Donovan Isom

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Donovan Isom
Personal information
Born: (1994-10-13) October 13, 1994 (age 29)
Destrehan, Louisiana, U.S.
Height:6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight:250 lb (113 kg)
Career information
High school: Destrehan
College:
Position: Quarterback
Undrafted: 2021
Career history

Donovan Matthew Isom(pronounced ice-um) (born October 23, 1994) is an American professional football player for the New Yorker Lions in the German Football League. Previous stations included the Berlin Thunder in the European League of Football, the Berlin Rebels in the GFL, the Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône Cougars in France as well as the University of Utah, Southeastern Louisiana University and Texas Wesleyan University in college football.

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Youth and early years

Isom began playing football for the Destrehan High School under head coach Stephen Robichaux where he received All-State, All-Metro, District 7-5A Offensive MVP honors and Greater New Orleans Amateur Athlete of the month in September as senior. In his last year, he threw for 2,600 yards and 33 touchdown with just two interceptions. He also showed strong runnings skills, with 82 rushing attempts for 530 yards (6.6 average) and nine touchdowns. [1]

He also lettered in Basketball at DHS. [1]

College football

Out of high school he committed to the University of Utah football program. He redshirted the 2014 season and didn't see game action for the Utes. In the 2015 season, he transferred to Southeastern Louisiana University and played in five games, starting in two of them. The following year, he didn't produce any stats. In the 2017 season, he was only starting one game for the Lions. [2]

In 2018 then transferred again to the Texas Wesleyan University in the NAIA, helping them revitalizing the football program, which was reinstated in 2017. There he finished his college career in 2019 with 2,300 passing yards, 21 total touchdowns in 12 games. [3]

College statistics

YearTeamGPPassingRushing
CmpAttPctYdsY/ATDIntAttYdsAvgTD
College Division I FBS NCAA logo.svg
2014 Utah Utes 0000%00000000
College Division I FCS NCAA logo.svg
2015 Southeastern Louisiana Lions 5346155.7%34410.122471322.80
2016Southeastern Louisiana Lions0000%00000000
2017Southeastern Louisiana Lions1112347.8%938.50358617.20
NAIA National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics logo.svg
2018 TWU Rams 911523848.3%1,70114.813555-11-0.22
2019TWU Rams3469051.1%59713.051711015.71
College total1820641250.0%2.73513.320111973171.63
Source: lionsports.net, ramsports.net

Professional football

Without any football action in 2020 due to the COVID-19-pandemic, he signed to play for the Berlin Rebels in the German Football League as a professional import. In the 2021 and 2022 season, he started in 15 games, rushing for 11 touchdowns and passing for 29 touchdowns.

In the 2023 ELF season, he was signed by the Berlin Thunder franchise. He passed for 587 yards, 9 passing touchdowns against 2 interceptions in 4 games. [4]

In 2024, Isom signed with the Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône Cougars of the Division 1 Elite Championship in France. Isom completed 60 percent of his passes and threw for 486 yards, three touchdowns, three interceptions in 4 games with the Cougars before he was released by the team. He was then signed by the New Yorker Lions in the GFL.

Private life

Isom is son of Denise Isom and brother of Jasmaine Isom. He majored in communication and graduated in 2018 from Southeastern Louisiana University. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Player profile - Utah Utes". Utahutes.com. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Donovan Isom - Passing stats". FOX Sports. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  3. ↑ "ELF: Berlin Thunder sign 6'5 former DI QB Donovan Isom". AmericanFootballInternational.com. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Der neue Quarterback bei Berlin Thunder heißt Donovan Isom". Touchdown24.de (in German). November 29, 2022. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Donovan Isom - Player bio - TWU Rams". ramsport.net. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
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