Dontae Manning

Former defensive back at Oregon. 2024: 1 interception, 6 pass breakups, 18 tackles.

DB · Oregon · Sr. · #8

5′10″ · 185 lb · Kansas City, MO

CFB Index 50 · #166 of 327 cornersLow confidenceOregon 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

5★

CB recruit

No. 31 nationally · Signed with Oregon

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive back at Oregon. 2024: 1 interception, 6 pass breakups, 18 tackles.

Signed as a 5-star recruit to Oregon in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Oregon, 79 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2020

Signed with Oregon5-star out of Raytown

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★★

#31 national

CFB

College

Oregon

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

2 coaches

2021

Bryan McClendon

Oregon

2022–2024

Dan Lanning

Oregon

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Bryan McClendon → Dan Lanning. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Oregon10-4HC: Bryan McClendon · Run-leaning

2022Oregon10-3HC: Dan Lanning · Run-leaning

2023Oregon12-2HC: Dan Lanning · Balanced

2024Oregon13-1HC: Dan Lanning · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

50Rotational starter #166 of 327?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (94th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (18th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#141 / 2892 · 94th pct

Solo tackles#1521 / 2892 · 46th pct

Interceptions#314 / 862 · 32nd pct

Sacks#1455 / 2892 · 25th pct

0.0

Tackles#2149 / 2892 · 25th pct

QB hurries#1536 / 2892 · 23rd pct

Tackles for loss#2296 / 2892 · 18th pct

0.5

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

2024 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	1.9	0.1	0.0	0.5
Road2g	1.5	0.0	0.0	1.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	1.6	0.0	0.0	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	2.0	0.1	0.0	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dan Lanning

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

50 · #166 of 327 corners

Former five-star. Now #166 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Oregon	18	14	0.5	6	1	--
2023	Oregon	25	17	0.0	6	1	--
2022	Oregon	18	14	0.0	1	--	--
2021	Oregon	18	11	1.0	1	--	--
Career		79	56	1.5	14	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2024

W 32–31

vs Ohio State

1 TOT

Edged out Ohio State at home in a shootout.

With D. Gabriel — 341 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 95.9 · 32 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD · E. Stewart — 7 rec · 149 yds · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 24-14vs Idaho	4	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 37-34vs Boise State	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 49-14@ Oregon State	1	1	0.0	—	2
Wk 7	W 32-31vs Ohio State	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 38-9vs Illinois	5	3	0.5	—	2	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 11	W 39-18vs Maryland	1	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	W 16-13@ Wisconsin	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 49-21vs Washington	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 15	W 45-37vs Penn State	0	0	0.0	1	1
Bowl	L 21-41vs Ohio State	1	1	0.0	—	0
Total		18	14	0.5	1	6

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

Dontae Manning

2020

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

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