#13

Dontez Fagan

Former cornerback at West Virginia. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

CB · West Virginia · Sr. · #13

5′10″ · 188 lb · Ardmore, OK

CFB Index 17 · #300 of 327 cornersLow confidenceWest Virginia 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

2★

CB recruit

No. 281 nationally · Joined Charlotte

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former cornerback at West Virginia. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Charlotte in 2023.
Transferred from Charlotte to West Virginia in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at West Virginia, 58 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

202310 games

Signed with Charlotte2-star out of Independence C.C.

202412 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#281 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2023–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2023–2024

2 coaches

2023

Neal Brown

West Virginia

2024

Chad Scott

West Virginia

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Neal Brown → Chad Scott. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023Charlotte3-9HC: Biff Poggi · Run-leaning

2024West Virginia6-7HC: Chad Scott · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

17Below cohort / limited sample #300 of 327?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#504 / 2892 · 78th pct

Solo tackles#886 / 2892 · 69th pct

Tackles#1043 / 2892 · 63rd pct

Forced fumbles#55 / 700 · 46th pct

Sacks#1455 / 2892 · 25th pct

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QB hurries#1536 / 2892 · 23rd pct

Tackles for loss#2477 / 2892 · 7th pct

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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
Home7g	2.6	0.0	0.0	0.1
Road5g	3.8	0.0	0.0	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rich Rodriguez

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

17 · #300 of 327 corners

Two-star recruit. Now #300 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	West Virginia	37	23	0.0	3	--	--
2023	Charlotte	21	16	2.5	4	1	--
Career		58	39	2.5	7	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024

W 49–14

vs UAlbany

2 SOLO · 2 TOT

Dominant 35-point win at home against UAlbany.

With G. Greene — 236 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 95.2 · 68 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD · C. Donaldson — 125 rush yds (14 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	PD	Note
Wk 2	W 49-14vs UAlbany	2	2	—	0
Wk 3	L 34-38@ Pittsburgh	2	2	—	1
Wk 4	W 32-28vs Kansas	1	0	—	0
Wk 6	W 38-14@ Oklahoma State	2	2	—	0
Wk 7	L 16-28vs Iowa State	3	2	—	0
Wk 8	L 18-45vs Kansas State	2	1	—	0
Wk 9	W 31-26@ Arizona	6	2	—	1	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 11	W 31-24@ Cincinnati	3	1	—	0
Wk 12	L 35-49vs Baylor	5	3	—	1
Wk 13	W 31-21vs UCF	2	2	—	0
Wk 14	L 15-52@ Texas Tech	6	5	—	0
Bowl	L 37-42vs Memphis	3	1	—	0
Total		37	23	—	3

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