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 / Role

4%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

14

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

9

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

22

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Oklahoma State

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Snapshot

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

Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8644

Del City · Oklahoma City, OK

Committed To
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Donny Stephens, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Oklahoma State. Donny Stephens shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
17
TFL
2
Sacks
0.5

Quick Answers

Donny Stephens quick answers

Latest team and position
Bowling Green · LB
Career Tackles
17
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 8 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · Oklahoma State
Top game
UCF
Recruit profile
3-star · Del City
High school pipeline
Marshall · 18 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 10 · Junior
2024 Tackles rank
6 tackles · LB 837th (top 69%) · Mid-American 298th (top 56%) · National 3,288th (top 54%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonOklahoma State11-0--037
2023 Regular SeasonOklahoma State41020.5--055.1
2024 Regular SeasonBowling Green36-0--039.7

Related Context

Donny Stephens played LB for Oklahoma State and Bowling Green. Across 3 tracked seasons, Donny Stephens recorded 17 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Oklahoma State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Oklahoma State paired 2.5 primary output with 16.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 8.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2024 Regular Season fell back from 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.

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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

Northern Illinois

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

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

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Fordham: 2 by 8.3. Northern Illinois: 3 by 12.5. Toledo: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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Wins0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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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 FordhamW 41-1722000

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 Value Progression

202220232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonOklahoma State04.20.8
2023 Regular SeasonOklahoma State2.516.74.12.5
2024 Regular SeasonBowling Green08.31.3-2.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ UCF

Week 11 · L 3-45 · Conference game

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

54.2 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 54.2 takeover score.

#2

vs Central Arkansas

Week 1 · W 27-13

1

Havoc Plays

53.6 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.6 takeover score.

#3

@ Arizona State

Week 2 · W 27-15

0.5

Havoc Plays

30.8 takeover

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 30.8 takeover score.

#4

@ Texas

Week 14 · L 21-49 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

12.2 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 12.2 takeover score.

#5

vs Northern Illinois

Week 7 · L 7-17 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

9.2 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 9.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · Oklahoma State

2.5 primary output · 16.7 efficiency · 4.1 usage

55.1

#2

2024 Regular Season · Bowling Green

39.7

0 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 1.3 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Oklahoma State

37

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games