Davonte Robinson

Senior defensive back on Kentucky's 2021 roster.

DB · Kentucky · Sr. · #9

6′2″ · 213 lb · Lexington, KY

CFB Index 36 · #373 of 509 safetiesLow confidenceKentucky 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 971 nationally · Signed with Kentucky

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back on Kentucky's roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Kentucky in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Kentucky, 133 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2016

Signed with Kentucky3-star out of Henry Clay

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#971 national

CFB

College

Kentucky

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

1 coach

2017–2018

Mark Stoops

Kentucky

2020–2021

Mark Stoops

Kentucky

Played his entire career under Mark Stoops.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Mark Stoops — 32-18 over that span.

2017Kentucky7-6HC: Mark Stoops · Run-leaning

2018Kentucky10-3HC: Mark Stoops · Run-heavy

2020Kentucky5-6HC: Mark Stoops · Run-heavy

2021Kentucky10-3HC: Mark Stoops · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

36Below cohort / limited sample #373 of 509?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: qb hurries (24th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles#737 / 2743 · 73rd pct

Solo tackles#764 / 2743 · 71st pct

Tackles for loss#794 / 2743 · 69th pct

4.0

Sacks#829 / 2743 · 61st pct

1.0

Passes defended#1085 / 2743 · 49th pct

QB hurries#1413 / 2743 · 24th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	4.8	0.5	0.0	0.2
Road5g	2.8	0.2	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.4	0.4	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	3.0	0.2	0.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Will Stein

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

36 · #373 of 509 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #373 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Kentucky	45	26	4.0	1.0	1	--	--
2020	Kentucky	27	19	2.0	0.0	--	--	--
2018	Kentucky	42	28	3.0	0.0	4	--	--
2017	Kentucky	19	14	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		133	87	9.0	1.0	5	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2021

W 28–23

vs Chattanooga

0 TFL · 3 SOLO · 5 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 at home.

With W. Levis — 254 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · QBR 46.4 · 18 rush yds (3 car) · C. Goodfellow — 50 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 59 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 45-10vs UL Monroe	6	2	1.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 2	W 35-28vs Missouri	5	5	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 28-23vs Chattanooga	5	3	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 16-10@ South Carolina	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 20-13vs Florida	6	5	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 42-21vs LSU	5	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 13-30@ Georgia	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 17-31@ Mississippi State	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 34-17@ Vanderbilt	3	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 56-16vs New Mexico State	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 13	W 52-21@ Louisville	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		43	26	4.0	1.0	—	1

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Davonte Robinson

2016

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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