Defensive back, Texas Tech (from North Carolina, Charlotte), 2021–25
Dontae Balfour
- Number
- No. 20
- Height
- 6′1″
- Weight
- 185 lb
- Class (2025)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Starke, FL
Dontae Balfour played defensive back at North Carolina (2021–22), Charlotte (2023–24) and Texas Tech (2025).
Career highs
9tackles, career hightwice; last vs. UAB, 2024Team titles: Big 12 champions, 2025
Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | North Carolina | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Charlotte | 54 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 2024 | Charlotte | 48 | 35 | 2.5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| 2025 | Texas Tech | 23 | 15 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Career | 131 | 89 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 0 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | North Carolina | 20 | DB | RS | ||
| 2022 | North Carolina | 20 | DB | Fr. | ||
| 2023 | Charlotte | 20 | DB | So. | ||
| 2024 | Charlotte | 20 | DB | Jr. | ||
| 2025 | Texas Tech | 20 | DB | Sr. | 6′1″ | 185 |
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
2025 Texas Tech 10 games, 23 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6 | vs. Kent State | W 62–14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 13 | vs. Oregon State | W 45–14 | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 20 | at Utah | W 34–10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 4 | at Houston | W 35–11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 11 | vs. Kansas | W 42–17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 18 | at Arizona State | L 22–26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 25 | vs. Oklahoma State | W 42–0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 8 | vs. BYU | W 29–7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 15 | vs. UCF | W 48–9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 29 | at West Virginia | W 49–0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 Charlotte 11 games, 48 tackles, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. James Madison | L 7–30 | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sep 14 | vs. Gardner-Webb | W 27–26 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 21 | at Indiana | L 14–52 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 28 | at Rice | W 21–20 | 7 | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Oct 5 | vs. East Carolina | W 55–24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 19 | at Navy | L 17–51 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 26 | at Memphis | L 28–33 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Oct 31 | vs. Tulane | L 3–34 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 16 | vs. South Florida | L 24–59 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 23 | at Florida Atlantic | W 39–27 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nov 30 | vs. UAB | W 29–27 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2023 Charlotte 11 games, 54 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. South Carolina State | W 24–3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 9 | at Maryland | L 20–38 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | vs. Georgia State | L 25–41 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 23 | at Florida | L 7–22 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 30 | at SMU | L 16–34 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Oct 14 | vs.Navy | L 0–14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 21 | atEast Carolina | W 10–7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 4 | at Tulsa | W 33–26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Nov 11 | vs.Memphis | L 38–44 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Nov 18 | vs.Rice | L 7–28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | atSouth Florida | L 14–48 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2022 North Carolina 1 game, 6 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27 | vs. Florida A&M | W 56–24 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Pro day 2026 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′0¼″ |
| Weight | 189 lb |
| Arm length | 32⅜″ |
| Hand size | 8¾″ |
| Wingspan | 77″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.59 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.68 s |
| Vertical jump | 35½″ |
| Broad jump | 10′6″ |
| Bench press | 14 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 6.78 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.32 s |
Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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