Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2013-2016UCF
Justin McDonald
LB • 6'2" • Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Justin McDonald shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
44
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
38
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
60
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · UCF
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- UCF
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: East Carolina
Player Story
Justin McDonald built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a linebacker from Fort Lauderdale, FL wearing No. 34, spending time with UCF. The clearest part of Justin McDonald's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- UCF
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
Justin McDonald, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · UCF. Justin McDonald shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 11
- TFL
- 2.5
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 1
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Justin McDonald quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UCF · LB
- Career Tackles
- 11
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 6 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · UCF
- Top game
- East Carolina
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Boyd Anderson · UCF
- High school pipeline
- Boyd Anderson · 34 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 34 · Class 2016
- 2016 Tackles rank
- 11 tackles · LB 646th (top 63%) · American Athletic 245th (top 48%) · National 2,609th (top 47%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | UCF | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | UCF | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | UCF | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | UCF | 6 | 11 | 2.5 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 49.6 |
Related Context
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Justin McDonald played LB for UCF. Across 4 tracked seasons, Justin McDonald recorded 11 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2016 with UCF.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
UCF paired 4.5 primary output with 15.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 15.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: East Carolina
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · UCF
Games
6
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
15.2
Usage
3.7
Consistency
52.6
Best Game by takeover score
East Carolina
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Michigan: 0. Florida International: 1. East Carolina: 2. Houston: 1. Tulane: 0.5. Cincinnati: 0
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. Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Florida International: 3 by 22.5. East Carolina: 4 by 36.7. Houston: 0 by 10. Tulane: 3 by 17.5. Cincinnati: 0 by 0
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.9 · Games = 4 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 2 · -0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
6 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
East Carolina
Best efficiency game
36.7 vs East Carolina
Player Story
Justin McDonald story
Justin McDonald built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a linebacker from Fort Lauderdale, FL wearing No. 34, spending time with UCF. The clearest part of Justin McDonald's career was his defensive production: 11 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, and 1 sack across 6 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with UCF. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Justin McDonald's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 23 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 6 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across UCF.
The arc is straightforward: Justin McDonald 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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UCF
2013-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2013201420152016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | UCF | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | UCF | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | UCF | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | UCF | 4.5 | 15.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ East Carolina
Week 5 · W 47-29 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
68.3 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 68.3 takeover score.
#2
@ Florida International
Week 4 · W 53-14
1
Havoc Plays
41.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 41.7 takeover score.
#3
vs Tulane
Week 10 · W 37-6 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
27.2 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 27.2 takeover score.
#4
@ Houston
Week 9 · L 24-31 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
26.4 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 26.4 takeover score.
#5
@ Michigan
Week 2 · L 14-51
0
Havoc Plays
3.3 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · UCF
4.5 primary output · 15.2 efficiency · 3.7 usage
49.6
#2
2013 Regular Season · UCF
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2014 Regular Season · UCF
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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