Junior defensive back on Sam Houston's 2023 roster.
6′0″ · 200 lb · Kilgore, TX
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
3 defensive back on Sam Houston's roster.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearDonovan Adkins
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. One game to point at: 7 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Louisiana Tech — Week 11, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
One season at Sam Houston, 24 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (18th 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
2023 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 4.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 3.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Phil Longo
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Sam Houston | 24 | 12 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 24 | 12 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2023
W 24–21
1 TOT
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.
With K. Shoemaker — 242 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 20.2 · -1 rush yds (12 car) · N. Smith — 13 rush yds (1 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 0-14@ BYU | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 7-38@ Houston | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 28-35vs Jacksonville State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 16-21@ Liberty | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 27-33vs Florida International | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 24-21vs Kennesaw State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 42-27@ Louisiana Tech | 7 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 23-20vs Middle Tennessee | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 24 | 12 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
24 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0.5 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.
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Jalen Tate’s 2021 season.
Matches Jalen on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Mac Resetich's sophomore season at Illinois (2024).
Matches Mac on
Player DNA