Doneiko Slaughter

Former defensive back at Arkansas. 2024: 1 interception, 6 pass breakups, 78 tackles.

DB · Arkansas · Sr. · #3

6′0″ · 190 lb · Roswell, GA

CFB Index 73 · #80 of 537 safetiesLow confidenceArkansas 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 466 nationally · Signed with Tennessee

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive back at Arkansas. 2024: 1 interception, 6 pass breakups, 78 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Tennessee in 2020.
Transferred from Tennessee to Arkansas in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Arkansas, 160 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

20203 games

Signed with Tennessee3-star out of Roswell

202413 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#466 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

1 coach

2020–2024

Sam Pittman

Arkansas

Played his entire career under Sam Pittman.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Tennessee3-7HC: Jeremy Pruitt · Run-leaning

2021Tennessee7-6HC: Josh Heupel · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2022Tennessee11-2HC: Josh Heupel · Run-leaning

2023Tennessee9-4HC: Josh Heupel · Run-leaning

2024Arkansas7-6HC: Sam Pittman · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

73Quality starter #80 of 537?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (95th percentile). Strength: tackles (94th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (23rd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#145 / 2892 · 95th pct

Tackles#164 / 2892 · 94th pct

Passes defended#141 / 2892 · 94th pct

Sacks#841 / 2892 · 63rd pct

1.0

Tackles for loss#1063 / 2892 · 61st pct

3.0

Interceptions#314 / 862 · 32nd pct

QB hurries#1536 / 2892 · 23rd 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

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	5.8	0.1	0.0	0.4
Road5g	6.4	0.4	0.2	0.6

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.3	0.3	0.1	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	6.8	0.2	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ryan Silverfield

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Backup

On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

73 · #80 of 537 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #80 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Arkansas	78	44	3.0	1.0	6	1	--
2023	Tennessee	32	26	1.0	1.0	1	--	--
2022	Tennessee	26	19	0.5	0.0	3	1	--
2021	Tennessee	16	12	3.0	1.0	--	--	--
2020	Tennessee	8	4	1.0	1.0	--	--	--
Career		160	105	8.5	4.0	10	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2024

W 19–14

vs Tennessee

8 TOT · 4 SOLO · 1 PD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 at home.

With T. Green — 266 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 79.7 · -5 rush yds (9 car) · D. Bale — 57 AVG · 66 LONG · 3 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 70-0vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 31-39@ Oklahoma State	6	5	0.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 3	W 37-27vs UAB	7	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 4	W 24-14@ Auburn	7	7	2.0	1.0	1	0
Wk 5	L 17-21@ Texas A&M	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 19-14vs Tennessee	8	4	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 8	L 10-34vs LSU	10	7	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 10 tackles
Wk 9	W 58-25@ Mississippi State	7	4	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 10	L 31-63vs Ole Miss	6	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 10-20vs Texas	3	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 35-14vs Louisiana Tech	6	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 21-28@ Missouri	9	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 39-26vs Texas Tech	4	4	0.0	0.0	—	1
Total		78	44	3.0	1.0	1	6

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