Former defensive lineman at UCF. 2021: 1 sack, 4.5 tackles for loss, 17 tackles.
6′2″ · 285 lb · Pensacola, FL
Recruiting
ILB recruit
No. 1654 nationally · Signed with UCF
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former defensive lineman at UCF. 2021: 1 sack, 4.5 tackles for loss, 17 tackles.
Kalia Davis
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Kalia Davis has been at UCF through two head coaches in three seasons. In 2021 the league put his name on paper for the first time: AAC Defensive Player of the Week. The receipt: 6 tackles, 3 TFL against Boise State — Week 1, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at UCF, 4 sacks — drafted at #220 overall by San Francisco.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Josh Heupel → Gus Malzahn. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
San FranciscoEntering 5th NFL season
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: qb hurries (84th percentile). Concern: solo tackles (17th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2021 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 3.0 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 4.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.4 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Frost
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 36-31vs Boise State | 6 | 5 | 3.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 63-14vs Bethune-Cookman | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 35-42@ Louisville | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 30-34@ Navy | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 20-16vs East Carolina | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 17 | 8 | 4.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Kevin Kegler’s 2021 season.
Matches Kevin on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Nolan Cockrill's junior season at Army (2020).
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Player DNA