Player Dossier

2023-2025

New Mexico State

Donovan Faupel

WR • 6'1" • 195 lbs • Corona, CA, USA

Alpha targetExplosive finisher

Donovan Faupel reads as a alpha target based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

30%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

87

Top-tier box-score impact for a receiver

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Reliability

83

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

81

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · New Mexico State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
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Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
New Mexico State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Bryant

Player Story

Donovan Faupel built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Corona, CA wearing No. 5, spending time with New Mexico State. The clearest part of Donovan Faupel's career was his receiving...

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Donovan Faupel, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · New Mexico State. Donovan Faupel reads as a alpha target based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
807
Receptions
72
Touchdowns
9

Quick Answers

Donovan Faupel quick answers

Latest team and position
New Mexico State · WR
Career Receiving Yards
807
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 18 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · New Mexico State
Top game
Bryant
Latest roster
No. 5 · Junior
2025 Receiving yards rank
661 receiving yards · WR 118th (top 11%) · Conference USA 8th (top 4%) · National 121st (top 6%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State5898047.4
2024 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State3348148.2
2025 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State1061661883.5

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2026New Mexico State to ArkansasG5/FCS to P479.1Jan 9, 2026

Donovan Faupel played WR for New Mexico State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Donovan Faupel recorded 57 passing yards, 18 rushing yards, and 807 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2025 with New Mexico State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

New Mexico State paired 661 primary output with 71.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 71.1 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: Bryant

Win with an explosive receiving profile. 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 · New Mexico State

Games

10

Receiving Yards / G

66.1

Efficiency

71.1

Usage

26.8

Consistency

73.6

Best Game by takeover score

Bryant

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Bryant: 99. Tulsa: 78. New Mexico: 97. Sam Houston: 38. Liberty: 51. Missouri State: 84. Western Kentucky: 29. Kennesaw State: 27. Tennessee: 80. UTEP: 78

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. Bryant: 5 by 100. Tulsa: 8 by 65. New Mexico: 6 by 100. Sam Houston: 4 by 63.3. Liberty: 3 by 100. Missouri State: 10 by 56. Western Kentucky: 3 by 64.4. Kennesaw State: 4 by 45. Tennessee: 9 by 59.3. UTEP: 9 by 57.8

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins73.3 · Games = 4 · +11.9 vs Losses
Losses61.3 · Games = 6 · -11.9 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Bryant

Best efficiency game

100 vs Liberty

Result
Sat 11/22@ UTEPHigh volume · 2+ TDW 34-319788.78.70223
Sat 11/15@ TennesseeHigh volumeL 9-429808.98.90019
Sat 11/8vs Kennesaw State2+ TDL 21-244276.86.80213
Sat 11/1@ Western KentuckyL 16-353299.79.70013
Thu 10/23vs Missouri StateHigh volumeL 17-2410848.48.40117
Tue 10/14@ LibertyL 27-303511717121
Fri 10/3vs Sam HoustonW 37-104389.59.50015
Sat 9/27@ New MexicoL 20-3869716.216.20029
Sun 9/7vs TulsaHigh volumeW 21-148789.89.80125
Sun 8/31vs BryantW 19-359919.819.80055

Player Story

Donovan Faupel story

Donovan Faupel built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Corona, CA wearing No. 5, spending time with New Mexico State. The clearest part of Donovan Faupel's career was his receiving role: 72 catches, 807 receiving yards, 8 touchdowns, and 18 rushing yards across 18 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with New Mexico State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 57 passing yards, 18 rushing yards, and 2 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 18 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across New Mexico State.

The arc is straightforward: Donovan Faupel moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    New Mexico State

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State9886.28.8
2024 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State489017.2-50
2025 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State66171.126.8613

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Bryant

Week 1 · W 19-3

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

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Receiving Yards

100 takeover

99 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

@ No. 73 New Mexico

Week 5 · L 20-38

97

Receiving Yards

97.8 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

97 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs Western Kentucky

Week 11 · L 28-41 · Conference game

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Receiving Yards

88.9 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

36 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

vs No. 108 Missouri State

Week 9 · L 17-24 · Conference game

84

Receiving Yards

80.3 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

84 receiving yards with a 56 efficiency score.

#5

vs No. 104 Tulsa

Week 2 · W 21-14

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Receiving Yards

79.7 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

78 receiving yards with a 65 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · New Mexico State

661 primary output · 71.1 efficiency · 26.8 usage

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#2

2024 Regular Season · New Mexico State

48.2

48 primary · 90 efficiency · 17.2 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · New Mexico State

47.4

98 primary · 86.2 efficiency · 8.8 usage

Milestones

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100+ receiving yards

4

8+ catch outings

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2+ TD games