#44

Jamin Davis

Former linebacker at Kentucky. 2020: 102 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks.

LB · Kentucky · Jr. · #44

6′4″ · 234 lb · Ludowici, GA

Washington — drafted 2021, Rd 1, Pick 19, #19 overall

Recruiting

3★

OLB recruit

No. 904 nationally · Signed with Kentucky

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former linebacker at Kentucky. 2020: 102 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Kentucky in 2017.
Drafted round 1 by the Washington in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Kentucky, 144 tackles — drafted at #19 overall by Washington.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2017

Signed with Kentucky3-star out of Long County

2021

Drafted by Washingtonround 1, pick 19

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#904 national

CFB

College

Kentucky

2018–2020

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #19

Washington · 2021

Coaching lineage · 2018–2020

1 coach

2018–2020

Mark Stoops

Kentucky

Played his entire career under Mark Stoops.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

WashingtonEntering 6th NFL season

#19Rd 1 · Pick 19

WashingtonEntering 6th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2020 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Mark Stoops, all run-heavy offenses — 23-14 over that span.

2018Kentucky10-3HC: Mark Stoops · Run-heavy

2019Kentucky8-5HC: Mark Stoops · Run-heavy

2020Kentucky5-6HC: Mark Stoops · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (100th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (98th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Tackles#7 / 2211 · 100th pct

102

Solo tackles#42 / 2211 · 98th pct

Interceptions#31 / 568 · 92nd pct

Sacks#487 / 2211 · 76th pct

1.5

Tackles for loss#501 / 2211 · 75th pct

4.0

Passes defended#471 / 2211 · 72nd pct

QB hurries#468 / 2211 · 69th pct

Forced fumbles#39 / 497 · 46th 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

2020 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	11.2	0.5	0.0	0.4
Road4g	8.2	0.2	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	8.8	0.2	0.2	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	10.8	0.5	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Will Stein

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

Awards

Player standing · 2020

Part-time starter

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2020	Kentucky	102	48	4.0	1.5	2	3	--
2019	Kentucky	32	12	1.0	1.0	--	1	--
2018	Kentucky	10	6	0.0	0.0	1	1	--
Career		144	66	5.0	2.5	3	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2020

W 34–7

at Tennessee

12 TOT · 5 SOLO · 1 TD

Dominant 27-point win on the road against Tennessee.

With M. Duffy — 46 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 48 LONG · T. Wilson — 101 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · 32 rush yds (8 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week