Saivon Davis: DL · Kent State · #14.
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Saivon Davis
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Second year in the same defensive front at Kent State. On tape: 6 tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss against Buffalo, Week 13, 2022.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
24 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 9 TFL.
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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Kent State | 24 | 18 | 9.0 | 7.5 | 2 |
| 2021 | Kent State | 32 | 16 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 1 |
| Career | 56 | 34 | 15.0 | 10.5 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 20-45@ Washington | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 31-24vs Ohio | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 24-27@ Miami (OH) | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 31-52@ Toledo | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 33-27vs Akron | 6 | 4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 20-27vs Ball State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 40-6@ Bowling Green | 3 | 3 | 3.0 | 3.0 | — | 0 | 3 sacks |
| Wk 12 | L 24-31vs Eastern Michigan | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 30-27@ Buffalo | 6 | 3 | 2.5 | 2.0 | — | 1 | 2 sacks |
| Total | 24 | 18 | 9.0 | 7.5 | — | 2 |
Week 13 · 2022
W 30-27
at Buffalo
2 sacks · 2.5 tackles for loss · 6 tackles
A close one, won by 3 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
38%9 TFLSack rate
31%8 sacksHurry rate
8%2 hurries24 tackles · 9 for loss · 7.5 sacks.
2 seasons under Sean Lewis — 12-14 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 2.8 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.6 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sean Lewis
Pass share
40.4%
349 pass / 514 run
Plays / game
71.9
12 games
Team sack rate
5.3%
357 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Two seasons at Kent State, 10 sacks — the college career is complete.
