Former linebacker at Bowling Green. 2024: 6 tackles.
6′0″ · 230 lb · Del City, OK
The story
Former linebacker at Bowling Green. 2024: 6 tackles.
Donovan Stephens
Across three seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Mike Gundy and Scot Loeffler. The receipt on tape: 3 tackles against Northern Illinois, Week 7, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Bowling Green, 17 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2024
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Scot Loeffler.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th 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
2024 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Eddie George
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Bowling Green | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Oklahoma State | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 17 | 8 | 2.0 | 0.5 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024
W 41–17
vs Fordham
2 SOLO · 2 TOT
Dominant 24-point win at home against Fordham.
With J. Pegues — 10 rush yds (1 car) · J. Henderson — 29 rush yds (1 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 41-17vs Fordham | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 7-17vs Northern Illinois | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 41-26@ Toledo | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |