Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Virginia
Trey McDonald
LB • 6'4" • 235 lbs • Chattanooga, TN, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Trey McDonald shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 5.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
9
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
10
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
19
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Virginia
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Virginia
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Wake Forest
Player Story
Trey McDonald built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Chattanooga, TN wearing No. 16, spending time with Virginia. The clearest part of Trey McDonald's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Virginia
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Trey McDonald, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Virginia. Trey McDonald shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 5.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 73
- TFL
- 2.5
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Trey McDonald quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Virginia · LB
- Career Tackles
- 73
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 21 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Virginia
- Top game
- Wake Forest
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Baylor School · Virginia
- High school pipeline
- Baylor School · 28 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 16 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 4 tackles · LB 999th (top 79%) · ACC 505th (top 64%) · National 3,979th (top 65%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Virginia | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2023 Regular Season | Virginia | 6 | 12 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.9 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Virginia | 12 | 57 | 2.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 46.1 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Virginia | 3 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.3 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Virginia to Unlisted | P4 to Unlisted | 19.6 | Dec 29, 2025 |
Trey McDonald played LB for Virginia. Across 4 tracked seasons, Trey McDonald recorded 73 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Virginia.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Virginia paired 6.5 primary output with 25.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 5.6 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: William & Mary
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Virginia
Games
3
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
5.6
Usage
1.1
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
William & Mary
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. William & Mary: 0. Louisville: 0. California: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. William & Mary: 2 by 8.3. Louisville: 1 by 4.2. California: 1 by 4.2
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First Half0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half
Game Log
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3 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
William & Mary
Best efficiency game
8.3 vs William & Mary
Player Story
Trey McDonald story
Trey McDonald built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Chattanooga, TN wearing No. 16, spending time with Virginia. The clearest part of Trey McDonald's career was his defensive production: 73 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 1 interception across 21 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Virginia. 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 Trey McDonald's production has multiple signals. With 21 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Virginia.
The arc is straightforward: Trey 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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Virginia
2022-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Virginia | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Virginia | 0 | 8.4 | 1.4 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Virginia | 6.5 | 25.2 | 5.5 | 6.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Virginia | 0 | 5.6 | 1.1 | -6.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Wake Forest
Week 2 · W 31-30 · Conference game
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
89.2 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 89.2 takeover score.
#2
@ Virginia Tech
Week 14 · L 17-37 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
57.5 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 57.5 takeover score.
#3
@ Notre Dame
Week 12 · L 14-35
1
Havoc Plays
50 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 50 takeover score.
#4
@ Clemson
Week 8 · L 31-48 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
37.5 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 37.5 takeover score.
#5
vs Maryland
Week 3 · L 13-27
1
Havoc Plays
35.6 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 35.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Virginia
6.5 primary output · 25.2 efficiency · 5.5 usage
46.1
#2
2023 Regular Season · Virginia
39.9
0 primary · 8.4 efficiency · 1.4 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · Virginia
38.3
0 primary · 5.6 efficiency · 1.1 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
1
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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