Player Dossier

2020-2025

Central Connecticut

Donny Marcus

RB • 5'11" • 195 lbs • Brownsburg, IN, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Donny Marcus leans balanced backfield option traits and 14.6 efficiency.

Usage / Role

0%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

15

Developing production for a back

lowelite

Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

37

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Ball State

202021212225

Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Ball State • Central Connecticut
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: San José State
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.8259

Brownsburg · Brownsburg, IN

Committed To
Ball State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Donny Marcus, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Ball State. Donny Marcus leans balanced backfield option traits and 14.6 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
138
Rushing yards
123
Receiving yards
15

Quick Answers

Donny Marcus quick answers

Latest team and position
Central Connecticut · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
138
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 15 games
Best season
2020 Postseason · Ball State
Top game
San José State
Recruit profile
3-star · Brownsburg · Ball State
High school pipeline
Brownsburg · 21 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 20 · Junior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2020 PostseasonBall State374695046.2
2020 Regular SeasonBall State313130046.2
2021 PostseasonBall State7330034.6
2021 Regular SeasonBall State7473710034.6
2022 Regular SeasonBall State2110015.7
2025 Regular SeasonCentral Connecticut1000033

Related Context

Donny Marcus played RB for Ball State and Central Connecticut. Across 4 tracked seasons, Donny Marcus recorded 123 rushing yards, 15 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Ball State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Postseason

Ball State paired 87 primary output with 41.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 14.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2025 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 Ball State, Central Connecticut.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UConn

Game with 15 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Regular Season · Central Connecticut

Games

1

Scrimmage Yards / G

15

Efficiency

14.6

Usage

0.1

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

UConn

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All Games15 · Games = 1

Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

UConn

Best efficiency game

14.6 vs UConn

Result
Sat 8/30@ UConn9121.300131.5

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Ball State

    2020-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Central Connecticut

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202020202021202120222025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 PostseasonBall State8741.78
2020 Regular SeasonBall State8741.780
2021 PostseasonBall State5029.45.3-37
2021 Regular SeasonBall State5029.45.30
2022 Regular SeasonBall State13.52.8-49
2025 Regular SeasonCentral Connecticut1514.60.114

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ San José State

Week 1 · W 34-13 · Postseason

Win with 74 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

74

Scrimmage Yards

73.7 takeover

74 scrimmage yards and 17.5 usage.

#2

@ Central Michigan

Week 1

48

Scrimmage Yards

67.9 takeover

Game with 48 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

48 scrimmage yards and — usage.

#3

@ No. 53 UConn

Week 1

15

Scrimmage Yards

57.3 takeover

Game with 15 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

15 scrimmage yards and — usage.

#4

vs Western Illinois

Week 1 · W 31-21

20

Scrimmage Yards

56.1 takeover

Win with 20 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

20 scrimmage yards and 8.8 usage.

#5

@ Penn State

Week 2 · L 13-44

13

Scrimmage Yards

40 takeover

Loss with 13 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

13 scrimmage yards and 8.9 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Postseason · Ball State

87 primary output · 41.7 efficiency · 8 usage

46.2

#2

2020 Regular Season · Ball State

46.2

87 primary · 41.7 efficiency · 8 usage

#3

2021 Postseason · Ball State

34.6

50 primary · 29.4 efficiency · 5.3 usage

Milestones

0

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

0

2+ TD games