Player Dossier

2021-2024

Pittsburgh

Donovan McMillon

DB • 6'2" • 205 lbs • Mcmurray, PA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Donovan McMillon shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 42.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

59%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

71

High-end production for a defensive back

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Reliability

80

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

80

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Pittsburgh

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Florida • Pittsburgh
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: West Virginia

Player Story

Donovan McMillon built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a defensive back from Mcmurray, PA wearing No. 3, spending time with Florida and Pittsburgh. The clearest part of Donovan McMillon's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.9237

Peters Township · Canonsburg, PA

Committed To
Florida
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Donovan McMillon, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Pittsburgh. Donovan McMillon shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 42.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
250
TFL
2.5
Passes defended
8

Quick Answers

Donovan McMillon quick answers

Latest team and position
Pittsburgh · DB
Career Tackles
250
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 40 games
Best season
2024 Postseason · Pittsburgh
Top game
West Virginia
Recruit profile
4-star · Peters Township · Florida
High school pipeline
Peters Township · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 3 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
115 tackles · DB 2nd (top 1%) · ACC 2nd (top 1%) · National 18th (top 1%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2021 PostseasonFlorida71-0--038
2021 Regular SeasonFlorida79-0--038
2022 Regular SeasonFlorida92010--010.8
2023 Regular SeasonPittsburgh111050.50-1028.9
2024 PostseasonPittsburgh13710-1063.4
2024 Regular SeasonPittsburgh13108-0-6063.4

Related Context

Donovan McMillon played DB for Florida and Pittsburgh. Across 4 tracked seasons, Donovan McMillon recorded 250 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Pittsburgh.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

Pittsburgh paired 9 primary output with 42.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 38.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Florida, Pittsburgh.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: West Virginia

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2023 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.1

Efficiency

38.5

Usage

6.5

Consistency

6.1

Best Game by takeover score

West Virginia

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Cincinnati: 0. West Virginia: 1. North Carolina: 0. Virginia Tech: 0. Louisville: 0. Wake Forest: 0. Notre Dame: 0.5. Florida State: 0. Syracuse: 0. Boston College: 0. Duke: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Cincinnati: 8 by 33.3. West Virginia: 18 by 60. North Carolina: 6 by 25. Virginia Tech: 12 by 50. Louisville: 5 by 20.8. Wake Forest: 8 by 33.3. Notre Dame: 8 by 38.3. Florida State: 10 by 41.7. Syracuse: 11 by 45.8. Boston College: 13 by 50. Duke: 6 by 25

Split Comparison

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

Wins0 · Games = 2 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · Games = 9 · +0.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

West Virginia

Best efficiency game

60 vs West Virginia

Result
Sat 11/25@ DukeL 19-3063000
Fri 11/17vs Boston College10+ tacklesW 24-16138000
Sat 11/11@ Syracuse10+ tacklesL 13-28119000
Sat 11/4vs Florida State10+ tacklesL 7-24105000
Sat 10/28@ Notre DameL 7-58850.5000
Sat 10/21@ Wake ForestL 17-2182000
Sat 10/14vs LouisvilleW 38-2150000
Sun 10/1@ Virginia Tech10+ tacklesL 21-38129000
Sun 9/24vs North CarolinaL 24-4161000
Sat 9/16@ West Virginia10+ tacklesL 6-17189001
Sat 9/9vs CincinnatiL 21-2783000

Player Story

Donovan McMillon story

Donovan McMillon built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a defensive back from Mcmurray, PA wearing No. 3, spending time with Florida and Pittsburgh. The clearest part of Donovan McMillon's career was his defensive production: 250 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 8 passes defended across 40 career games in the available record. That gives Donovan McMillon'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

    Florida

    2021-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Pittsburgh

    2023-2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 PostseasonFlorida060.9
2021 Regular SeasonFlorida060.90
2022 Regular SeasonFlorida110.42.21
2023 Regular SeasonPittsburgh1.538.56.50.5
2024 PostseasonPittsburgh942.26.47.5
2024 Regular SeasonPittsburgh942.26.40

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ West Virginia

Week 3 · L 6-17

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

84.7 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 84.7 takeover score.

#2

@ Toledo

Week 1 · L 46-48 · Postseason

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Havoc Plays

75.3 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 75.3 takeover score.

#3

vs West Virginia

Week 3 · W 38-34

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Havoc Plays

59.2 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 59.2 takeover score.

#4

@ Texas A&M

Week 10 · W 41-24 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

57.8 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 57.8 takeover score.

#5

@ Notre Dame

Week 9 · L 7-58

0.5

Havoc Plays

55 takeover

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 55 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Postseason · Pittsburgh

9 primary output · 42.2 efficiency · 6.4 usage

63.4

#2

2024 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

63.4

9 primary · 42.2 efficiency · 6.4 usage

#3

2021 Postseason · Florida

38

0 primary · 6 efficiency · 0.9 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

1

Splash games

12

10+ tackle games