Donovan Isom
| No. 13 – Berlin Thunder (ELF) | |
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| Position: | Quarterback |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | October 13, 1994 Destrehan, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Weight: | 250 lb (113 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Destrehan High School (LA) |
| College: |
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| Undrafted: | 2021 |
| Career history | |
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| Roster status: | Active |
Donovan Matthew Isom (pronounced ice-um) (born October 23, 1994) is an American football player who is currently playing as a quarterback for the Berlin Thunder in the European League of Football. Previous stations included the Berlin Rebels in the GFL as well as the University of Utah, Southeastern Louisiana University and Texas Wesleyan University in college football.
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 2025 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
| Year | Team | GP | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||
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| Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | TD | Int | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | ||||
College Division I FBS 
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| 2014 | Utah Utes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| College Division I FCS
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| 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 
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||
Professional football
Without any football action in 2020 due to the COVID-19-pandemic, he decided 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 and passing for 29 touchdowns.
In the 2023 ELF season, he was signed by the Berlin Thunder franchise.[4]
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]
External links
References
- ^ a b "Player profile - Utah Utes". Utahutes.com. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
- ^ "Donovan Isom - Passing stats". FOX Sports. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
- ^ "ELF: Berlin Thunder sign 6'5 former DI QB Donovan Isom". AmericanFootballInternational.com. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
- ^ "Der neue Quarterback bei Berlin Thunder heißt Donovan Isom". Touchdown24.de (in German). 29 November 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
- ^ "Donovan Isom - Player bio - TWU Rams". ramsport.net. Retrieved 22 June 2023.