Player Dossier

2024-2025

Arizona State

Kyan McDonald

DB • 5'11" • 180 lbs • Seattle, WA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Kyan McDonald shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.2 disruption score.

Usage Score

5.6

Efficiency

24.2

Consistency

11.1

Season Value

12.5

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season · Arizona State

242525

Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
3
Program Path
Arizona State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Duke

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.

Kyan McDonald, DB. Best season Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season · Arizona State. Kyan McDonald shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.2 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Arizona State paired 0 primary output with 2.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 24.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Duke

Loss with 1 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 Postseason · Arizona State

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

24.2

Usage

5.6

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Duke

Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.

Game-by-Game Trend

123

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Duke: 1. Utah: 0. Arizona: 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. Duke: 5 by 30.8. Utah: 1 by 4.2. Arizona: 9 by 37.5

Split Comparison

Losses0.3 · n=3
First Half0.5 · n=2
All Games0.3 · 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

Duke

Best efficiency game

37.5 vs Arizona

Result
Wed 12/31@ DukeL 39-4252100
Sat 11/29vs ArizonaL 7-2396000
Sun 10/12@ UtahL 10-4211000

Career Arc

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

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    Arizona State

    2024-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 Regular SeasonArizona State02.10.4
2025 PostseasonArizona State124.25.61
2025 Regular SeasonArizona State124.25.60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Duke

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Primary metric

1 disruption/tackle impact with 47.1 takeover score.

#2

Arizona

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 14.4 takeover score.

#3

Iowa State

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 1.7 takeover score.

#4

Utah

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 1.7 takeover score.

#5

Texas Tech

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2024 Regular Season · Arizona State

0 primary output · 2.1 efficiency · 0.4 usage

34.2

#2

2025 Postseason · Arizona State

12.5

1 primary · 24.2 efficiency · 5.6 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Arizona State

12.5

1 primary · 24.2 efficiency · 5.6 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2024 · Rating 0.8764

O'Dea · Seattle, WA

Committed To
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Career Facts

1

Career teams

3

Seasons tracked

16

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 3 tracked seasons, 5 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Kyan McDonald quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
DB
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
3
Career tackles
16