Davon Ferguson

Senior cornerback for Bowling Green. 2023: 2 interceptions, 6 pass breakups, 50 tackles.

CB · Bowling Green · Sr. · #7

5′10″ · 185 lb · Baltimore, MD

CFB Index 84 · #27 of 339 cornersLow confidenceAll-ConferenceBowling Green 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 199 nationally · Joined Kansas

Statement game17 tackles · 1 TFLat Northern Illinois (FBS) · L 26-34

Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 cornerback for Bowling Green. 2023: 2 interceptions, 6 pass breakups, 50 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Kansas in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at Bowling Green, 216 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20183 games

Signed with Kansas3-star out of Hartnell College

20218 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

202313 games

Entered the portal
All-MACthird

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#199 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-MAC

All-MAC mention (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2023

2 coaches

2018

Carl Pelini

Bowling Green

2019–2023

Scot Loeffler

Bowling Green

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Carl Pelini → Scot Loeffler. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Kansas3-9HC: David Beaty · Balanced

2019Kansas3-9HC: Les Miles · Balanced

2020Kansas0-9HC: Les Miles · Run-leaning

2021Bowling Green4-8HC: Scot Loeffler · Balanced

2022Bowling Green6-7HC: Scot Loeffler · Balanced

2023Bowling Green7-6HC: Scot Loeffler · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

84All-Conference level #27 of 339?

Low confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (93rd percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (90th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Passes defended#158 / 2842 · 93rd pct

Tackles for loss#259 / 2842 · 90th pct

7.5

Solo tackles#439 / 2842 · 84th pct

Sacks#421 / 2842 · 84th pct

2.5

Tackles#583 / 2842 · 79th pct

Interceptions#148 / 827 · 72nd pct

QB hurries#902 / 2842 · 58th pct

Forced fumbles#54 / 710 · 46th pct

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

2023 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	3.8	0.5	0.5	0.6
Road8g	3.9	0.6	0.0	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-78g	4.1	0.6	0.1	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	3.4	0.5	0.3	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Eddie George

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

84 · #27 of 339 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #27 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Bowling Green	50	32	7.5	2.5	6	2	--
2022	Bowling Green	9	6	1.0	1.0	--	--	--
2021	Bowling Green	68	45	8.0	2.0	4	--	--
2020	Kansas	27	21	2.0	0.0	--	--	--
2019	Kansas	57	42	3.0	0.0	1	--	--
2018	Kansas	5	5	0.0	0.0	--	1	--
Career		216	151	21.5	5.5	11	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2023

W 38–15

vs Eastern Illinois

1 PD · 1 TFL · 1 SACKS

Dominant 23-point win at home against Eastern Illinois.

With C. Bazelak — 319 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 92.3 · 7 rush yds (1 car) · T. Keith — 4 rush yds (4 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 24-34@ Liberty	8	3	1.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 2	W 38-15vs Eastern Illinois	3	1	1.0	1.0	—	1
Wk 3	L 6-31@ Michigan	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 7-38vs Ohio	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 38-27@ Georgia Tech	5	5	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 0-27@ Miami (OH)	5	4	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 24-14@ Buffalo	5	4	1.0	0.0	2	2
Wk 8	W 41-14vs Akron	5	4	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 10	W 24-21vs Ball State	4	3	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 49-19@ Kent State	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	L 31-32vs Toledo	4	1	0.5	0.5	—	1
Wk 13	W 34-10@ Western Michigan	2	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 24-30@ Minnesota	3	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Total		50	32	7.5	2.5	2	6

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