#11

Davon'te Jest

Senior defensive lineman for Akron. 2019: 1 sack, 4 tackles for loss, 40 tackles.

DL · Akron · Sr. · #11

6′1″ · 300 lb · Ocala, FL

Akron 2019 alumnus

The story

4 defensive lineman for Akron. 2019: 1 sack, 4 tackles for loss, 40 tackles.

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

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

DT recruit

No. 2613 nationally · Signed with Akron

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Three seasons at Akron, 3 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20168 games

Signed with Akron2-star out of Forest

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2613 national

CFB

College

Akron

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

2 coaches

2016

Terry Bowden

Akron

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

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

Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#478 / 2688 · 77th pct

Tackles for loss#822 / 2688 · 67th pct

4.0

Tackles#952 / 2688 · 64th pct

Sacks#857 / 2688 · 61st pct

1.0

Solo tackles#1370 / 2688 · 48th pct

Forced fumbles#78 / 721 · 45th pct

Passes defended#1690 / 2688 · 19th 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

2019 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	4.5	0.6	0.2	0.0
Road4g	3.2	0.1	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	5.6	0.6	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.4	0.2	0.2	0.0

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

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Akron	40	17	4.0	1.0	--	--	--
2018	Akron	14	5	2.5	1.0	--	--	--
2016	Akron	16	9	1.0	1.0	--	--	--
Career		70	31	7.5	3.0	--	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 2	L 20-31vs UAB	11	1	0.5	0.0	—	Season-high 11 tackles
Wk 3	L 24-45@ Central Michigan	4	4	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	L 7-35vs Troy	3	3	2.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	L 29-37@ Massachusetts	4	2	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 7	L 3-26vs Kent State	6	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 0-21vs Buffalo	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 0-49@ Northern Illinois	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	L 6-35@ Bowling Green	3	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	L 14-42vs Eastern Michigan	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 14	L 3-52vs Ohio	3	2	1.0	1.0	—
Total		40	17	4.0	1.0	—

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

20168 games

2019 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Game log

How he plays