has multiple signals. With 17 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Massachusetts.

The arc is straightforward: Donte Lindsey moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Massachusetts

    2018-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2018201920202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonMassachusetts1100
2019 Regular SeasonMassachusetts0101.7-1
2020 Regular SeasonMassachusetts0.525.85.10.5
2021 Regular SeasonMassachusetts528.34.74.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Liberty

Week 9 · L 17-62 · Conference game

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

68 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 68 takeover score.

#2

@ New Mexico State

Week 13 · L 27-44 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

66.1 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 66.1 takeover score.

#3

vs UConn

Week 6 · W 27-13 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

64.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 64.7 takeover score.

#4

@ Pittsburgh

Week 1 · L 7-51

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Havoc Plays

61.9 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 61.9 takeover score.

#5

vs Eastern Michigan

Week 3 · L 28-42

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Havoc Plays

60.6 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Massachusetts

5 primary output · 28.3 efficiency · 4.7 usage

54.3

#2

2020 Regular Season · Massachusetts

44.6

0.5 primary · 25.8 efficiency · 5.1 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · Massachusetts

41.3

0 primary · 10 efficiency · 1.7 usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games