Last confirmed: Minnesota, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′2″ · Pensacola, FL
Damarius Travis: DB · Minnesota · #7.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Damarius Travis
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Damarius Travis has been at Minnesota through two head coaches in two seasons. A game that shows it: 9 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Penn State — Week 5, 2016.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
83 tackles. 4 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 30-23vs Oregon State | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 58-28vs Indiana State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-24vs Colorado State | 8 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 26-29@ Penn State | 9 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 7-14vs Iowa | 7 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 31-10@ Maryland | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 34-32vs Rutgers | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 40-17@ Illinois | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 44-31vs Purdue | 8 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-24@ No. 21 Nebraska | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 29-12vs Northwestern | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-31@ No. 5 Wisconsin | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 17-12@ Washington State | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 83 | 56 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
5%4 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
83tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%5 TFL83 tackles · 5 for loss · 4 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 6.1 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 6.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 6.4 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tracy Claeys
Pass share
37.2%
323 pass / 546 run
Plays / game
66.8
13 games
Team sack rate
4.8%
351 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2016
83 tackles in 13 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Minnesota, 83 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2012–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jerry Kill → Tracy Claeys. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
