#98

Donovan Green

Senior defensive lineman for Eastern Michigan. 2025: 1.5 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 57 tackles.

DL · Eastern Michigan · Sr. · #98

5′11″ · 300 lb · Palmetto, LA

CFB Index 61 · #111 of 330 interior linemenLow confidenceReturning to Eastern Michigan for 2026

How he plays

Wins his gap play after play.

Tackles: 85th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

1.5

sacks · 2025

3 TFL · 57 tackles · 2 hurries

Best game: 1 sacks, 1 TFL, 8 tackles, vs Western Michigan

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Eastern Michigan. 2025: 1.5 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 57 tackles.

His career, year by year

Donovan Green

DL · Eastern Michigan · Sr · #98

Wins his gap play after play. He has spent two seasons in the Eastern Michigan defensive front. The receipt: 8 tackles, 1 sacks against Western Michigan — Week 14, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Chris Creighton — 9-15 over that span.

2024Eastern Michigan5-7HC: Chris Creighton · Run-leaning

2025Eastern Michigan4-8HC: Chris Creighton · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

61Quality starter #111 of 330?

Low confidenceAscending6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (85th percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles#449 / 2975 · 85th pct

Sacks#707 / 2975 · 74th pct

1.5

QB hurries#634 / 2975 · 72nd pct

Tackles for loss#1001 / 2975 · 63rd pct

3.0

Solo tackles#1622 / 2975 · 44th pct

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th 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

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	5.2	0.3	0.2	0.0
Road6g	4.3	0.2	0.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.3	0.2	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	5.4	0.3	0.3	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Chris Creighton

Pass share

58.2%

107 pass / 77 run

Plays / game

61.3

3 games

Team sack rate

5.1%

117 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Impact starter

Tackle volume for the position among the most productive regulars.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

61 · #111 of 330 interior linemen

Unranked recruit. Now #111 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-MAC

Based on 2025: #10 of 43 Mid-American DLs

How the All-MAC estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Eastern Michigan	57	13	3.0	1.5	--	--	--
2024	Eastern Michigan	19	4	1.5	1.0	--	--	--
Career		76	17	4.5	2.5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2025

W 34–31

vs Louisiana

7 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 QB HUR

Edged out Louisiana at home in a shootout.

With N. Kim — 226 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 47.1 · 12 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD · M. Tomasek — 49 AVG · 56 LONG · 3 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	L 27-52@ Texas State	3	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	L 23-28vs Long Island University	3	0	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 3	L 23-48@ Kentucky	3	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	W 34-31vs Louisiana	7	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	L 13-24@ Central Michigan	6	0	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 6	L 30-31@ Buffalo	3	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	W 16-10vs Northern Illinois	5	0	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 30-44@ Miami (OH)	5	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 21-28vs Ohio	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	W 27-21vs Bowling Green	7	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	W 24-9@ Ball State	6	1	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 14	L 21-31vs Western Michigan	8	4	1.0	1.0	—	Season-high 8 tackles
Total		57	13	3.0	1.5	—

How he plays

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

12 games

57Tackles

13Solo

3TFL

1.5Sacks

0Pass def.

0INT

57 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 TFL.

Week 120.5 sacks
Week 141 sack

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.

2026 Outlook

Eastern Michigan

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive line · Eastern Michigan

Returning around him

Transfer portal: -14 net (12 in / 26 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Eastern Michigan · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #103 · 2026 recruiting class #106

DNA match

Player DNA

Two-Gap Base

Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Adam Watkins’s 2024 season.

Adam Watkins

81%match

Kennesaw State · 2024

Naki Fahina

New Mexico State · 2024

80%

George Wolo

Buffalo · 2025

79%

Donovan Green

Eastern Michigan · 2024

79%

Curt Neal

Illinois · 2025

78%

Matches Adam on

TFL rate

Class year

Hurry rate

Differs from Adam on

Height (lower)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Naki Fahina's graduate season at New Mexico State (2024).

Naki Fahina

84%match

New Mexico State · 2024

Jalen Satchell

Michigan State · 2025

77%

Tim Grant-Randall

Massachusetts · 2025

72%

Bryce Santana

New Mexico · 2024

All-Mountain West

71%

Jahmeer Carter

Virginia · 2024

70%

Matches Naki on

Class year

Weight

TFL rate

Player DNA

Players who play like Donovan Green

George Wolo

Buffalo · 2025

86%

Donovan Green

Eastern Michigan · 2025

79%

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