Alvin Davis

Senior defensive back on Akron's 2019 roster.

DB · Akron · Sr. · #1

5′9″ · 175 lb · Fort Lauderdale, FL

Akron 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

S recruit

No. 2222 nationally · Signed with Akron

Statement game17 tackles · 3 TFLvs Troy (FBS) · L 7-35

Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back on Akron's roster.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Akron in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Akron, 324 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

201612 games

Signed with Akron2-star out of St. Thomas Aquinas

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2222 national

CFB

College

Akron

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

2 coaches

2016–2018

Terry Bowden

Akron

2019

Tom Arth

Akron

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Terry Bowden → Tom Arth. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Akron5-7HC: Terry Bowden · Balanced

2017Akron7-7HC: Terry Bowden · Balanced

2018Akron4-8HC: Terry Bowden · Balanced

2019Akron0-12HC: Tom Arth · Pass-leaning, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: forced fumbles (94th percentile). Strength: tackles (92nd percentile). Concern: sacks (23rd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Forced fumbles#11 / 721 · 94th pct

Tackles#200 / 2688 · 92nd pct

Solo tackles#320 / 2688 · 88th pct

Tackles for loss#638 / 2688 · 75th pct

5.0

Passes defended#749 / 2688 · 66th pct

QB hurries#781 / 2688 · 61st pct

Sacks#1426 / 2688 · 23rd pct

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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

2019 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	7.2	0.6	0.0	0.0
Road5g	7.2	0.3	0.0	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	6.6	0.7	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	7.7	0.2	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Joe Moorhead

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Akron	79	41	5.0	2	--	1
2018	Akron	75	43	1.0	3	4	--
2017	Akron	83	55	0.0	2	1	--
2016	Akron	87	51	0.0	2	--	--
Career		324	190	6.0	9	5	1

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 2	L 20-31vs UAB	6	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 24-45@ Central Michigan	2	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 4	L 7-35vs Troy	17	12	3.0	—	0	Season-high 17 tackles
Wk 5	L 29-37@ Massachusetts	6	2	0.5	—	0
Wk 7	L 3-26vs Kent State	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 0-21vs Buffalo	4	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 0-49@ Northern Illinois	3	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 6-35@ Bowling Green	15	8	1.0	—	1
Wk 12	L 14-42vs Eastern Michigan	8	3	0.5	—	0
Wk 13	L 17-20@ Miami (OH)	10	5	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 3-52vs Ohio	6	4	0.0	—	0
Total		79	41	5.0	—	2

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

Alvin Davis

201612 games

2019 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Impact starter

Career stats

Game log

How he plays

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