Player Dossier

2022-2025

Virginia

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.

Usage Score

1.1

Efficiency

5.6

Consistency

100

Season Value

35.6

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · Virginia

22232425

Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
Virginia
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Wake Forest

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Trey McDonald, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · Virginia. Trey McDonald shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 5.6 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Virginia paired 0 primary output with 8.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 5.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Unknown

Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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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

California

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Game-by-Game Trend

123

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 0. Louisville: 0. California: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Unknown: 2 by 8.3. Louisville: 1 by 4.2. California: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Wins0 · n=2
First Half0 · n=2
All Games0 · n=3

Game Log

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

3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Unknown

Best efficiency game

8.3 vs Unknown

Result
Sat 11/1@ CaliforniaW 31-2111000
Sat 10/4@ LouisvilleW 30-2711000
Sat 9/13vs Unknown20000

Career Arc

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

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    Virginia

    2022-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

2022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonVirginia0
2023 Regular SeasonVirginia08.41.40
2024 Regular SeasonVirginia5.524.45.95.5
2025 Regular SeasonVirginia05.61.1-5.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Wake Forest

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 57 takeover score.

#2

Virginia Tech

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 34.9 takeover score.

#3

Notre Dame

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 31.3 takeover score.

#4

Maryland

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 31.1 takeover score.

#5

Clemson

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 17.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2023 Regular Season · Virginia

0 primary output · 8.4 efficiency · 1.4 usage

36.6

#2

2025 Regular Season · Virginia

35.6

0 primary · 5.6 efficiency · 1.1 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Virginia

13.4

5.5 primary · 24.4 efficiency · 5.9 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8444

Baylor School · Chattanooga, TN

Committed To
Virginia
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Career Facts

1

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

73

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 21 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Trey McDonald quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
LB
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
4
Career tackles
73