Senior linebacker for Air Force. 2020: 20 tackles.
6′3″ · 230 lb · Sudlersville, MD
The story
4 linebacker for Air Force. 2020: 20 tackles.
Recruiting
OLB recruit
No. 4176 nationally · Signed with Air Force
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonGrant Donaldson
He arrived as a 2-star recruit and has three seasons of production at Air Force behind him. The receipt on tape: 6 tackles against Army, Week 16, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Air Force, 74 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2020
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Troy Calhoun.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Troy Calhoun — 19-12 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: qb hurries (84th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (9th 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
2020 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road3g | 4.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-71g | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Troy Calhoun
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2020
W 40–7
vs Navy
6 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 PD
Dominant 33-point win at home against Navy.
With J. Carlson — 39 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 48 LONG · H. Daniels — 41 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · 96 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 5 | W 40-7vs Navy | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 6-17@ San José State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 30-49vs Boise State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 35-7@ Utah State | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 16 | L 7-10@ Army | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |