Donavan Mutin
Donavan Mutin
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Third year in the Houston linebacker corps, same address the whole way. 2021 brought the first one: All-AAC. The receipt: 13 tackles against Navy — Week 8, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- seasons on the roster
- recognition record
- game log
How it ended
Three seasons at Houston, 162 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2021)
All-AAC
Coaching Lineage · 2018–2022
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Dana Holgorsen.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Willie Fritz
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR06 · Starter
Starter. Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2021)
All-AAC
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022
W 37–35
at UTSA
1 TFL · 8 SOLO · 11 TOT
Edged out UTSA on the road in a shootout.
How he plays
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Coverage 'Backer
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Hugh Davis’s 2022 season.
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As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Langston Patterson's graduate season at Vanderbilt (2024).
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