Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Notre Dame
Donovan Hinish
DL • 6'2" • 277 lbs • Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Donovan Hinish shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
29
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
19
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
45
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Notre Dame
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Notre Dame
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Florida State
Player Story
Donovan Hinish built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Pittsburgh, PA wearing No. 41, spending time with Notre Dame. The clearest part of Donovan Hinish's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Notre Dame
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Donovan Hinish, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Notre Dame. Donovan Hinish shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 52
- TFL
- 6
- Sacks
- 6
- QB hurries
- 6
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Donovan Hinish quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Notre Dame · DL
- Career Tackles
- 52
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 24 games
- Best season
- 2024 Postseason · Notre Dame
- Top game
- Florida State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Central Catholic · Notre Dame
- High school pipeline
- Central Catholic · 42 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 41 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 12 tackles · DL 574th (top 54%) · FBS Independents 42nd (top 46%) · National 2,692nd (top 44%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2023 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 16.6 |
| 2024 Postseason | Notre Dame | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 51.2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 12 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 51.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 8 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | 19.6 |
Related Context
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Donovan Hinish played DL for Notre Dame. Across 4 tracked seasons, Donovan Hinish recorded 52 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Notre Dame.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason
Notre Dame paired 13 primary output with 22.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 11.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Purdue
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Notre Dame
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
11.3
Usage
2.9
Consistency
12.5
Best Game by takeover score
Purdue
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Miami: 0. Texas A&M: 0. Purdue: 2. Boise State: 0. USC: 0. Boston College: 1. Pittsburgh: 0. Syracuse: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Miami: 1 by 4.2. Texas A&M: 4 by 16.7. Purdue: 1 by 24.2. Boise State: 1 by 4.2. USC: 2 by 8.3. Boston College: 1 by 14.2. Pittsburgh: 1 by 4.2. Syracuse: 1 by 14.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0.7 · Games = 6 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -0.7 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
Purdue
Best efficiency game
24.2 vs Purdue
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/22 | vs Syracuse | W 70-7 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Pittsburgh | W 37-15 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Boston College | W 25-10 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs USC | W 34-24 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Boise State | W 28-7 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs PurdueSplash game | W 56-30 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Texas A&M | L 40-41 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 8/31 | @ Miami | L 24-27 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Donovan Hinish story
Donovan Hinish built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Pittsburgh, PA wearing No. 41, spending time with Notre Dame. The clearest part of Donovan Hinish's career was his defensive production: 52 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 6 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 24 career games in the available record. That gives Donovan Hinish's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Notre Dame
2022-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20222023202420242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 2 | 11.3 | 3.8 | 2 |
| 2024 Postseason | Notre Dame | 13 | 22.6 | 6 | 11 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 13 | 22.6 | 6 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 4 | 11.3 | 2.9 | -9 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Florida State
Week 11 · W 52-3
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
4
Havoc Plays
86.9 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 86.9 takeover score.
#2
@ NC State
Week 2 · W 45-24
2
Havoc Plays
77.5 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.
#3
vs Virginia
Week 12 · W 35-14
3
Havoc Plays
73.9 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 73.9 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 90 Purdue
Week 4 · W 56-30
2
Havoc Plays
69.2 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 69.2 takeover score.
#5
@ Georgia
Week 1 · W 23-10 · Postseason
2
Havoc Plays
54.7 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 54.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Postseason · Notre Dame
13 primary output · 22.6 efficiency · 6 usage
51.2
#2
2024 Regular Season · Notre Dame
51.2
13 primary · 22.6 efficiency · 6 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · Notre Dame
19.6
4 primary · 11.3 efficiency · 2.9 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
6
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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