In his final season at the University of Pittsburgh, Donald won the ACC Defensive Player of the Year Award, the Lombardi Award, the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, the Chuck Bednarik Award, and the Outland Trophy so there were lofty expectations for his play in the NFL, which you can easily say he shattered.  As a rookie, he was one of only five to make the Pro Bowl and won the Defensive Rookie of the Year Award.  In the four seasons after he established himself as the premier Defensive Tackle in Football where he was not only a Pro Bowler but a First Team All-Pro.  In 2017, he would win the Defensive Player of the Year Award, and when you thought he couldn't get any better, he did!

Donald's 2018 season was one of the best defensively by a Ram and considering the legends who wore the horns this is no small accomplishment.  Repeating as the Defensive Player of the Year, Donald led the NFL in Quarterback Sacks (20.5) and Tackles for Loss (25) and took his team to the Super Bowl.  He is one of only three players to win the DPOY back-to-back.  Donald was named to his fifth straight First Team All-Pro in 2019, and he again led the NFL in Tackles for Loss (20).  Donald was named to the 2010s All-Decade Team, so how did he respond to start the 2020s?  He led the NFL in Approximate Value (20) and won his third DPOY, tying him with J.J. Watt and Lawrence Taylor.  

In 2021, The Rams put it all together, with a team built around Donald, who was.a First Team All-Pro for the seventh straight time.  Following this, Donald played two more seasons, adding Pro Bowls in both and an eighth and final First Team All-Pro in 2023, which was his final year in Football.

Donald was a Pro Bowl Selection in every year he played and retired with 111 Sacks, 176 Tackles for Loss and 260 Quarterback Hits.   This is a player on the Mount Rushmore of Defensive Tackles and who we feel is the greatest Ram ever.