Donovan Green is a defensive lineman who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Eastern Michigan.
Green wins the gap play after play. Two seasons in the Eastern Michigan defensive front to date. A game that shows it: 8 tackles and 1 sack against Western Michigan — Week 14, 2025.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
57 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| 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 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 27-52@ Texas State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 23-28vs Long Island University | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 23-48@ Kentucky | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-31vs Louisiana | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 13-24@ Central Michigan | 6 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 30-31@ Buffalo | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 16-10vs Northern Illinois | 5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 30-44@ Miami (OH) | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 21-28vs Ohio | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 27-21vs Bowling Green | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 24-9@ Ball State | 6 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 21-31vs Western Michigan | 8 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Total | 57 | 13 | 3.0 | 1.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
5%3 TFLSack rate
3%2 sacksHurry rate
4%2 hurries57 tackles · 3 for loss · 1.5 sacks.
2 seasons under Chris Creighton — 9-15 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
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
Head Coach
Chris Creighton
Pass share
51.1%
403 pass / 385 run
Plays / game
65.7
12 games
Team sack rate
2.3%
444 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
57 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Unranked recruit. Now #111 at the position.
2026 outlook
In the mix for All-MAC
Based on 2025: #10 of 43 Mid-American DLs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).
