Last confirmed: West Virginia, 2019. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′4″ · 285 lb · Milton, WV · Cabell Midland
Reese Donahue: DL · West Virginia · #46.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Reese Donahue
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Reese Donahue has been at West Virginia through two head coaches in four seasons. On tape: 4 tackles and 1 sack against NC State, Week 3, 2019.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
27 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 4 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.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| 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 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 12 games
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| 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 No. 11 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@ No. 5 Oklahoma | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-17@ No. 12 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 No. 22 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 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
15%4 TFLSack rate
11%3 sacksHurry rate
0%0 hurries27 tackles · 4 for loss · 3 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 12 games
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
Head Coach
Neal Brown
Pass share
58.0%
454 pass / 329 run
Plays / game
65.2
12 games
Team sack rate
4.3%
484 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2019
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at West Virginia, 5 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 39 games over 4 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Dana Holgorsen → Neal Brown. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
