*** 2018 Academic Honors Candidate ***
Career: Has played in 36 total games as an Eagle (2 as a starter), with four total catches.
2018: Listed as a backup at tight end on the preseason depth chart.
2017: Was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. Started a pair of games as a tight end and played in a total of seven. He made his starting debut versus North Dakota State (9/9/17) and finished the season with two catches for nine yards and a touchdown. Both catches came versus Fordham (9/16/17) when he had a 5-yard TD pass. He missed four games from Oct. 14 to Nov. 11 with an injury.
2016: Was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. Did not start or catch a pass, but played in all 14 games in EWU’s multiple tight end formations. He helped Eastern rank second in FCS in total offense with an average of 529.6 yards per game, trailing only Sam Houston State at 547.3 per outing. Eastern was the FCS leader in passing offense (401.0 yards per game), and was third in third down conversions (52.1 percent), third in completion percentage (.679), third in scoring offense (42.4), and third in passing efficiency (168.2). Eastern quarterbacks were sacked only 24 times in 620 passing attempts (one sack per 25.8 attempts). In EWU’s second scrimmage of the spring, he returned an interception 43 yards for a touchdown and had a blocked extra point attempt. He missed most of spring practice with hamstring injury.
2015: Was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. He caught passes versus Northern Colorado (10/24/15) and Montana (11/14/15) while playing in nine games.
2014: Redshirted.
HS: Graduated from Kamiak HS in 2014. He was chosen to play in the 4A/3A East-West All-State Game on June 27, 2014, in Moses Lake, Wash. He was selected to the Associated Press 4A All-State team as a first team tight end. Named by the
Seattle Times as a “White Chip” selection as one of the top 100 prospects in the state of Washington. Named to the
Everett Herald All-Area team as a first team tight end. He earned All-4A Wesco South honors as a first team tight end and a first team defensive lineman. He also earned scholar-athlete accolades in 2013. He caught 25 passes for 500 yards and seven touchdowns, and also helped block for a rushing attack that had a pair of backs combine for more than 1,450 yards on the ground. Defensively, Belk totaled 75 tackles and had seven sacks on defense. He helped Kamiak finish 6-4 in his senior season. As a junior in 2012, he earned honorable mention All-4A Wesco South honors, with five catches for 75 yards on the season. He earned a total of four varsity letters in football. Belk was also a starter for the basketball team, breaking the school single game record with 18 rebounds as a junior and breaking it with 20 as a senior. He averaged 6.8 points, 7.1 rebounds, 1.3 steals and 1.0 assists per game in his senior season.
Personal: Professional accounting major, with a 3.67 grade point average thus far at EWU. Born 4/11/96 in Lynnwood, Wash. Full name is Donnie Henderson Belk. His parents are Donnie and Shannon Belk. Nickname is “Hendo.”
Year |
GP |
PC |
Hi |
Yds |
Apr |
Apg |
TD |
Lg |
2015 |
9 |
2 |
1 |
15 |
7.5 |
0.2 |
0 |
12 |
2016 |
14 |
0 |
- |
0 |
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0 |
0 |
2017 |
7 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
4.5 |
1.3 |
1 |
5t |
Totals |
30 |
4 |
2 |
24 |
6.0 |
0.8 |
1 |
12 |