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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2012-2015Houston
Adrian McDonald
S • 5'11" • Lawton, OK, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Adrian McDonald shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.
Impact Production
80
High-end production for a safety
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
60
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2013 Postseason · Houston
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Houston
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Rutgers
Player Story
Adrian McDonald built his college career from 2012 through 2015 as a safety from Lawton, OK wearing No. 16, spending time with Houston. The clearest part of Adrian McDonald's career was his defensive production: 17...
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- Committed To
- Houston
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2012
Adrian McDonald, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Postseason · Houston. Adrian McDonald shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.
Quick Answers
Adrian McDonald quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Houston · S
- Career Tackles
- 0
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 16 games
- Best season
- 2013 Postseason · Houston
- Top game
- Rutgers
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Eisenhower · Houston
- High school pipeline
- Eisenhower · 10 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 16 · Class 2015
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Houston | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 51.1 |
| 2013 Postseason | Houston | 5 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 69.1 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Houston | 5 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 69.1 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Houston | 5 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 67.8 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Houston | 4 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 62.2 |
Related Context
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Adrian McDonald is listed as a S for Houston. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2013 Postseason
Houston paired 6 primary output with 24 efficiency.
Supporting note
2015 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2015 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Vanderbilt
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2015 Regular Season · Houston
Games
4
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
20
Usage
—
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Vanderbilt
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Game by game trend chart. Tennessee Tech: 1. Louisville: 1. UCF: 1. Vanderbilt: 1
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First Half1 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half1 · Games = 2 · +0 vs First Half
Game Log
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4 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Vanderbilt
Best efficiency game
20 vs Vanderbilt
Player Story
Adrian McDonald story
Adrian McDonald built his college career from 2012 through 2015 as a safety from Lawton, OK wearing No. 16, spending time with Houston. The clearest part of Adrian McDonald's career was his defensive production: 17 interceptions across 16 career games in the available record. That gives Adrian McDonald's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Houston
2012-2015
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Houston | 2 | 20 | — | — |
| 2013 Postseason | Houston | 6 | 24 | — | 4 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Houston | 6 | 24 | — | 0 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Houston | 5 | 20 | — | -1 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Houston | 4 | 20 | — | -1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Rutgers
Week 9 · W 49-14 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
70 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.
#2
@ Marshall
Week 12 · L 41-44 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#3
vs UTEP
Week 9 · W 45-35 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#4
vs Tulsa
Week 13 · W 38-28 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#5
vs Tulane
Week 11 · L 24-31 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2013 Postseason · Houston
6 primary output · 24 efficiency · — usage
69.1
#2
2013 Regular Season · Houston
69.1
6 primary · 24 efficiency · — usage
#3
2014 Regular Season · Houston
67.8
5 primary · 20 efficiency · — usage
Milestones
12
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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