Usage / Role
21%
Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2024Louisville
Donald Chaney
RB • 5'11" • 220 lbs • Homestead, FL, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Donald Chaney leans balanced backfield option traits and 49.3 efficiency.
Impact Production
25
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
21
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
39
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Miami
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Miami • Louisville
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Duke
Player Story
Donald Chaney built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a running back from Homestead, FL wearing No. 21, spending time with Louisville and Miami. The clearest part of Donald Chaney's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Miami
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Donald Chaney, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Miami. Donald Chaney leans balanced backfield option traits and 49.3 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,254
- Rushing yards
- 1,030
- Receiving yards
- 224
- Touchdowns
- 9
Quick Answers
Donald Chaney quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Louisville · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,254
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 35 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Miami
- Top game
- Duke
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Belen Jesuit Prep · Miami
- High school pipeline
- Palestine · 7 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 21 · Junior
- 2024 Scrimmage yards rank
- 240 scrimmage yards · RB 315th (top 45%) · ACC 120th (top 33%) · National 898th (top 34%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Postseason | Miami | 11 | 94 | 50 | 44 | 0 | 53.8 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Miami | 11 | 371 | 272 | 99 | 3 | 53.8 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Miami | 2 | 48 | 44 | 4 | 1 | 45.1 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Miami | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 38.7 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Miami | 11 | 493 | 478 | 15 | 2 | 61.8 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Louisville | 10 | 240 | 178 | 62 | 3 | 48 |
Related Context
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Donald Chaney played RB for Miami and Louisville. Across 5 tracked seasons, Donald Chaney recorded 1,030 rushing yards, 224 receiving yards, and 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Miami.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Miami paired 493 primary output with 48 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 49.3 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 Miami, Louisville.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Miami
Loss with 48 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. 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 · Louisville
Games
10
Scrimmage Yards / G
24
Efficiency
49.3
Usage
11
Consistency
62.7
Best Game by takeover score
Miami
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Austin Peay: 17. Jacksonville State: 21. Georgia Tech: 40. Notre Dame: 40. SMU: 28. Virginia: 7. Miami: 48. Boston College: 17. Stanford: 21. Pittsburgh: 1
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. Austin Peay: 1 by 100. Jacksonville State: 3 by 72.9. Georgia Tech: 11 by 29.5. Notre Dame: 10 by 43.1. SMU: 11 by 23.7. Virginia: 2 by 58.3. Miami: 5 by 90. Boston College: 5 by 35.4. Stanford: 6 by 36.5. Pittsburgh: 3 by 3.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins17.2 · Games = 6 · -17.1 vs Losses
Losses34.3 · Games = 4 · +17.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Miami
Best efficiency game
100 vs Austin Peay
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/23 | vs Pittsburgh | W 37-9 | 3 | 1 | 0.30 | 0 | — | — | 0.3 |
| Sat 11/16 | @ Stanford | L 35-38 | 6 | 21 | 3.50 | 1 | — | — | 3.5 |
| Fri 10/25 | @ Boston College | W 31-27 | 5 | 17 | 3.40 | 0 | — | — | 3.4 |
| Sat 10/19 | vs Miami | L 45-52 | 3 | 29 | 9.70 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 9.6 |
| Sat 10/12 | @ Virginia | W 24-20 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.5 |
| Sat 10/5 | vs SMU | L 27-34 | 10 | 21 | 2.10 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2.5 |
| Sat 9/28 | @ Notre Dame | L 24-31 | 9 | 38 | 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Sat 9/21 | vs Georgia Tech | W 31-19 | 10 | 23 | 2.30 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 3.6 |
| Sat 9/7 | vs Jacksonville State | W 49-14 | 3 | 21 | 7 | 1 | — | — | 7 |
| Sat 8/31 | vs Austin Peay | W 62-0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 17 | 17 |
Player Story
Donald Chaney story
Donald Chaney built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a running back from Homestead, FL wearing No. 21, spending time with Louisville and Miami. The clearest part of Donald Chaney's career was his backfield work: 1,030 rushing yards, 225 carries, 9 rushing touchdowns, and 224 receiving yards across 35 career games in the available record. His career also includes 224 receiving yards and 2 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Donald Chaney'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
Miami
2020-2023
Opening stop
- 2
Louisville
2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202020202021202220232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Postseason | Miami | 465 | 50.8 | 11.9 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Miami | 465 | 50.8 | 11.9 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Miami | 48 | 44.7 | 10.6 | -417 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Miami | 8 | 41.7 | 4 | -40 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Miami | 493 | 48 | 15.4 | 485 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Louisville | 240 | 49.3 | 11 | -253 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Duke
Week 14 · W 48-0 · Conference game
Win with 143 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
143
Scrimmage Yards
83.9 takeover
143 scrimmage yards and 22 usage.
#2
vs Georgia Tech
Week 6 · L 20-23 · Conference game
106
Scrimmage Yards
80.9 takeover
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
106 scrimmage yards and 33.8 usage.
#3
@ Florida State
Week 11 · L 20-27 · Conference game
85
Scrimmage Yards
77.3 takeover
Loss with 85 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
85 scrimmage yards and 27.3 usage.
#4
vs Miami
Week 8 · L 45-52 · Conference game
48
Scrimmage Yards
72.5 takeover
Loss with 48 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
48 scrimmage yards and 9.6 usage.
#5
vs Oklahoma State
Week 1 · L 34-37 · Postseason
94
Scrimmage Yards
67.4 takeover
Loss with 94 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
94 scrimmage yards and 15 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Miami
493 primary output · 48 efficiency · 15.4 usage
61.8
#2
2020 Postseason · Miami
53.8
465 primary · 50.8 efficiency · 11.9 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · Miami
53.8
465 primary · 50.8 efficiency · 11.9 usage
Milestones
1
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
1
2+ TD games
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