#11

Elijah Davis

Senior defensive end for Troy. 2025: 2.5 sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss, 44 tackles.

DE · Troy · Sr. · #11

6′3″ · 264 lb · Wagener, SC

CFB Index 63 · #134 of 420 edge rushersMedium confidenceReturning to Troy for 2026

How he plays

Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack.

Sacks: 85th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

2.5

sacks · 2025

5.5 TFL · 44 tackles · 2 hurries

Best game: 0.5 sacks, 0.5 TFL, 3 tackles, at James Madison

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive end for Troy. 2025: 2.5 sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss, 44 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to South Carolina in 2022.

His career, year by year

Elijah Davis

DE · Troy · Sr · #11

Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Elijah Davis has played for two head coaches across two seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 8 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Arkansas State — Week 10, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023South Carolina5-7HC: Shane Beamer · Balanced

2025Troy8-6HC: Gerad Parker · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

63Quality starter #134 of 420?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (85th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (83rd percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Sacks#389 / 2975 · 85th pct

2.5

Tackles for loss#477 / 2975 · 83rd pct

5.5

Tackles#756 / 2975 · 74th pct

QB hurries#634 / 2975 · 72nd pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Solo tackles#1735 / 2975 · 40th pct

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th 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

2025 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.5	0.3	0.1	0.0
Road8g	2.9	0.4	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.7	0.2	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+7g	3.6	0.6	0.4	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Gerad Parker

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Starter

Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

63 · #134 of 420 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #134 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-Sun Belt

Based on 2025: #10 of 17 Sun Belt DEs

How the All-Sun Belt estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Troy	44	12	5.5	2.5	--	--	--
2023	South Carolina	6	3	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		50	15	5.5	2.5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 38–20

vs Nicholls

0 TFL · 1 SOLO · 2 TOT

With T. Meadows — 186 rush yds (23 car) · 1 TD · W. Crowder — 144 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 72.3 · 43 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 38-20vs Nicholls	2	1	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 2	L 16-27@ Clemson	2	2	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	L 7-28vs Memphis	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	W 21-17@ Buffalo	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	W 31-24vs South Alabama	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	W 48-41@ Texas State	6	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	W 37-14@ UL Monroe	2	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 9	W 35-23vs Louisiana	3	1	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 10	L 10-23vs Arkansas State	8	2	0.5	0.0	—	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 12	L 0-33@ Old Dominion	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 31-19vs Georgia State	5	1	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 14	W 28-18@ Southern Miss	3	0	1.0	0.5	—
Wk 15	L 14-31@ James Madison	3	0	0.5	0.5	—
Bowl	L 13-17@ Jacksonville State	4	0	0.0	0.0	—
Total		44	12	5.5	2.5	—

How he plays

Play style

No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

14 games

44Tackles

12Solo

5.5TFL

2.5Sacks

0Pass def.

0INT

44 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 5.5 TFL.

Week 81 sack
Week 90.5 sacks
Week 140.5 sacks
Week 150.5 sacks

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.

2026 Outlook

Troy

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive end · Troy

Returning around him

Transfer portal: -13 net (14 in / 27 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Troy · Last season: 8-6 · Talent rank #96 · 2026 recruiting class #76

DNA match

Player DNA

Versatile End

No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.

EDGE

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Michael Williams II’s 2025 season.

Michael Williams II

91%match

South Florida · 2025

Jamall Thompson

New Mexico State · 2025

89%

Trey Schuman

Rice · 2021

88%

Pierce Oppong

Northern Illinois · 2024

88%

Damian Jackson

Buffalo · 2022

84%

Matches Michael on

Class year

Height

Sack rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Ethan Hurkett's sophomore season at Iowa (2022).

Ethan Hurkett

91%match

Iowa · 2022

Shane Cokes

Colorado · 2024

91%

Ben Frye

Duke · 2021

90%

BJ Diakite

Vanderbilt · 2023

88%

Sekai Asoau-Afoa

Washington · 2023

87%

Matches Ethan on

Class year

Height

TFL rate

Player DNA

Players who play like Elijah Davis

Michael Williams II

South Florida · 2025

91%

Jamall Thompson

New Mexico State · 2025

89%

Tyreak Sapp

Florida · 2025

78%

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