David Fisher

Senior cornerback for North Texas. 2025: 1 interception, 6 pass breakups, 48 tackles.

CB · North Texas · Sr. · #1

5′11″ · 182 lb · Houston, TX

CFB Index 58 · #139 of 364 cornersLow confidenceAll-ConferenceReturning to North Texas for 2026

How he plays

Gets targeted often and tackles in space.

Passes defended: 94th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interception · 2025

6 PBU · 48 tackles · 3 TFL

Best game: 1 PBU, 8 tackles, vs South Florida

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 cornerback for North Texas. 2025: 1 interception, 6 pass breakups, 48 tackles.

His career, year by year

David Fisher

CB · North Texas · Sr · #1

Gets targeted often and tackles in space. Two head coaches in three seasons, at two different programs. In 2025 the league put his name on paper for the first time: All-AAC. The receipt: 8 tackles, 1 TFL against Rice — Week 13, 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

2023Sam Houston3-9HC: K.C. Keeler · Balanced

2024Sam Houston10-3HC: K.C. Keeler · Run-heavy

2025North Texas12-2HC: Drew Svoboda · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

58Quality starter #139 of 364?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (94th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (84th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#144 / 2975 · 94th pct

Solo tackles#448 / 2975 · 84th pct

Tackles#649 / 2975 · 78th pct

Tackles for loss#1001 / 2975 · 63rd pct

3.0

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Interceptions#304 / 817 · 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 · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.0	0.2	0.0	0.7
Road7g	4.3	0.3	0.0	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.5	0.0	0.0	0.5
Weeks 8+7g	3.9	0.4	0.0	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Neal Brown

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

58 · #139 of 364 corners

Unranked recruit. Now #139 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix to repeat All-AAC

Based on 2025: #7 of 27 American Athletic CBs

How the All-AAC estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. 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	North Texas	48	32	3.0	6	1	--
2024	Sam Houston	37	32	1.5	6	2	--
2023	Sam Houston	21	16	0.0	3	--	--
Career		106	80	4.5	15	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2025

W 49–47

at San Diego State

3 TOT · 2 SOLO

Edged out San Diego State on the road in a shootout.

With D. Mestemaker — 250 yds · 3 TD · 2 INT · QBR 70.3 · 18 rush yds (2 car) · C. Hawkins — 198 rush yds (31 car) · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 2	W 33-30@ Western Michigan	4	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 59-10vs Washington State	0	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 45-38@ Army	4	3	0.0	—	1
Wk 5	W 36-22vs South Alabama	2	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 7	L 36-63vs South Florida	8	5	0.0	—	1	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 8	W 55-17vs UTSA	2	1	1.0	—	1
Wk 9	W 54-20@ Charlotte	2	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 10	W 31-17vs Navy	4	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 53-24@ UAB	6	6	1.0	1	0
Wk 13	W 56-24@ Rice	8	4	1.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 52-25vs Temple	2	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 15	L 21-34@ Tulane	3	3	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 49-47@ San Diego State	3	2	0.0	—	0
Total		48	32	3.0	1	6

How he plays

Play style

Targeted often and asked to tackle in space on the perimeter.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

13 games

48Tackles

32Solo

3TFL

0Sacks

6Pass def.

1INT

48 tackles. 6 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 3 TFL.

Week 41 PD
Week 51 PD
Week 71 PD
Week 81 PD
Week 91 PD
Week 121 INT
Week 141 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

North Texas

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Cornerback · North Texas

Returning around him

Transfer portal: +11 net (49 in / 38 out)

2026 Award watch

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

North Texas · Last season: 12-2 (AP #23) · Talent rank #95 · 2026 recruiting class #135

DNA match

Player DNA

Perimeter Tackler

Targeted often and asked to tackle in space on the perimeter.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jon Johnson’s 2025 season.

Jon Johnson

91%match

New Mexico · 2025

Jaylin Davies

UCLA · 2023

88%

Kaleno Levine

Troy · 2025

88%

Chandler Rivers

Duke · 2023

NFL Rd 5

85%

Jaylon Jones

Georgia State · 2021

NFL Rd 7

85%

Matches Jon on

Class year

Height

Weight

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Jakob Robinson's junior season at BYU (2022).

Jakob Robinson

92%match

BYU · 2022

All-Big 12

Dadrian Taylor

UTSA · 2022

All-Conference USA

91%

Jaheim Wilson-Jones

Hawai'i · 2025

90%

Jason Chambers

West Virginia · 2025

90%

Kenneth Robinson

UTSA · 2022

90%

Matches Jakob on

Class year

Height

PD rate

Player DNA

Players who play like David Fisher

Kamden Garrett

BYU · 2023

92%

Jon Johnson

New Mexico · 2025

91%

Chris Mills

Texas State · 2023

90%

Kaleno Levine

Troy · 2025

88%

Kayin Lee

Auburn · 2025

87%

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

202513 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Perimeter Tackler

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