Usage / Role
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Major offensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Eastern Michigan
Dontae McMillan
RB • 5'10" • 203 lbs • Seattle, WA, USA
Workhorse runnerSteady chain mover
Dontae McMillan leans workhorse runner traits and 64 efficiency.
Impact Production
91
Top-tier box-score impact for a back
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Reliability
80
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
83
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Eastern Michigan
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Western Michigan
Player Story
Dontae McMillan built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a running back from Seattle, WA wearing No. 28, spending time with Eastern Michigan. The clearest part of Dontae McMillan's career was his backfield...
Read the storyDontae McMillan, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan. Dontae McMillan leans workhorse runner traits and 64 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,521
- Rushing yards
- 1,133
- Receiving yards
- 388
- Touchdowns
- 8
Quick Answers
Dontae McMillan quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Eastern Michigan · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,521
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 22 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan
- Top game
- Western Michigan
- High school pipeline
- Sealth · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 28 · Senior
- 2025 Scrimmage yards rank
- 1,389 scrimmage yards · RB 16th (top 3%) · Mid-American 2nd (top 1%) · National 17th (top 1%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | Eastern Michigan | 6 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 14.7 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 6 | 36 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 14.7 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 2 | 88 | 87 | 1 | 0 | 52.6 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 12 | 1,389 | 1,014 | 375 | 7 | 83.3 |
Related Context
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Dontae McMillan played RB for Eastern Michigan. Across 3 tracked seasons, Dontae McMillan recorded 1,133 rushing yards, 388 receiving yards, and 3 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Eastern Michigan.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Eastern Michigan paired 1,389 primary output with 64 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 64 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Western Michigan
Loss with 237 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan
Games
12
Scrimmage Yards / G
115.8
Efficiency
64
Usage
32.7
Consistency
75.9
Best Game by takeover score
Western Michigan
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Texas State: 113. Long Island University: 91. Kentucky: 105. Louisiana: 137. Central Michigan: 104. Buffalo: 163. Northern Illinois: 115. Miami (OH): 43. Ohio: 58. Bowling Green: 130. Ball State: 93. Western Michigan: 237
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Texas State: 12 by 89.2. Long Island University: 9 by 87.4. Kentucky: 16 by 67.2. Louisiana: 21 by 68.6. Central Michigan: 16 by 61.2. Buffalo: 22 by 67.4. Northern Illinois: 27 by 46. Miami (OH): 12 by 36. Ohio: 15 by 46.7. Bowling Green: 22 by 57.5. Ball State: 23 by 40.7. Western Michigan: 15 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins118.8 · Games = 4 · +4.5 vs Losses
Losses114.3 · Games = 8 · -4.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Western Michigan
Best efficiency game
100 vs Western Michigan
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 11/26 | vs Western Michigan100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | L 21-31 | 11 | 111 | 10.10 | 1 | 4 | 126 | 15.8 |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Ball State | W 24-9 | 21 | 80 | 3.80 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 4.0 |
| Sat 11/8 | vs Bowling Green100 rush yards | W 27-21 | 19 | 100 | 5.30 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 5.9 |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Ohio | L 21-28 | 10 | 49 | 4.90 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 3.9 |
| Sat 10/18 | @ Miami (OH) | L 30-44 | 11 | 37 | 3.40 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3.6 |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Northern Illinois100 rush yards | W 16-10 | 23 | 104 | 4.50 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 4.3 |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Buffalo100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | L 30-31 | 20 | 117 | 5.90 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 7.4 |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Central Michigan | L 13-24 | 13 | 71 | 5.50 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 6.5 |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Louisiana100 rush yards | W 34-31 | 19 | 126 | 6.60 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6.5 |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Kentucky | L 23-48 | 13 | 83 | 6.40 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 6.6 |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Long Island University2+ TD | L 23-28 | 8 | 58 | 7.30 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 10.1 |
| Sun 8/31 | @ Texas State | L 27-52 | 9 | 78 | 8.70 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 9.4 |
Player Story
Dontae McMillan story
Dontae McMillan built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a running back from Seattle, WA wearing No. 28, spending time with Eastern Michigan. The clearest part of Dontae McMillan's career was his backfield work: 1,133 rushing yards, 211 carries, 5 rushing touchdowns, and 388 receiving yards across 22 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Eastern Michigan. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 388 receiving yards, 3 tackles, and 47 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 22 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Eastern Michigan.
The arc is straightforward: Dontae McMillan 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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Eastern Michigan
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2023202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | Eastern Michigan | 44 | 31.6 | 4.5 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 44 | 31.6 | 4.5 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 88 | 39.6 | 23.9 | 44 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 1,389 | 64 | 32.7 | 1,301 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 78 Western Michigan
Week 14 · L 21-31 · Conference game
Loss with 237 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
237
Scrimmage Yards
97 takeover
237 scrimmage yards and 31.9 usage.
#2
@ Utah
Week 1
39
Scrimmage Yards
79 takeover
Game with 39 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
39 scrimmage yards and — usage.
#3
vs No. 105 Louisiana
Week 4 · W 34-31
137
Scrimmage Yards
75.5 takeover
Win with 137 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
137 scrimmage yards and 36.8 usage.
#4
@ Massachusetts
Week 1 · W 28-14
49
Scrimmage Yards
74.4 takeover
Win with 49 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
49 scrimmage yards and 30.8 usage.
#5
@ No. 95 Buffalo
Week 6 · L 30-31 · Conference game
163
Scrimmage Yards
74.1 takeover
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
163 scrimmage yards and 30.1 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan
1,389 primary output · 64 efficiency · 32.7 usage
83.3
#2
2024 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan
52.6
88 primary · 39.6 efficiency · 23.9 usage
#3
2023 Postseason · Eastern Michigan
14.7
44 primary · 31.6 efficiency · 4.5 usage
Milestones
5
100+ rush yards
2
150+ scrimmage yards
3
2+ TD games
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