Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2025Middle Tennessee
De'Arre McDonald
CB • 6'0" • 205 lbs • Murfreesboro, TN, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
De'Arre McDonald shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.1 disruption score.
Impact Production
63
Solid production for a corner
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Reliability
68
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
72
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Cincinnati • Middle Tennessee
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Colorado State
Player Story
De'Arre McDonald built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a cornerback from Murfreesboro, TN wearing No. 2, spending time with Cincinnati and Middle Tennessee. The clearest part of De'Arre McDonald's career...
Read the storyDe'Arre McDonald, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee. De'Arre McDonald shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.1 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 61
- TFL
- 4.5
- Sacks
- 2
- Passes defended
- 13
Quick Answers
De'Arre McDonald quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Middle Tennessee · CB
- Career Tackles
- 61
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 27 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
- Top game
- Colorado State
- High school pipeline
- Archbishop Riordan · 7 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 29 tackles · CB 125th (top 27%) · Conference USA 130th (top 24%) · National 1,435th (top 24%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 3 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 8 | 18 | 3.5 | 1 | - | 6 | 0 | 53 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 21.8 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 10 | 29 | - | 0 | - | 7 | 0 | 42.4 |
Related Context
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De'Arre McDonald played CB for Cincinnati and Middle Tennessee. Across 6 tracked seasons, De'Arre McDonald recorded 61 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Middle Tennessee.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Middle Tennessee paired 10.5 primary output with 22.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 22.5 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 Cincinnati, Middle Tennessee.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Colorado State
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
1.3
Efficiency
22.5
Usage
4.5
Consistency
52.2
Best Game by takeover score
Colorado State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Missouri: 2. Colorado State: 2.5. Western Kentucky: 2. Louisiana Tech: 1. Liberty: 0. New Mexico State: 1. UTEP: 1. Sam Houston: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Missouri: 2 by 28.3. Colorado State: 6 by 50. Western Kentucky: 2 by 28.3. Louisiana Tech: 2 by 18.3. Liberty: 1 by 4.2. New Mexico State: 1 by 14.2. UTEP: 3 by 22.5. Sam Houston: 1 by 14.2
Split Comparison
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Wins1 · Games = 2 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses1.4 · Games = 6 · +0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Colorado State
Best efficiency game
50 vs Colorado State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/25 | @ Sam Houston | L 20-23 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | vs UTEP | W 34-30 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | @ New Mexico State | L 7-13 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Tue 10/17 | @ Liberty | L 35-42 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Tue 10/10 | vs Louisiana Tech | W 31-23 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Thu 9/28 | @ Western KentuckySplash game | L 10-31 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | vs Colorado StateSplash game | L 23-31 | 6 | 3 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | @ MissouriSplash game | L 19-23 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
Player Story
De'Arre McDonald story
De'Arre McDonald built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a cornerback from Murfreesboro, TN wearing No. 2, spending time with Cincinnati and Middle Tennessee. The clearest part of De'Arre McDonald's career was his defensive production: 61 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 1 interception across 27 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Middle Tennessee. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but De'Arre McDonald's production has multiple signals. With 27 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Cincinnati and Middle Tennessee.
The arc is straightforward: De'Arre McDonald moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Cincinnati
2020-2021
Opening stop
- 2
Middle Tennessee
2022-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202020212022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 0 | 5.6 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 10.5 | 22.5 | 4.5 | 10.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 3 | 12 | 4.3 | -7.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 7 | 19.1 | 3.3 | 4 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Colorado State
Week 4 · L 23-31
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5
Havoc Plays
83.3 takeover
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 83.3 takeover score.
#2
@ Louisiana Tech
Week 7 · L 21-48 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
73.9 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.9 takeover score.
#3
@ Western Kentucky
Week 5 · L 10-31 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
68.6 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 68.6 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 92 Jacksonville State
Week 10 · L 21-24 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60.3 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 108 Missouri State
Week 7 · L 20-22 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
56.1 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 56.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
10.5 primary output · 22.5 efficiency · 4.5 usage
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#2
2025 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
42.4
7 primary · 19.1 efficiency · 3.3 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
37.5
0 primary · 5.6 efficiency · 0.8 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
5
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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