Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2024-2025Ball State
Donovan Hamilton
WR • 6'3" • 215 lbs • Fishers, IN, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Donovan Hamilton reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
30
Developing production for a receiver
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Reliability
26
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
38
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Ball State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Purdue • Ball State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Miami (OH)
Player Story
Donovan Hamilton built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Fishers, IN wearing No. 88, spending time with Ball State and Purdue. The clearest part of Donovan Hamilton's career was his...
Read the storyDonovan Hamilton, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Ball State. Donovan Hamilton reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 244
- Receptions
- 20
Quick Answers
Donovan Hamilton quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Ball State · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 244
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 7 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Ball State
- Top game
- Miami (OH)
- High school pipeline
- Hamilton Southeastern · 13 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 88 · Freshman
- 2025 Receiving yards rank
- 244 receiving yards · WR 410th (top 38%) · Mid-American 38th (top 20%) · National 531st (top 25%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Purdue | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2025 Regular Season | Ball State | 7 | 20 | 244 | 0 | 72.9 |
Related Context
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Purdue to Ball State | P4 to G5/FCS | 78.4 | Apr 27, 2025 |
Donovan Hamilton played WR for Purdue and Ball State. Across 2 tracked seasons, Donovan Hamilton recorded 244 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Ball State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Ball State paired 244 primary output with 76.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 76.4 efficiency.
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Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
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Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Purdue, Ball State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Miami (OH)
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Explorer
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2025 Regular Season · Ball State
Games
7
Receiving Yards / G
34.9
Efficiency
76.4
Usage
19
Consistency
52.2
Best Game by takeover score
Miami (OH)
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. New Hampshire: 21. UConn: 61. Ohio: 18. Akron: 6. Kent State: 27. Toledo: 39. Miami (OH): 72
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. New Hampshire: 1 by 100. UConn: 7 by 58.1. Ohio: 2 by 60. Akron: 1 by 40. Kent State: 2 by 90. Toledo: 3 by 86.7. Miami (OH): 4 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins18 · Games = 4 · -39.3 vs Losses
Losses57.3 · Games = 3 · +39.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Miami (OH)
Best efficiency game
100 vs Miami (OH)
Player Story
Donovan Hamilton story
Donovan Hamilton built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Fishers, IN wearing No. 88, spending time with Ball State and Purdue. The clearest part of Donovan Hamilton's career was his receiving role: 20 catches and 244 receiving yards across 7 career games in the available record. That gives Donovan Hamilton's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Purdue
2024
Opening stop
- 2
Ball State
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Purdue | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2025 Regular Season | Ball State | 244 | 76.4 | 19 | 244 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 82 Miami (OH)
Week 14 · L 24-45 · Conference game
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
72
Receiving Yards
98.4 takeover
72 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
@ No. 53 UConn
Week 4 · L 25-31
61
Receiving Yards
80.9 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
61 receiving yards with a 58.1 efficiency score.
#3
@ No. 48 Toledo
Week 13 · L 9-38 · Conference game
39
Receiving Yards
70.7 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
39 receiving yards with a 86.7 efficiency score.
#4
vs No. 130 Kent State
Week 11 · W 17-13 · Conference game
27
Receiving Yards
55.6 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
27 receiving yards with a 90 efficiency score.
#5
vs New Hampshire
Week 3 · W 34-29
21
Receiving Yards
55.4 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
21 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Ball State
244 primary output · 76.4 efficiency · 19 usage
72.9
#2
2024 Regular Season · Purdue
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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