#46

Reese Donahue

Senior defensive lineman for West Virginia. 2019: 3 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 27 tackles.

DL · West Virginia · Sr. · #46

6′4″ · 285 lb · Milton, WV

West Virginia 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

SDE recruit

No. 1492 nationally · Signed with West Virginia

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for West Virginia. 2019: 3 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 27 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to West Virginia in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at West Virginia, 5 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20166 games

Signed with West Virginia3-star out of Cabell Midland

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1492 national

CFB

College

West Virginia

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

2 coaches

2016–2018

Dana Holgorsen

West Virginia

2019

Neal Brown

West Virginia

era →

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

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016West Virginia10-3HC: Dana Holgorsen · Run-leaning

2017West Virginia7-6HC: Dana Holgorsen · Balanced

2018West Virginia8-4HC: Dana Holgorsen · Balanced

2019West Virginia5-7HC: Neal Brown · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (86th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (25th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#322 / 2688 · 86th pct

3.0

Tackles for loss#822 / 2688 · 67th pct

4.0

Passes defended#1097 / 2688 · 48th pct

Solo tackles#1370 / 2688 · 48th pct

Tackles#1542 / 2688 · 42nd pct

QB hurries#1337 / 2688 · 25th pct

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

2019 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.5	0.5	0.3	0.0
Road6g	2.0	0.2	0.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.3	0.3	0.3	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.2	0.3	0.2	0.2

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 · 2019

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	West Virginia	27	17	4.0	3.0	1	--	--
2018	West Virginia	24	13	2.0	1.0	--	--	--
2017	West Virginia	40	21	6.0	1.0	--	--	--
2016	West Virginia	12	6	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		103	57	12.0	5.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2019

W 20–17

at TCU

2 TOT · 1 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With J. Growden — 45 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 56 LONG · J. Doege — 158 yds · 2 TD · 3 INT · -7 rush yds (2 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 20-13vs James Madison	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 7-38@ Missouri	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 44-27vs NC State	4	2	1.0	1.0	—	0	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 4	W 29-24@ Kansas	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 31-42vs Texas	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 14-38vs Iowa State	2	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 14-52@ Oklahoma	2	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 14-17@ Baylor	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 11	L 17-38vs Texas Tech	3	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 24-20@ Kansas State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 13-20vs Oklahoma State	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 20-17@ TCU	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		27	17	4.0	3.0	—	1

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

20166 games

2019 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays