Defensive back, Michigan State (from North Carolina, East Carolina), 2021–25
Dontavius Nash
Lettered 2025 (school media guide)
- Number
- No. 28
- Height
- 6′2″
- Weight
- 186 lb
- Class (2025)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Gastonia, NC
Dontavius Nash played defensive back at North Carolina (2021–22), East Carolina (2023–24) and Michigan State (2025).
Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | North Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | North Carolina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | East Carolina | 34 | 21 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | East Carolina | 22 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | Michigan State | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Career | 74 | 43 | 2.5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |
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 | 28 | DB | Yr 1 | ||
| 2022 | North Carolina | 28 | DB | Yr 2 | ||
| 2023 | East Carolina | 28 | DB | Yr 3 | ||
| 2024 | East Carolina | 28 | DB | Yr 4 | ||
| 2025 | Michigan State | 28 | DB | Sr. (Yr 5) | 6′2″ | 186 |
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 Michigan State 5 games, 14 tackles
2024 East Carolina 7 games, 22 tackles, 1 INT
2023 East Carolina 12 games, 34 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | at Michigan | L 3–30 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 9 | vs. Marshall | L 13–31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | at App State | L 28–43 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | vs. Gardner-Webb | W 44–0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 30 | at Rice | L 17–24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 12 | vs. SMU | L 10–31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 21 | vs. Charlotte | L 7–10 | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 28 | at UTSA | L 27–41 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 4 | vs. Tulane | L 10–13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 11 | at Florida Atlantic | W 22–7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | at Navy | L 0–10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | vs. Tulsa | L 27–29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 North Carolina 3 games, 3 tackles
2021 North Carolina 1 game, 1 tackle
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 20 | vs. Wofford | W 34–14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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