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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025New 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.
Impact Production
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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...
Read the storyDonovan 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
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 5 | 8 | 98 | 0 | 47.4 |
| 2024 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 3 | 3 | 48 | 1 | 48.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 10 | 61 | 661 | 8 | 83.5 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | New Mexico State to Arkansas | G5/FCS to P4 | 79.1 | Jan 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.
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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+ TD | W 34-31 | — | 9 | 78 | 8.7 | 8.70 | 2 | 23 |
| Sat 11/15 | @ TennesseeHigh volume | L 9-42 | — | 9 | 80 | 8.9 | 8.90 | 0 | 19 |
| Sat 11/8 | vs Kennesaw State2+ TD | L 21-24 | — | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 6.80 | 2 | 13 |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Western Kentucky | L 16-35 | — | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 9.70 | 0 | 13 |
| Thu 10/23 | vs Missouri StateHigh volume | L 17-24 | — | 10 | 84 | 8.4 | 8.40 | 1 | 17 |
| Tue 10/14 | @ Liberty | L 27-30 | — | 3 | 51 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 21 |
| Fri 10/3 | vs Sam Houston | W 37-10 | — | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 9.50 | 0 | 15 |
| Sat 9/27 | @ New Mexico | L 20-38 | — | 6 | 97 | 16.2 | 16.20 | 0 | 29 |
| Sun 9/7 | vs TulsaHigh volume | W 21-14 | — | 8 | 78 | 9.8 | 9.80 | 1 | 25 |
| Sun 8/31 | vs Bryant | W 19-3 | — | 5 | 99 | 19.8 | 19.80 | 0 | 55 |
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
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 98 | 86.2 | 8.8 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 48 | 90 | 17.2 | -50 |
| 2025 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 661 | 71.1 | 26.8 | 613 |
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
36
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
78
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
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8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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