Donte Kent: DB · Central Michigan · #4.
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Donte Kent
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Fifth year in the same secondary at Central Michigan. Named All-MAC three seasons running, most recently in 2024. A game that shows it: 8 tackles against Ohio — Week 7, 2024.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
52 tackles. 7 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Central Michigan | 52 | 33 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 7 | -- | 3 |
| 2023 | Central Michigan | 52 | 35 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 7 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Central Michigan | 51 | 39 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 15 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Central Michigan | 55 | 45 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14 | 1 | -- |
| 2020 | Central Michigan | 16 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 226 | 165 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 44 | 2 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 66-10vs Central Connecticut | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 16-52vs Florida International | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 9-30@ Illinois | 7 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 37-34vs Ball State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 22-21vs San Diego State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 25-27vs Ohio | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 34-38@ Eastern Michigan | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 7-46@ Miami (OH) | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 13-23vs Bowling Green | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 10-37@ Toledo | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 16-14vs Western Michigan | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 16-24@ Northern Illinois | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 52 | 33 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 7 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
13%7 pass breakupsTackle volume
52tackles this seasonTFL rate
1%0 TFL52 tackles · 0.5 for loss · 7 pass breakups.
5 seasons under Jim McElwain — 25-30 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 4.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jim McElwain
Pass share
40.4%
301 pass / 444 run
Plays / game
62.1
12 games
Team sack rate
8.4%
323 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2024
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #238 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Central Michigan, 226 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — drafted at #229 overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers.
A stat line in 50 games over five seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MAC · 2ND TEAM
All-MAC 2nd team (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
1 coachPlayed every college season under Jim McElwain.
Next stop · NFL
Pittsburgh SteelersEntering 2nd NFL season
Pittsburgh SteelersEntering 2nd NFL season
