Usage / Role
22%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Massachusetts
Donovan Dyson
LB • 6'1" • 230 lbs • Bowie, MD, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Donovan Dyson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
40
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
23
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
56
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Massachusetts
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Massachusetts
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Northern Illinois
Player Story
Donovan Dyson built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Bowie, MD wearing No. 30, spending time with Massachusetts. The clearest part of Donovan Dyson's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Massachusetts
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Donovan Dyson, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Massachusetts. Donovan Dyson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 23
- TFL
- 2
- QB hurries
- 1
Quick Answers
Donovan Dyson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Massachusetts · LB
- Career Tackles
- 23
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 10 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Massachusetts
- Top game
- Northern Illinois
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · St. Frances Academy · Massachusetts
- High school pipeline
- St. Frances Academy · 58 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 30 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 19 tackles · LB 589th (top 47%) · Mid-American 196th (top 34%) · National 2,115th (top 35%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Massachusetts | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Massachusetts | 3 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.9 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Massachusetts | 6 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 59 |
Related Context
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Donovan Dyson played LB for Massachusetts. Across 3 tracked seasons, Donovan Dyson recorded 23 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Massachusetts.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Massachusetts paired 3 primary output with 18.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 18.2 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: Northern Illinois
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Massachusetts
Games
6
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
18.2
Usage
10.1
Consistency
33.3
Best Game by takeover score
Northern Illinois
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Iowa: 0. Missouri: 0. Buffalo: 1. Central Michigan: 0. Northern Illinois: 1.5. Bowling Green: 0.5
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.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Iowa: 2 by 8.3. Missouri: 1 by 4.2. Buffalo: 3 by 22.5. Central Michigan: 2 by 8.3. Northern Illinois: 9 by 52.5. Bowling Green: 2 by 13.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half0.3 · Games = 3 · -0.3 vs Second Half
Second Half0.7 · Games = 3 · +0.3 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
6 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Northern Illinois
Best efficiency game
52.5 vs Northern Illinois
Player Story
Donovan Dyson story
Donovan Dyson built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Bowie, MD wearing No. 30, spending time with Massachusetts. The clearest part of Donovan Dyson's career was his defensive production: 23 tackles and 2 tackles for loss across 10 career games in the available record. That gives Donovan Dyson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Massachusetts
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Massachusetts | 0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Massachusetts | 0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Massachusetts | 3 | 18.2 | 10.1 | 3 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 128 Northern Illinois
Week 12 · L 3-45 · Conference game
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5
Havoc Plays
84.2 takeover
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 95 Buffalo
Week 8 · L 21-28 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
50 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 50 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 113 Bowling Green
Week 14 · L 14-45 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
48.9 takeover
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 48.9 takeover score.
#4
@ No. 12 Iowa
Week 3 · L 7-47 · Ranked opponent
0
Havoc Plays
6.7 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.7 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 100 Central Michigan
Week 9 · L 13-38 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
6.1 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Massachusetts
3 primary output · 18.2 efficiency · 10.1 usage
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#2
2023 Regular Season · Massachusetts
37
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Massachusetts
36.9
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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