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2025 Football Roster

20 Donovan Stanley

  • Position Defensive Back
  • Ht./Wt. 6-0 / 175
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Euclid, OH
  • High School St. Edward

Biography

NCAA CAREER STATS

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AS A GRADUATE STUDENT (2024)

  • Played in nine games as a defensive back and on special teams
  • Made two straight starts at safety vs. Mercyhurst and Robert Morris
  • Tied a career- high with five tackles (two for loss) in the Mercyhurst win
  • 15 total tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss, and two pass breakups
  • Missed final two games with injury

AS A JUNIOR (2023)

  • Played in nine games totaling nine tackles (four solo) and one pass deflection
  • Recorded season-high four tackles (two solos) at West Virginia

AS A SOPHOMORE (2022)

  • Played in one game vs. Merrimack

AS A FRESHMAN (2021) 

  • Appeared in nine games with five starts at defensive back
  • Totaled 20 tackles (15 solo) with a fumble recovery and three pass break ups
  • Finished with five tackles (three solo) and a pass break up in upset win at Ohio (9/11/21)
  • Established a season-high with five tackles (all solo) at Merrimack
  • Posted four tackles and a pass break up at Sacred Heart
  • Recovered a fumble versus Saint Francis
  • Had two tackles and a pass break up at LIU
AS A FRESHMAN (2020-21)
  • Appeared in all five games for Duquesne in his first collegiate season
  • Played mostly special teams for the Dukes
  • Recovered a fumble in a win at Wagner (3.14.21)
  • Registered a tackle in victory at Bryant (3.28.21)
BEFORE DUQUESNE
  • Played for head coach Tom Lombardo at perennial Ohio power St. Edward
  • Helped Eagles to 11-2 record in 2019 after winning OHSAA D1 state title as a junior in 2018
  • St. Edward finished nationally-ranked in MaxPreps Xcellent 25 in 2018
  • Finished with eight tackles to go with an interception and a pair of pass breakups vs Medina
  • Tallied six catches with a fumble while allowing no receptions vs Mentor
  • Had a crucial fourth-quarter sack in 7-3 victory over rival St. Ignatius
  • Paced the Eagles in pass breakups; ran fastest 40-yard dash on team
  • Also member of the baseball and track & field teams at St. Edward
PERSONAL
  • Full name: Donovan Malik Stanley
  • Son of Felicia Dunlop and Nate Stanley
  • Has two brothers Nate and Devin
  • Brother (Nate) played football at Holy Cross; brother (Devin) played baseball at Lourdes
  • Born on Sept. 21, 2002in Willoughby, Ohio

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 8

    2020-21Freshman

    Defensive Back
    6'0" 175 lbs
    8
  • 20

    2021Freshman

    Defensive Back
    6'0" 175 lbs
    20
  • 20

    2022Sophomore

    Defensive Back
    6'0" 170 lbs
    20
  • 20

    2023Junior

    Defensive Back
    6'0" 170 lbs
    20
  • 20

    2024Graduate Student

    Defensive Back
    6'0" 175 lbs
    20
  • 20

    2025Graduate Student

    Defensive Back
    6'0" 175 lbs
    20

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