Player Dossier

2022-2024

Bowling Green

Donny Stephens

LB • 6'0" • 230 lbs • Del City, OK, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Donny Stephens shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.3 disruption score.

Usage Score

1.3

Efficiency

8.3

Consistency

100

Season Value

36.5

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season · Bowling Green

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
3
Program Path
Oklahoma State • Bowling Green
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UCF

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Donny Stephens, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season · Bowling Green. Donny Stephens shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.3 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Bowling Green paired 0 primary output with 8.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 8.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2024 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Oklahoma State, Bowling Green.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Northern Illinois

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2024 Regular Season · Bowling Green

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

8.3

Usage

1.3

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Toledo

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Active game

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Game-by-Game Trend

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123

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 0. Northern Illinois: 0. Toledo: 0

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. Unknown: 2 by 8.3. Northern Illinois: 3 by 12.5. Toledo: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

First Half0 · Games = 2
All Games0 · Games = 3

Game Log

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

3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Northern Illinois

Best efficiency game

12.5 vs Northern Illinois

Result
Sat 10/26@ ToledoW 41-2611000
Sat 10/12vs Northern IllinoisL 7-1730000
Thu 8/29vs Unknown22000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Oklahoma State

    2022-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Bowling Green

    2024

    Final stop

Season Progression

202220232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonOklahoma State04.20.8
2023 Regular SeasonOklahoma State2.516.74.52.5
2024 Regular SeasonBowling Green08.31.3-2.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

UCF

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Primary metric

1 disruption/tackle impact with 41.6 takeover score.

#2

Unknown

1

Primary metric

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 41.2 takeover score.

#3

Arizona State

0.5

Primary metric

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 22.4 takeover score.

#4

Texas

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.4 takeover score.

#5

Northern Illinois

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 4.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2024 Regular Season · Bowling Green

0 primary output · 8.3 efficiency · 1.3 usage

36.5

#2

2022 Regular Season · Oklahoma State

35

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Oklahoma State

28.4

2.5 primary · 16.7 efficiency · 4.5 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2026 · Rating 0.8544

Marshall · Marshall, TX

Committed To
Texas State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2026

Career Facts

2

Career teams

3

Seasons tracked

17

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 3 tracked seasons, 8 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Donny Stephens quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
LB
Teams played for
2
Seasons tracked
3
Career tackles
17