Player Dossier

2023-2025

Eastern Michigan

Dontae McMillan

RB • 5'10" • 203 lbs • Seattle, WA, USA

Workhorse runnerSteady chain mover

Dontae McMillan leans workhorse runner traits and 64 efficiency.

Usage / Role

76%

Major offensive role

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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...

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Dontae 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

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2023 PostseasonEastern Michigan6880014.7
2023 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan6362412114.7
2024 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan288871052.6
2025 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan121,3891,014375783.3

Related Context

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

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 11/26vs Western Michigan100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsL 21-311111110.101412615.8
Sat 11/15@ Ball StateW 24-921803.8002134.0
Sat 11/8vs Bowling Green100 rush yardsW 27-21191005.3013305.9
Sat 10/25vs OhioL 21-2810494.900593.9
Sat 10/18@ Miami (OH)L 30-4411373.400163.6
Sat 10/11vs Northern Illinois100 rush yardsW 16-10231044.5004114.3
Sat 10/4@ Buffalo100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsL 30-31201175.9012467.4
Sat 9/27@ Central MichiganL 13-2413715.5003336.5
Sat 9/20vs Louisiana100 rush yardsW 34-31191266.6002116.5
Sat 9/13@ KentuckyL 23-4813836.4003226.6
Sat 9/6vs Long Island University2+ TDL 23-288587.30113310.1
Sun 8/31@ Texas StateL 27-529788.7003359.4

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
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 PostseasonEastern Michigan4431.64.5
2023 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan4431.64.50
2024 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan8839.623.944
2025 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan1,3896432.71,301

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.

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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

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#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