David Blay is a defensive lineman who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Miami.
Blay wins the gap play after play. Played for two head coaches across three seasons and two programs. First career honor, 2024: All-Conference USA. On tape: 6 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Florida, Week 4, 2025.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
28 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Miami | 28 | 10 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2024 | Louisiana Tech | 45 | 16 | 10.0 | 6.0 | -- |
| 2023 | Louisiana Tech | 16 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 89 | 30 | 12.5 | 6.0 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 27-24vs No. 6 Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-3vs Bethune-Cookman | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 49-12vs No. 18 South Florida | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 26-7vs Florida | 6 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 28-22@ No. 18 Florida State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 21-24vs Louisville | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 42-7vs Stanford | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 20-26@ SMU | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 38-10vs Syracuse | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 10-3@ No. 7 Texas A&M | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 21-27vs No. 1 Indiana | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 28 | 10 | 2.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Week 1 · 2025
W 27-24
vs Notre Dame
1 tackle for loss · 1 tackle · 1 pass breakup
A close one, won by 3 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
9%2 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
4%1 hurry28 tackles · 2.5 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Road3g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mario Cristobal
Pass share
47.2%
496 pass / 554 run
Plays / game
65.6
16 games
Team sack rate
2.5%
393 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-ACC
Based on 2025: #52 of 73 ACC DLs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
A stat line in 31 games over three seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA · 1ST TEAM
All-Conference USA 1st team (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Sonny Cumbie and Mario Cristobal.
