Senior defensive back on Northwestern's 2025 roster.
6′1″ · 200 lb · Jacksonville, FL
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
DT recruit
No. 137 nationally · Signed with Clemson
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive back on Northwestern's 2025 roster.
Fred Davis II
Erases the deep middle of the field. Three head coaches in five seasons, at three different programs. Four straight seasons of it now: Preseason All-ACC (media) again in 2023. The receipt: 4 tackles, 1 TFL against Nebraska — Week 9, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-ACC · 1ST TEAM
All-ACC 1st team (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2020–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Pat Fitzgerald → David Braun. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: passes defended (94th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 |
| Road2g | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
David Braun
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 1 game in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Former four-star. Now #271 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big Ten
Based on 2025: #64 of 77 Big Ten DBs
15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. 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.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Northwestern | 22 | 16 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 6 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Jacksonville State | 17 | 9 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 4 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Clemson | 15 | 10 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Clemson | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Clemson | 13 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| Career | 73 | 47 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 14 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2025
W 22–21
at Penn State
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 42-7vs Western Illinois | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 3 | L 14-34vs Oregon | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 17-14vs UCLA | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 42-7vs UL Monroe | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 7 | W 22-21@ Penn State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 19-0vs Purdue | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 21-28@ Nebraska | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 22-24vs Michigan | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 34-7vs Central Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 22 | 16 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 6 |
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
22 tackles. 6 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 TFL.
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
Northwestern
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · Northwestern
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Northwestern · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #60 · 2026 recruiting class #52
Player DNA
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Trey Creamer’s 2021 season.
Matches Trey on
Differs from Trey on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Omari Porter's graduate season at Rice (2025).
Matches Omari on
Player DNA