Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 21-17vs UAlbany | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 20-33@ Florida International | 9 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Total | 16 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
#4
Ronnell Davis
Junior safety on Buffalo's 2026 roster.
6′0″ · 193 lb · Philadelphia, PA · Middletown
Returning to Buffalo for 2026
How he projects
Erases the deep middle of the field.
Grades highest in speed and tackling.
The full scouting readRecruiting
3★
S recruit
No. 1848 nationally · Signed with Buffalo
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 safety on Buffalo's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Buffalo in 2024.
Ronnell Davis
Erases the deep middle of the field. Ronnell Davis has been at Buffalo through two head coaches in three seasons. The receipt on tape: 9 tackles against Florida International, Week 2, 2026.
16 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2023
- Signed with Buffalo3-star out of Northwest Mississippi C.C.
2024
- Signed with Buffalo3-star out of Middletown
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Buffalo
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
2 coaches2024
Buffalo
Coaching transition mid-career: Maurice Linguist → Pete Lembo. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2024Buffalo9-4HC: Maurice Linguist · Run-heavy
2025Buffalo5-7HC: Pete Lembo · Balanced
2026Buffalo1-1HC: Pete Lembo · Pass-leaning
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: solo tackles (80th percentile). Strength: tackles (80th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (20th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 2 games: 8.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.5 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pete Lembo
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 21–17
vs UAlbany
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Buffalo
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · Buffalo
Returning around him
- 1 Buffalo player drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: +0 net (16 in / 16 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Buffalo · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #120 · 2026 recruiting class #101
DNA match
Player DNA
Centerfielder
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
S
His 2026 production profile sits closest to Juwan Gardner’s 2016 season.
Matches Juwan on
Weight
Tackle volume
PD rate
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Evan Johnson's junior season at BYU (2024).
96%match
Matches Evan on
Class year
Height
PD rate
Background
Hoof Prints: Safety from Philadelphia who played a major role on special teams in 2025... Academic All-MAC selection... major is health and human services. Redshirt-Freshman (2025): Appeared in all 12 games, primarily on special teams... had five tackles on the season... named Academic All-MAC......
The secondary · Buffalo
- #6Miles Greer74 tackles · 2025
- #9Keontez Bradley28 tackles · 2025
- Kobi Blackwell20 tackles · 2025
- #7John Keough14 tackles · 2025
- #4Ronnell Davis5 tackles · 2025
17 more on the roster · Buffalo team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology