Junior defensive lineman for Notre Dame. 2025: 1 sack, 1 tackle for loss, 12 tackles.
6′2″ · 277 lb · Pittsburgh, PA
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.
How he plays
Disrupts the pocket from the interior.
QB hurries: 72nd percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
sack · 2025
1 TFL · 12 tackles · 2 hurries
Best game: 0.5 sacks, 0.5 TFL, 1 tackles, vs Purdue
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 defensive lineman for Notre Dame. 2025: 1 sack, 1 tackle for loss, 12 tackles.
Donovan Hinish
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Third year in the Notre Dame defensive front, same address the whole way. The receipt on tape: 4 tackles against Texas A&M, Week 3, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Marcus Freeman.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Marcus Freeman — 34-7 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (9th 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
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Marcus Freeman
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Notre Dame | 12 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Notre Dame | 34 | 19 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Notre Dame | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 52 | 27 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2025
W 34–24
vs USC
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 24-27@ Miami | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 40-41vs Texas A&M | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 56-30vs Purdue | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 28-7vs Boise State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 34-24vs USC | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 25-10@ Boston College | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 37-15@ Pittsburgh | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 70-7vs Syracuse | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
12 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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.
2026 Outlook
Notre Dame
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · Notre Dame
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Notre Dame · Last season: 10-2 (AP #9) · Talent rank #6 · 2026 recruiting class #5
Player DNA
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Peyton Price’s 2023 season.
Matches Peyton on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Devin Drew's junior season at Nebraska (2022).
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Player DNA