#95

Jelani Davis

Senior defensive lineman for Kent State. 2025: 2.5 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 24 tackles.

DL · Kent State · Sr. · #95

6′2″ · 285 lb · St. Louis, MO

CFB Index 26 · #345 of 420 edge rushersLow confidenceReturning to Kent State for 2026

How he plays

Disrupts the pocket from the interior.

QB hurries: 88th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

2.5

sacks · 2025

4 TFL · 24 tackles · 4 hurries

Best game: 2 sacks, 2 TFL, 4 tackles, vs Bowling Green

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Kent State. 2025: 2.5 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 24 tackles.

Transferred from Southern to Kent State in 2025.

His career, year by year

Jelani Davis

DL · Kent State · Sr · #95

Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Southern to Kent State — the move that set up everything since. The receipt: 5 tackles against Florida State — Week 4, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
portal record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2025Kent State5-7HC: Mark Carney · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

26Below cohort / limited sample #345 of 420?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (88th percentile). Strength: sacks (85th percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#288 / 2975 · 88th pct

Sacks#389 / 2975 · 85th pct

2.5

Tackles for loss#736 / 2975 · 73rd pct

4.0

Tackles#1737 / 2975 · 40th pct

Solo tackles#1855 / 2975 · 35th 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 · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	3.0	1.0	0.6	0.0
Road5g	2.4	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.8	0.3	0.1	0.0
Weeks 8+3g	2.3	0.7	0.7	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mark Carney

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

26 · #345 of 420 edge rushers

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-MAC

Based on 2025: #27 of 43 Mid-American DLs

How the All-MAC estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. 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	Kent State	24	11	4.0	2.5	--	--	--
Career		24	11	4.0	2.5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 21–17

vs Merrimack

2 SOLO · 4 TOT · 1 QB HUR

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 at home.

With D. Clark — 1 TD · 100 AVG · 100 LONG · C. Wolford — 1 rush yds (1 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 21-17vs Merrimack	4	2	1.5	0.5	—
Wk 2	L 14-62@ Texas Tech	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	L 28-31vs Buffalo	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	L 10-66@ Florida State	5	2	0.0	0.0	—	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 6	L 0-44@ Oklahoma	3	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	W 42-6vs Massachusetts	3	1	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 10-45@ Toledo	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	W 24-21vs Bowling Green	4	2	2.0	2.0	—	2 sacks
Wk 14	W 35-31@ Northern Illinois	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Total		24	11	4.0	2.5	—

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

Jelani Davis

20259 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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