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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Syracuse
Derek McDonald
LB • 6'4" • 230 lbs • Atlanta, GA, USA
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Derek McDonald shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
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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 Postseason · Syracuse
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Syracuse
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: NC State
Player Story
Derek McDonald built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Atlanta, GA wearing No. 15, spending time with Syracuse. The clearest part of Derek McDonald's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Syracuse
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Derek McDonald, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Syracuse. Derek McDonald shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.3 disruption score.
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- Latest team and position
- Syracuse · LB
- Career Tackles
- 158
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 37 games
- Best season
- 2023 Postseason · Syracuse
- Top game
- NC State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Marist School · Syracuse
- High school pipeline
- Marist School · 24 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 15 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 6 tackles · LB 869th (top 69%) · ACC 434th (top 55%) · National 3,432nd (top 56%)
Derek McDonald played LB for Syracuse. Across 4 tracked seasons, Derek McDonald recorded 158 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Syracuse.
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