Defensive line, Iowa State (from Yale), 2022–25
Tamatoa McDonough
Lettered 2025 (school media guide)
- Number
- No. 58
- Height
- 6′5″
- Weight
- 265 lb
- Class (2025)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Asheville, NC
Tamatoa McDonough played defensive line at Yale (2022) and Iowa State (2025).
Career highs
2sacks, career highvs. Iowa, 2025Team titles: Ivy League champions, 2022
Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Iowa State | 26 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Yale | 58 | DL | Fr. | ||
| 2025 | Iowa State | 58 | DL | Sr. | 6′5″ | 265 |
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 Iowa State 11 games, 26 tackles, 2 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23 | vs. Kansas State | W 24–21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 30 | vs. South Dakota | W 55–7 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 6 | vs. Iowa | W 16–13 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Sep 13 | at Arkansas State | W 24–16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 27 | vs. Arizona | W 39–14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 4 | at Cincinnati | L 30–38 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 11 | at Colorado | L 17–24 | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 25 | vs. BYU | L 27–41 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 1 | vs. Arizona State | L 19–24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 8 | at TCU | W 20–17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 29 | at Oklahoma State | W 20–13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Pro day 2026 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′5⅛″ |
| Weight | 272 lb |
| Arm length | 33⅝″ |
| Hand size | 9⅝″ |
| Vertical jump | 29½″ |
| Broad jump | 9′3″ |
| 3-cone drill | 7.41 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.32 s |
Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).
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