| Profile | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1994-10-13)October 13, 1994 (age 31) Destrehan, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Listed weight | 250 lb (113 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Destrehan |
| College |
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| NFL draft | 2021: undrafted |
| Career history | |
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Donovan Matthew Isom(pronounced ice-um) (born October 23, 1994) is an American professionalfootball player for theNew Yorker Lions in theGerman Football League. Previous stations included theBerlin Thunder in theEuropean League of Football, theBerlin Rebels in the GFL, the Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône Cougars in France as well as theUniversity of Utah,Southeastern Louisiana University andTexas Wesleyan University incollege football.
Isom began playing football for theDestrehan 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]
Out of high school he committed to theUniversity of Utah football program. He redshirted the 2014 season and didn't see game action for the Utes. In the 2015 season, he transferred toSoutheastern 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 theTexas Wesleyan University in theNAIA, 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]
| Year | Team | GP | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | TD | Int | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | ||||
College Division I FBS | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Utah Utes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| College Division I FCS | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Southeastern Louisiana Lions | 5 | 34 | 61 | 55.7% | 344 | 10.1 | 2 | 2 | 47 | 132 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| 2016 | Southeastern Louisiana Lions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 | Southeastern Louisiana Lions | 1 | 11 | 23 | 47.8% | 93 | 8.5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 86 | 17.2 | 0 | |
NAIA | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | TWU Rams | 9 | 115 | 238 | 48.3% | 1,701 | 14.8 | 13 | 5 | 55 | -11 | -0.2 | 2 | |
| 2019 | TWU Rams | 3 | 46 | 90 | 51.1% | 597 | 13.0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 110 | 15.7 | 1 | |
| College total | 18 | 206 | 412 | 50.0% | 2.735 | 13.3 | 20 | 11 | 197 | 317 | 1.6 | 3 | ||
| Source: lionsports.net, ramsports.net | ||||||||||||||
Without any football action in 2020 due to the COVID-19-pandemic, he signed to play for the Berlin Rebels in theGerman 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 the2023 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 theDivision 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.
Isom is son of Denise Isom and brother of Jasmaine Isom. He majored in communication and graduated in 2018 from Southeastern Louisiana University.[5]