#20

Dontae Balfour

Senior defensive back on Texas Tech's 2025 roster.

DB · Texas Tech · Sr. · #20

6′1″ · 185 lb · Starke, FL

CFB Index 26 · #300 of 364 cornersLow confidenceReturning to Texas Tech for 2026

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 449 nationally · Signed with North Carolina

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back on Texas Tech's 2025 roster.

  • Signed as a 3-star recruit to North Carolina in 2021.
  • Transferred from Charlotte to Texas Tech in 2025.
His career, year by year

How he projects

Erases the deep middle of the field.

The full scouting read

Dontae Balfour

DB · Texas Tech · Sr · #20

Erases the deep middle of the field. Across four seasons and three programs, three head coaches: Mack Brown, Biff Poggi and Joey McGuire. His first career honor landed in 2023: All-AAC. The receipt on tape: 5 tackles against Utah, Week 4, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

  • positional archetype classification
  • head-coach lineage
  • recognition record
  • game log
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