Eastern Michigan Athletics
2025 Football Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 28
Dontae McMillan
- Position:
- RB
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Seattle, Wash.
- High School:
- Chief Sealth
EMU: 2025: Earned All-MAC Second Team and MAC Offensive Player of the Week 12/1…Named the team’s Most Valuable Player and received the James M. “Bingo” Brown Award as the Most Valuable Offensive Player…Started all 12 games…Turned in a career season with 1,389 total yards and seven touchdowns…Rushed 177 times for 1,015 yards and four touchdowns, becoming the first EMU running back to eclipse 1,000 rushing yards since 2022…Added 33 receptions for 375 yards and three receiving touchdowns, the first three receiving scores of his career…Recorded a season-long 54-yard rush against Western Michigan on Nov. 25 and a season-long 50-yard reception in the same game…Produced five 100-yard rushing performances against Louisiana (126), at Buffalo (118), Northern Illinois (104), Bowling Green (100), and Western Michigan (111)…Against Western Michigan, added 126 receiving yards to become the first player in program history with 100-plus rushing yards and 100-plus receiving yards in the same game…Ranked among the national leaders, finishing 16th in all-purpose yards per game (115.8), 28th in rushing yards, 33rd in yards per carry (5.73), and 36th in rushing yards per game (84.5)…Recorded one tackle on defense against NIU on Oct. 11…2024: Started both games in which he appeared…Logged 23 rushing attempts for 87 yards and two receptions for one yard…Posted a season-high 54 rushing yards at UMass on Aug. 31…Suffered a season-ending injury at Washington after rushing for 33 yards and adding a six-yard catch…2023: Appeared in the final eight games of the season, including the 68 Ventures Bowl against South Alabama…Finished with 32 rushing yards on 11 carries and one touchdown…Added one reception for 12 yards…Scored his lone touchdown on a one-yard run at Toledo on Nov. 8…Also returned three kickoffs for 47 yards…WEBER STATE: 2022: Earned Third Team All-Big Sky Conference honors…Played in all 13 games…Led Weber State in rushing with 801 yards on 134 carries and six touchdowns…Averaged 61.6 yards per game and 5.9 yards per carry…Posted a season-high 139 rushing yards and a touchdown against Idaho State on Nov. 11…Recorded 100 rushing yards in a win over Montana on Oct. 29…Added 10 receptions for 42 yards…2021: Played in all 11 games…Led the team in rushing with 475 yards on 85 carries and four touchdowns…Rushed for 151 yards and a touchdown at Dixie State on Sept. 11, including a 52-yard score…2019: Redshirt season…HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Chief Sealth High School in Seattle, Wash.…Rushed for 2,019 yards and 44 touchdowns as a senior…Named First Team All-Metro…Earned unanimous Offensive Player of the Year honors and First Team All-Defense recognition…PERSONAL: Full name Donnie McMillian…Son of Donnie McMillian Sr. and Shauntise Beverly Carr…Has five brothers, Jalanie, Davarius, Paris, Dakari, and Dominic, and one sister, Tra’ana…Communication major.
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