Donte Kent

Former defensive back at Central Michigan. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

DB · Central Michigan · Sr. · #4

5′11″ · 190 lb · Harrisburg, PA

CFB Index 34 · #238 of 327 cornersLow confidenceAll-ConferencePittsburgh — drafted 2025, Rd 7, Pick 13, #229 overall

The story

Former defensive back at Central Michigan. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Central Michigan in 2020.
Drafted round 7 by the Pittsburgh in 2025.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 2503 nationally · Signed with Central Michigan

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Five seasons at Central Michigan, 226 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — drafted at #229 overall by Pittsburgh.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20206 games

Signed with Central Michigan3-star out of Harrisburg

202211 games

All-MACfirst

20239 games

All-MACsecond

202412 games

All-MACsecond

2025

Drafted by Pittsburghround 7, pick 229

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2503 national

CFB

College

Central Michigan

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R7 · #229

Pittsburgh · 2025

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

7 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-MAC · 2ND TEAM

All-MAC 2nd team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

1 coach

2020–2024

Jim McElwain

Central Michigan

Played his entire career under Jim McElwain.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

PittsburghEntering 2nd NFL season

#229Rd 7 · Pick 13

PittsburghEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Jim McElwain — 25-30 over that span.

2020Central Michigan3-3HC: Jim McElwain · Run-leaning

2021Central Michigan9-4HC: Jim McElwain · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022Central Michigan4-8HC: Jim McElwain · Run-leaning

2023Central Michigan5-7HC: Jim McElwain · Run-leaning

2024Central Michigan4-8HC: Jim McElwain · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

34Below cohort / limited sample #238 of 327?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: forced fumbles (100th percentile). Strength: passes defended (96th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (18th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Forced fumbles#1 / 700 · 100th pct

Passes defended#91 / 2892 · 96th pct

Solo tackles#417 / 2892 · 85th pct

Tackles#566 / 2892 · 80th pct

Sacks#1455 / 2892 · 25th pct

0.0

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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	4.7	0.0	0.0	0.3
Road6g	4.0	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

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Drinkall

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

34 · #238 of 327 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #238 at the position.

Career stats

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

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 66–10

vs Central Connecticut

1 TD · 4 SOLO · 5 TOT

Dominant 56-point win at home against Central Connecticut.

With J. Labas — 342 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 89.0 · 1 rush yds (1 car) · S. Bracey — 2 rec · 48 yds

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week