Senior defensive end on Northern Illinois's 2025 roster.
6′3″ · 244 lb · Canton, MI
Recruiting
WDE recruit
No. 2028 nationally · Signed with Northern Illinois
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive end on Northern Illinois's roster.
Ivan Davis
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Third year in the Northern Illinois defensive front, same address the whole way. The receipt: 3 tackles against Massachusetts — Week 6, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2024
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Thomas Hammock.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Thomas Hammock — 20-19 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (2nd 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
2024 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rob Harley
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Northern Illinois | 10 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Northern Illinois | 7 | 3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Northern Illinois | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 22 | 12 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 54-15vs Western Illinois | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 20-23vs Buffalo | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 34-20vs Massachusetts | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 17-7@ Bowling Green | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 23-25@ Ball State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 42-28@ Western Michigan | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | W 24-16vs Central Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 10 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Northern Illinois
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive end · Northern Illinois
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Northern Illinois · Last season: 3-9 · Talent rank #126 · 2026 recruiting class #82
Player DNA
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Raymond Cutts’s 2024 season.
Matches Raymond on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Kalib Perry's junior season at Tennessee (2024).
Matches Kalib on
Player DNA