Senior defensive lineman on New Mexico State's 2022 roster.
6′3″ · 255 lb · Killeen, TX
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
4 defensive lineman on New Mexico State's roster.
Recruiting
WDE recruit
No. 2761 nationally · Signed with New Mexico State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonDonavan King
Wins his gap play after play. Four seasons at New Mexico State, two different head coaches: Doug Martin and Jerry Kill. The receipt on tape: 5 tackles, 1 INT against New Mexico, Week 7, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at New Mexico State, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Doug Martin → Jerry Kill. 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
Concern: sacks (24th 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
2022 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.4 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road3g | 3.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 4.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.5 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tony Sanchez
Pass share
52.3%
101 pass / 92 run
Plays / game
64.3
3 games
Team sack rate
3.7%
107 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2022
Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Two-star recruit. Now #152 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | New Mexico State | 27 | 19 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | New Mexico State | 34 | 20 | 10.0 | 2.5 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | New Mexico State | 15 | 6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2018 | New Mexico State | 14 | 5 | 2.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 90 | 50 | 17.5 | 4.0 | 4 | 1 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2022
W 51–14
vs Lamar
1 PD · 2 TFL · 2 SOLO
Dominant 37-point win at home against Lamar.
With D. Pavia — 146 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 85.8 · 81 rush yds (8 car) · J. Carlson — 44 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 48 LONG
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 12-23vs Nevada | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 1 | L 0-38@ Minnesota | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 7-21vs Florida International | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 21-9vs New Mexico | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 23-13@ Massachusetts | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 51-14vs Lamar | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 14-45@ Missouri | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 65-3vs Valparaiso | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 27 | 19 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
27 tackles. 2 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 3.5 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
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Devonta Bridges’s 2022 season.
Matches Devonta on
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Devonta Bridges's senior season at Fresno State (2022).
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Player DNA