#22

Davon Tucker

Senior running back for Western Michigan. 2019: 351 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 2 catches.

RB · Western Michigan · Sr. · #22

5′8″ · 210 lb · Somerdale, NJ

Western Michigan 2019 alumnus

The story

4 running back for Western Michigan. 2019: 351 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 2 catches.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Western Michigan, 790 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Western Michigan

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

2 coaches

2016

P.J. Fleck

Western Michigan

2017–2019

Tim Lester

Western Michigan

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: P.J. Fleck → Tim Lester. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Western Michigan13-1HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy

2017Western Michigan6-6HC: Tim Lester · Run-heavy

2018Western Michigan7-6HC: Tim Lester · Run-leaning

2019Western Michigan7-6HC: Tim Lester · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: fumbles lost (88th percentile). Concern: rec yards (8th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#1 / 218 · 88th pct

Yards / carry#145 / 326 · 53rd pct

5.1

Rush yards#225 / 326 · 31st pct

351

Long run#223 / 326 · 31st pct

Carries#230 / 326 · 29th pct

Rush TDs#245 / 326 · 19th pct

Receptions#277 / 314 · 9th pct

Rec yards#288 / 314 · 8th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	31.0	5.3	0.3
Road6g	22.3	4.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	18.5	4.4	0.1
Weeks 8+5g	40.6	5.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lance Taylor

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Western Michigan	69	351	5.1	2	--
2018	Western Michigan	25	86	3.4	0	--
2017	Western Michigan	33	143	4.3	3	--
2016	Western Michigan	44	210	4.8	4	--
Career		171	790	4.6	9	--

Season	Team
2019	Western Michigan	2	11	5.5	0	--
2018	Western Michigan	--	--	--	--	--
2017	Western Michigan	--	--	--	--	--
2016	Western Michigan	--	--	--	--	--
Career		2	11	5.5	0	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2019

W 48–13

vs Monmouth

31 rush yds (5 car)

Dominant 35-point win at home against Monmouth.

With J. Wassink — 368 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · QBR 98.5 · -14 rush yds (2 car) · K. Mixon Jr. — 1 rec · 5 yds

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 48-13vs Monmouth	5	31	6.2	0	13
Wk 2	L 17-51@ Michigan State	2	0	0.0	0	0
Wk 3	W 57-10vs Georgia State	6	39	6.5	1	19
Wk 4	L 33-52@ Syracuse	7	17	2.4	0	5
Wk 5	W 31-15vs Central Michigan	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 6	L 24-31@ Toledo	3	16	5.3	0	14
Wk 7	W 38-16vs Miami (OH)	4	15	3.8	0	7
Wk 8	L 27-34@ Eastern Michigan	4	43	10.8	0	19
Wk 9	W 49-10vs Bowling Green	13	91	7.0	1	34	Season-high 91 yds
Wk 11	W 35-31vs Ball State	4	11	2.8	0	5
Wk 12	W 37-34@ Ohio	12	55	4.6	0	24
Wk 14	L 14-17@ Northern Illinois	3	3	1.0	0	2
Bowl	L 20-23vs Western Kentucky	5	24	4.8	0	11
Total		69	351	4.7	2	34

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