Defensive back on App State's 2021 roster.
6′0″ · 185 lb
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
2021 defensive back on App State's roster.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearDonte Small
Erases the deep middle of the field. He got to App State by way of Morgan State. One game to point at: 3 tackles against UL Monroe — Week 9, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
One season at App State, 17 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (20th 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
2021 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road4g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dowell Loggains
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | App State | 17 | 13 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| Career | 17 | 13 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 23-25@ Miami | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 44-10vs Elon | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-30vs Marshall | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 45-16@ Georgia State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 13-41@ Louisiana | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 59-28vs UL Monroe | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 31-7vs South Alabama | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 45-7@ Troy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 27-3vs Georgia Southern | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 17 | 13 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
17 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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.
Player DNA
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Tre Young’s 2020 season.
Matches Tre on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Jaylon Guilbeau's junior season at Texas (2022).
Matches Jaylon on
Player DNA