Donte Small: DB · App State · #26.
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Donte Small
Erases the deep middle of the field. Came to App State by way of Morgan State. One game to point at: 3 tackles against UL Monroe — Week 9, 2021.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| 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
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 23-25@ No. 22 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 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
12%2 pass breakupsTackle volume
17tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%1 TFL17 tackles · 1 for loss · 2 pass breakups.
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
Shawn Clark
Pass share
4.5%
23 pass / 490 run
Plays / game
39.5
13 games
Team sack rate
3.9%
431 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2021
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
One season at App State, 17 tackles — the college career is complete.
