#11

David Blay

Senior defensive lineman on Miami's 2025 roster.

DL · Miami · Sr. · #11

6′4″ · 303 lb · Levittown, PA

CFB Index 36 · #231 of 330 interior linemenLow confidenceReturning to Miami for 2026

The numbers

sacks · 2025

2.5 TFL · 28 tackles · 1 hurries

Best game: 1 TFL, 1 tackles, vs Notre Dame

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman on Miami's 2025 roster.

Transferred from Louisiana Tech to Miami in 2025.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Wins his gap play after play.

Tackles for loss: 56th percentile.

The full scouting read

David Blay

DL · Miami · Sr · #11

Wins his gap play after play. David Blay has played for two head coaches across three seasons and two programs. His first career honor landed in 2024: All-Conference USA. The receipt on tape: 6 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Florida, Week 4, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023Louisiana Tech3-9HC: Sonny Cumbie · Balanced

2024Louisiana Tech5-8HC: Sonny Cumbie · Run-leaning

2025Miami13-3HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

36Below cohort / limited sample #231 of 330?

Low confidenceFading6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#1222 / 2975 · 56th pct

2.5

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Tackles#1469 / 2975 · 49th pct

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct

Solo tackles#1996 / 2975 · 31st pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th 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

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.1	0.4	0.0	0.1
Road4g	1.5	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

2026 season

Head Coach

Mario Cristobal

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

36 · #231 of 330 interior linemen

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-ACC

Based on 2025: #52 of 73 ACC DLs

How the All-ACC estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

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

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 27-24vs Notre Dame	1	1	1.0	—	1
Wk 2	W 45-3vs Bethune-Cookman	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 49-12vs South Florida	2	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 26-7vs Florida	6	0	0.5	—	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 6	W 28-22@ Florida State	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 21-24vs Louisville	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 42-7vs Stanford	3	2	1.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 20-26@ SMU	2	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 38-10vs Syracuse	5	3	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 10-3@ Texas A&M	2	0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 21-27@ Indiana	1	1	0.0	—	0
Total		28	10	2.5	—	1

How he plays

Play style

Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

11 games

28Tackles

10Solo

2.5TFL

0Sacks

1Pass def.

0INT

28 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 TFL.

Week 11 PD

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.

2026 Outlook

Miami

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive line · Miami

Returning around him

9 Miami players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -8 net (12 in / 20 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Miami · Last season: 13-3 (AP #10) · Talent rank #12 · 2026 recruiting class #9

DNA match

Player DNA

Two-Gap Base

Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jalen Williams’s 2024 season.

Jalen Williams

94%match

Southern Miss · 2024

Fatorma Mulbah

West Virginia · 2024

91%

Alex Huntley

South Carolina · 2021

90%

Kyonte Hamilton

Rutgers · 2021

NFL Rd 7

88%

Payton Page

Clemson · 2024

All-ACC

87%

Matches Jalen on

Sack rate

Weight

Height

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Jalen Williams's junior season at Southern Miss (2024).

Jalen Williams

97%match

Southern Miss · 2024

All-Sun Belt

Fatorma Mulbah

West Virginia · 2024

91%

Oliver Billotte

Kent State · 2024

90%

Douglas Blue-Eli

South Florida · 2024

87%

Jonathan Decker

Central Michigan · 2025

86%

Matches Jalen on

Class year

Height

Hurry rate

Player DNA

Players who play like David Blay

Aaron Beckwith

Massachusetts · 2023

95%

Troy Rainey

Rutgers · 2023

94%

Kevin Penn

UAB · 2024

89%

Tiaoalil Savea

Arizona · 2025

86%

D.J. Withers

Kansas · 2024

83%

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

David Blay

202412 games

202511 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Two-Gap Base

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