#51

Dominic McDonald

Defensive end for Duke. 2016: 1.5 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss, 20 tackles.

DE · Duke · #51

6′2″ · Longwood, FL

Duke 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

OLB recruit

No. 736 nationally · Signed with Duke

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 defensive end for Duke. 2016: 1.5 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss, 20 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Duke in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at Duke, 2 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

2013

Signed with Duke3-star out of Lake Brantley

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#736 national

CFB

College

Duke

2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Duke4-8HC: David Cutcliffe · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#661 / 2668 · 73rd pct

1.5

QB hurries#640 / 2668 · 66th pct

Tackles for loss#1166 / 2668 · 53rd pct

2.5

Tackles#1911 / 2668 · 27th pct

Solo tackles#2006 / 2668 · 23rd pct

Passes defended#1657 / 2668 · 19th pct

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	2.2	0.4	0.1	0.0
Road5g	2.2	0.2	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	2.0	0.4	0.4	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.4	0.2	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Manny Diaz

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Duke	20	10	2.5	1.5	--	--	--
Career		20	10	2.5	1.5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2016

W 28–27

vs North Carolina

5 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 at home.

With D. Jones — 240 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 80.1 · 94 rush yds (16 car) · 2 TD · S. Wilson — 107 rush yds (24 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 49-6vs North Carolina Central	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	L 14-24vs Wake Forest	2	0	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 3	L 13-24@ Northwestern	3	2	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 7	L 14-24@ Louisville	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 35-38@ Georgia Tech	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	L 21-24vs Virginia Tech	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	W 28-27vs North Carolina	5	1	1.0	0.0	—	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 12	L 14-56@ Pittsburgh	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	L 21-40@ Miami	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Total		20	10	2.5	1.5	—

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology