Player Dossier

2021-2025

Massachusetts

Donnie Gray

WR • 6'2" • 210 lbs • New Haven, CT, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Donnie Gray reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

14%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

24

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

21

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

39

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Massachusetts

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Northwestern • Massachusetts
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Kent State

Player Story

Donnie Gray built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a wide receiver from New Haven, CT wearing No. 12, spending time with Massachusetts and Northwestern. The clearest part of Donnie Gray's career was his...

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3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8256

Deerfield Academy · New Haven, CT

Committed To
Northwestern
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Donnie Gray, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Massachusetts. Donnie Gray reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
302
Receptions
31

Quick Answers

Donnie Gray quick answers

Latest team and position
Massachusetts · WR
Career Receiving Yards
302
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 15 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · Massachusetts
Top game
Kent State
Recruit profile
3-star · Deerfield Academy · Northwestern
High school pipeline
Deerfield Academy · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 12 · Senior
2025 Receiving yards rank
260 receiving yards · WR 398th (top 37%) · Mid-American 36th (top 19%) · National 500th (top 23%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonNorthwestern0-00-
2022 Regular SeasonNorthwestern1118056.7
2023 Regular SeasonNorthwestern114035.6
2024 Regular SeasonNorthwestern2220039.8
2025 Regular SeasonMassachusetts1127260063.7

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2025Northwestern to MassachusettsP4 to G5/FCS76.3Apr 22, 2025

Donnie Gray played WR for Northwestern and Massachusetts. Across 5 tracked seasons, Donnie Gray recorded 24 rushing yards, 302 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Massachusetts.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Massachusetts paired 260 primary output with 55.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 55.4 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Northwestern, Massachusetts.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Kent State

Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2025 Regular Season · Massachusetts

Games

11

Receiving Yards / G

23.6

Efficiency

55.4

Usage

12.8

Consistency

56.6

Best Game by takeover score

Kent State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Temple: 5. Bryant: 55. Iowa: 27. Missouri: 28. Western Michigan: 8. Kent State: 60. Buffalo: 2. Central Michigan: 7. Akron: 3. Northern Illinois: 41. Bowling Green: 24

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. Temple: 1 by 33.3. Bryant: 2 by 100. Iowa: 2 by 90. Missouri: 2 by 93.3. Western Michigan: 1 by 53.3. Kent State: 6 by 66.7. Buffalo: 1 by 13.3. Central Michigan: 1 by 46.7. Akron: 1 by 20. Northern Illinois: 7 by 39. Bowling Green: 3 by 53.3

Split Comparison

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

First Half30.5 · Games = 6 · +15.1 vs Second Half
Second Half15.4 · Games = 5 · -15.1 vs First Half

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Kent State

Best efficiency game

100 vs Bryant

Result
Tue 11/25vs Bowling GreenL 14-4532488012
Thu 11/13vs Northern IllinoisL 3-457416.15.90013
Wed 11/5@ AkronL 10-44133303
Sat 10/25@ Central MichiganL 13-38177707
Sat 10/18vs BuffaloL 21-28122202
Sat 10/11@ Kent StateL 6-426609.610019
Sat 10/4vs Western MichiganL 3-21188808
Sat 9/27@ MissouriL 6-422289.314015
Sat 9/13@ IowaL 7-472271213.50022
Sat 9/6vs BryantL 26-2725527.527.50041
Sat 8/30vs TempleL 10-42155505

Player Story

Donnie Gray story

Donnie Gray built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a wide receiver from New Haven, CT wearing No. 12, spending time with Massachusetts and Northwestern. The clearest part of Donnie Gray's career was his receiving role: 31 catches, 302 receiving yards, and 24 rushing yards across 15 career games in the available record. His career also includes 24 rushing yards and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Donnie Gray'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

    Northwestern

    2021-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Massachusetts

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonNorthwestern0
2022 Regular SeasonNorthwestern181005.918
2023 Regular SeasonNorthwestern426.74.2-14
2024 Regular SeasonNorthwestern2063.47.516
2025 Regular SeasonMassachusetts26055.412.8240

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 130 Kent State

Week 7 · L 6-42 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

60

Receiving Yards

81.2 takeover

60 receiving yards with a 66.7 efficiency score.

#2

vs Bryant

Week 2 · L 26-27

55

Receiving Yards

75 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

55 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

@ Iowa

Week 9 · L 14-40 · Conference game

16

Receiving Yards

74.1 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

16 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

vs Illinois

Week 13 · L 3-41 · Conference game

18

Receiving Yards

73.2 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

18 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

vs No. 128 Northern Illinois

Week 12 · L 3-45 · Conference game

41

Receiving Yards

66.9 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

41 receiving yards with a 39 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · Massachusetts

260 primary output · 55.4 efficiency · 12.8 usage

63.7

#2

2022 Regular Season · Northwestern

56.7

18 primary · 100 efficiency · 5.9 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Northwestern

39.8

20 primary · 63.4 efficiency · 7.5 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games