Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Indiana
D'Angelo Ponds
DB • 5'9" • 170 lbs • West Park, FL, USA
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D'Angelo Ponds shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
96
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive back
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Reliability
63
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Indiana
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- James Madison • Indiana
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Old Dominion
Player Story
D'Angelo Ponds built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive back from West Park, FL wearing No. 5, spending time with Indiana and James Madison. The clearest part of D'Angelo Ponds' career was his...
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- Committed To
- James Madison
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2026
- Selection
- Round 2 · Pick 18
- Overall
- No. 50
- NFL Team
- New York Jets
D'Angelo Ponds, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Indiana. D'Angelo Ponds shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.3 disruption score.
Quick Answers
D'Angelo Ponds quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Indiana · DB
- Career Tackles
- 166
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 6 entries · 40 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Indiana
- Top game
- Old Dominion
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Chaminade-Madonna · James Madison
- High school pipeline
- Chaminade-Madonna · 72 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2026 · Round 2 · Pick 18 · New York Jets
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 60 tackles · DB 86th (top 9%) · Big Ten 58th (top 8%) · National 402nd (top 7%)
D'Angelo Ponds played DB for James Madison and Indiana. Across 3 tracked seasons, D'Angelo Ponds recorded 6 receiving yards, 166 tackles, and 9 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Indiana.
Recognition
Honors
- 20252025 All-Big Ten Coaches · conference_coachesfirst
- 20252025 All-Big Ten Media · conference_mediafirst
- 20242024 All-Big Ten Coaches · conference_coachesfirst
- 20242024 All-Big Ten Media · conference_mediafirst
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