2025 Football Roster
Leary, Donovan

Jersey Number 10
Donovan Leary
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 215
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Sicklerville, NJ
- High School:
- Timber Creek HS
- Prev School:
- Illinois
Bio
Prior to Tulane: Transferred in during the spring of 2025 from Illinois
2024
2024
- Played in two games
- Made collegiate and Illini debut in the 2024 season opener vs. Eastern Illinois (8/29/24)
- Hit Zakhari Franklin in back of end zone for key two-point conversion in win vs. #24 Michigan (10/19/24)
- Did not play in a game
- Did not play in a game and redshirted the season
- Three-star recruit by 247Sports, ESPN, On3, and Rivals
- Position ranks: #42 (On3), #50 (247), #53 (ESPN)
- State ranks: #9 (On3), #14 (247), #25 (Rivals), #26 (ESPN)
- Played for head coach Brian Wright at Timber Creek
- Four-year letterwinner
- Three-time all-conference
- Son of Glen and Lorie Leary
- Two brothers, Andrew Willard and Devin Leary, and two sisters, Shannon Leary and Riley Leary
- Brother, Devin, played quarterback at North Carolina State
- Plans to be a football coach following his playing career
Postgame: HC Jon Sumrall, DL Santana Hopper, RB Javin Gordon
Sunday, September 28
Tulane Tuesday: HC Jon Sumrall - 9/23/25
Tuesday, September 23
Tulane Tuesday: S Bailey Despaine - 9/23/24
Tuesday, September 23
Tulane Tuesday: OL Shadre Hurst - 9/23/25
Tuesday, September 23