Usage / Role
46%
Rotational defensive role
lowfeatured
Player Dossier
2023-2025Maryland
Dontay Joyner
DB • 6'0" • 180 lbs • Lakeland, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Dontay Joyner shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.1 disruption score.
Impact Production
60
Solid production for a defensive back
lowelite
Reliability
46
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
lowhigh
Star Power
77
High-upside career profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Arkansas State
232425
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Arkansas State • Maryland
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Michigan
Player Story
Dontay Joyner built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive back from Lakeland, FL wearing No. 6, spending time with Arkansas State and Maryland. The clearest part of Dontay Joyner's career was his...
Read the story3★
- Committed To
- Arkansas State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Dontay Joyner, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Arkansas State. Dontay Joyner shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.1 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 109
- TFL
- 1.5
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 15
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Dontay Joyner quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Maryland · DB
- Career Tackles
- 109
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 31 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Arkansas State
- Top game
- Michigan
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Lakeland · Arkansas State
- High school pipeline
- Lakeland · 67 FBS recruits · 5 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 6 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 40 tackles · DB 214th (top 22%) · Big Ten 109th (top 14%) · National 918th (top 15%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 7 | 19 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 41.8 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 12 | 50 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 55.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Maryland | 12 | 40 | 1 | 0 | - | 8 | 2 | 52.6 |
Related Context
Keep exploring Dontay Joyner
Dontay Joyner played DB for Arkansas State and Maryland. Across 3 tracked seasons, Dontay Joyner recorded 109 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Arkansas State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Arkansas State paired 10.5 primary output with 26.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 23.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Arkansas State, Maryland.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Florida Atlantic
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.
Season Explorer
Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.
2025 Regular Season · Maryland
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.9
Efficiency
23.1
Usage
4.2
Consistency
52.8
Best Game by takeover score
Florida Atlantic
Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.
Active game
Hover over a point
Hover or select a game to keep its context visible here without the page shifting around.
Game-by-Game Trend
Follow how the selected stat changes from one game to the next. Spikes mark standout outings, while dips show quieter weeks.
Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Florida Atlantic: 3. Northern Illinois: 0. Towson: 1. Wisconsin: 0. Washington: 1. Nebraska: 1. UCLA: 1. Indiana: 0. Rutgers: 2. Illinois: 0. Michigan: 0. Michigan State: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
Low volumeHigh quality
High volumeHigh quality
Low volumeLower quality
High volumeLower quality
Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Florida Atlantic: 3 by 42.5. Northern Illinois: 2 by 8.3. Towson: 0 by 10. Wisconsin: 2 by 8.3. Washington: 5 by 30.8. Nebraska: 3 by 22.5. UCLA: 4 by 26.7. Indiana: 2 by 8.3. Rutgers: 7 by 49.2. Illinois: 3 by 12.5. Michigan: 4 by 16.7. Michigan State: 5 by 40.8
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1 · Games = 4 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.9 · Games = 8 · -0.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Florida Atlantic
Best efficiency game
49.2 vs Rutgers
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/30 | @ Michigan StateSplash game | L 28-38 | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Michigan | L 20-45 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Illinois | L 6-24 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | @ RutgersSplash game | L 20-35 | 7 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Indiana | L 10-55 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ UCLA | L 17-20 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Nebraska | L 31-34 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Washington | L 20-24 | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Wisconsin | W 27-10 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Towson | W 44-17 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Fri 9/5 | vs Northern Illinois | W 20-9 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Florida AtlanticSplash game | W 39-7 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
Player Story
Dontay Joyner story
Dontay Joyner built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive back from Lakeland, FL wearing No. 6, spending time with Arkansas State and Maryland. The clearest part of Dontay Joyner's career was his defensive production: 109 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, 4 interceptions, and 15 passes defended across 31 career games in the available record. That gives Dontay Joyner's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Arkansas State
2023-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Maryland
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 0 | 11.3 | 1.7 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 10.5 | 26.1 | 5.2 | 10.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Maryland | 11 | 23.1 | 4.2 | 0.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Michigan
Week 3 · L 18-28
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
84.4 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 84.4 takeover score.
#2
@ Iowa State
Week 4 · L 7-52
2
Havoc Plays
65.3 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 65.3 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 98 Florida Atlantic
Week 1 · W 39-7
3
Havoc Plays
61.4 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 61.4 takeover score.
#4
vs UL Monroe
Week 13 · W 28-21 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
51.9 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 51.9 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 46 Nebraska
Week 7 · L 31-34 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
51.9 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Arkansas State
10.5 primary output · 26.1 efficiency · 5.2 usage
55.5
#2
2025 Regular Season · Maryland
52.6
11 primary · 23.1 efficiency · 4.2 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Arkansas State
41.8
0 primary · 11.3 efficiency · 1.7 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
6
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
Next best actions
Keep exploring Dontay Joyner
Move from the player story into the game log, career arc, team context, and video shelf.