Former defensive lineman at Michigan State. 2024: 1 sack, 5.5 tackles for loss, 25 tackles.
6′2″ · 301 lb · Savannah, GA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
Former defensive lineman at Michigan State. 2024: 1 sack, 5.5 tackles for loss, 25 tackles.
D'Quan Douse
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. D'Quan Douse has played for three head coaches across five seasons and two programs. The receipt on tape: 5 tackles, 1 TFL against Maryland, Week 2, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Michigan State, 6 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mel Tucker → Jonathan Smith. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: tackles for loss (82nd percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 3.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.4 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Fitzgerald
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Michigan State | 25 | 12 | 5.5 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Georgia Tech | 32 | 15 | 3.0 | 2.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Georgia Tech | 26 | 10 | 5.5 | 3.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Georgia Tech | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Georgia Tech | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 91 | 41 | 14.0 | 6.5 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 16-10vs Florida Atlantic | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 27-24@ Maryland | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 40-0vs Prairie View A&M | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 7-38vs Ohio State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 10-31@ Oregon | 4 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 17-24@ Michigan | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 10-47vs Indiana | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 16-38@ Illinois | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 14-41vs Rutgers | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 12 | 5.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
25 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 5.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Player DNA
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Jordan van den Berg’s 2024 season.
Matches Jordan on
Differs from Jordan on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Tyler Onyedim's graduate season at Texas A&M (2025).
Matches Tyler on
Player DNA