#17

Davon Townley Jr.

Senior defensive lineman for Missouri State. 2025: 2 sacks, 2 tackles for loss, 20 tackles.

DL · Missouri State · Sr. · #17

6′6″ · 275 lb · Minneapolis, MN

CFB Index 79 · #41 of 330 interior linemenLow confidenceReturning to Missouri State for 2026

How he plays

Wins his gap play after play.

Sacks: 80th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

sacks · 2025

2 TFL · 20 tackles · 1 hurries

Best game: 2 sacks, 2 TFL, 3 tackles, at New Mexico State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Missouri State. 2025: 2 sacks, 2 tackles for loss, 20 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Penn State in 2021.

His career, year by year

Davon Townley Jr.

DL · Missouri State · Sr · #17

Wins his gap play after play. Across three seasons and two programs, two head coaches: James Franklin and Nick Petrino. The receipt: 4 tackles against Kennesaw State — Week 13, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Penn State11-2HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2023Penn State10-3HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2025Missouri State7-6HC: Nick Petrino · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

79All-Conference level #41 of 330?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.

Box-score production (7)

Sacks#487 / 2975 · 80th pct

2.0

Passes defended#517 / 2975 · 78th pct

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Tackles for loss#1424 / 2975 · 47th pct

2.0

Solo tackles#1855 / 2975 · 35th pct

Tackles#1998 / 2975 · 32nd pct

Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st 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

2025 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.2
Road5g	2.6	0.4	0.4	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	1.6	0.0	0.0	0.6
Weeks 8+4g	3.0	0.5	0.5	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Casey Woods

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

79 · #41 of 330 interior linemen

Former four-star. Now #41 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-Conference USA

Based on 2025: #4 of 45 Conference USA DLs

How the All-Conference USA 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	Missouri State	20	11	2.0	2.0	3	1	--
2023	Penn State	1	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2022	Penn State	3	--	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		24	12	2.0	2.0	3	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2025

W 42–10

vs UT Martin

1 INT · 25 YDS

Dominant 32-point win at home against UT Martin.

With J. Clark — 271 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 72.5 · 22 rush yds (7 car) · 2 TD · S. McDonald — 43 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 48 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 13-73@ USC	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 2	W 21-20@ Marshall	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 4	W 42-10vs UT Martin	—	—	—	—	1	—
Wk 5	L 22-27vs Western Kentucky	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 7	W 22-20@ Middle Tennessee	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 24-17@ New Mexico State	3	2	2.0	2.0	—	0	2 sacks
Wk 12	W 38-24vs UTEP	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 34-41@ Kennesaw State	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 14	L 30-42vs Louisiana Tech	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		20	11	2.0	2.0	1	3

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

8 games

20Tackles

11Solo

2TFL

2Sacks

3Pass def.

1INT

20 tackles. 3 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 2 TFL.

Week 11 PD
Week 21 PD
Week 41 INT
Week 51 PD
Week 92 sacks

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

Missouri State

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive line · Missouri State

Returning around him

Transfer portal: +8 net (19 in / 11 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Missouri State · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #119 · 2026 recruiting class #131

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 Harris’s 2021 season.

Jalen Harris

84%match

Arizona · 2021

Jayson Jenkins

Florida State · 2025

81%

Maxie Baudoin IV

Louisiana · 2025

78%

Devin Aupiu

UCLA · 2025

77%

Matches Jalen on

TFL rate

Weight

Hurry rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Tyler Batty's senior season at BYU (2023).

Tyler Batty

76%match

BYU · 2023

All-Big 12

Jacob Busic

UCLA · 2024

All-AAC

76%

Makius Scott

Georgia Tech · 2024

76%

Bam Brima

Pittsburgh · 2023

75%

Jared Harrison-Hunte

Miami · 2023

All-ACC

75%

Matches Tyler on

Class year

Sack rate

TFL rate

Differs from Tyler on

Hurry rate (lower)

Player DNA

Players who play like Davon Townley Jr.

Jayson Jenkins

Florida State · 2025

81%

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