Safety, Toledo (from Mercer), 2023–26
Donovan Watkins
- Number
- No. 4
- Height
- 5′11″
- Weight
- 180 lb
- Class (2026)
- Junior
- Hometown
- Winnsboro, SC
Donovan Watkins plays safety for Toledo, after Mercer (2023–25).
2026 so far
26 tackles
Last game: at Eastern Michigan, W 34–14
Next game: vs. Western Michigan, Oct 24
Filled bars: wins; outlined: losses.
Career highs
9tackles, career highvs. Buffalo, 2026Team titles: Southern champions, 2024 and 2025
Defense
* The season in progress, so far.
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Mercer | 4 | S | Yr 1 | ||
| 2024 | Mercer | 4 | S | Yr 2 | ||
| 2025 | Mercer | 4 | S | Yr 3 | ||
| 2026 | Toledo | 4 | S | Jr. (Yr 4) | 5′11″ | 180 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2026 Toledo 7 games, 26 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | at Michigan State | L 20–30 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 12 | vs. Central Connecticut | W 63–10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 19 | vs. Temple | W 49–48 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 26 | vs. San Diego State | W 41–16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 3 | at Ball State | W 39–24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 10 | vs. Buffalo | L 8–23 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 17 | at Eastern Michigan | W 34–14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2025 Mercer 3 games, 2 tackles, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1 | at Furman | W 52–28 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Nov 15 | vs. Chattanooga | W 63–17 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Nov 22 | at Auburn | L 17–62 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2024 Mercer 2 games, 2 tackles, 1 INT
2023 Mercer 1 game, 3 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | at Ole Miss | L 7–73 | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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