Akeem Davis-Gaither: LB · App State · #24.
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Akeem Davis-Gaither
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Played for two head coaches at App State: Scott Satterfield and Eli Drinkwitz. One game to point at: 16 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Georgia Southern — Week 10, 2019.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
101 tackles. 8 passes defended. 1 interception. 14.5 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 14 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-7vs East Tennessee State | 7 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 2 | W 56-41vs Charlotte | 9 | 5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-31@ North Carolina | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 56-37vs Coastal Carolina | 8 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 17-7@ Louisiana | 10 | 5 | 2.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 8 | W 52-7vs UL Monroe | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 30-3@ South Alabama | 5 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 21-24vs Georgia Southern | 16 | 6 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 16 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 20-15@ South Carolina | 7 | 4 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 2 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 12 | W 56-27@ Georgia State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 35-13vs Texas State | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 48-13@ Troy | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | W 45-38vs Louisiana | 10 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 31-17vs UAB | 9 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 2 | |
| Total | 101 | 49 | 14.5 | 5.0 | 1 | 8 |
Week 11 · 2019
W 20-15
1 sack · 2.5 tackles for loss · 7 tackles
A close one, won by 5 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
101tackles this seasonTFL rate
14%14 TFLSack rate
5%5 sacksPD rate
8%8 pass breakups101 tackles · 14.5 for loss · 5 sacks · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 14 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 8.1 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
| Road6g | 5.8 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 8.5 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+8g | 6.2 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Eli Drinkwitz
Pass share
38.4%
369 pass / 592 run
Plays / game
68.6
14 games
Team sack rate
4.6%
394 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2019
101 tackles in 14 games, more tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at App State, 253 tackles — drafted at #107 overall by the Cincinnati Bengals.
A stat line in 47 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Scott Satterfield → Eli Drinkwitz. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Cincinnati BengalsEntering 7th NFL season
Cincinnati BengalsEntering 7th NFL season
