Da'Sean Downey: DL · Massachusetts · #4.
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Da'Sean Downey
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Third year in the same defensive front at Massachusetts. One game to point at: 8 tackles and 4 tackles for loss against Georgia Southern — Week 8, 2017.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
58 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 20 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Massachusetts | 58 | 36 | 20.0 | 6.0 | 3 | -- |
| 2016 | Massachusetts | 48 | 25 | 8.5 | 6.0 | -- | -- |
| 2015 | Massachusetts | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Career | 106 | 61 | 28.5 | 12.0 | 3 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 35-38vs Hawai'i | 4 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-17vs Old Dominion | 8 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 21-29@ Temple | 6 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 13-17@ Tennessee | 6 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 50-58vs Ohio | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 55-20vs Georgia Southern | 8 | 8 | 4.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 9 | W 30-27vs App State | 7 | 4 | 4.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | 4.0 TFL |
| Wk 10 | L 23-34@ No. 21 Mississippi State | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 44-31vs Maine | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 16-10@ BYU | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 45-63@ Florida International | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 58 | 36 | 20.0 | 6.0 | — | 3 |
Week 9 · 2017
W 30-27
vs App State
4 tackles for loss · 7 tackles · 1 pass breakup
A close one, won by 3 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
34%20 TFLSack rate
10%6 sacksHurry rate
5%3 hurries58 tackles · 20 for loss · 6 sacks.
3 seasons under Mark Whipple — 9-27 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 6.2 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 4.8 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 5.6 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.0 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Whipple
Pass share
51.8%
443 pass / 412 run
Plays / game
71.2
12 games
Team sack rate
9.1%
506 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
58 tackles in 11 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Massachusetts, 12 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
1 coachPlayed every college season under Mark Whipple.
