#40

Jarrad Davis

Former linebacker at Florida. 2016: 60 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

LB · Florida · #40

6′2″ · Kingsland, GA

Detroit — drafted 2017, Rd 1, Pick 21, #21 overall

Recruiting

3★

OLB recruit

No. 487 nationally · Signed with Florida

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former linebacker at Florida. 2016: 60 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Florida in 2013.
Drafted round 1 by the Detroit in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Florida, 60 tackles — drafted at #21 overall by Detroit.

His career

2013

Signed with Florida3-star out of Camden County

2017

Drafted by Detroitround 1, pick 21

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#487 national

CFB

College

Florida

2015–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #21

Detroit · 2017

Where He Ended Up · NFL

DetroitEntering 10th NFL season

#21Rd 1 · Pick 21

DetroitEntering 10th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Jim McElwain — 19-8 over that span.

2015Florida10-4HC: Jim McElwain · Run-leaning

2016Florida9-4HC: Jim McElwain · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (95th percentile). Strength: passes defended (84th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#109 / 2668 · 95th pct

Passes defended#360 / 2668 · 84th pct

Tackles#474 / 2668 · 82nd pct

Tackles for loss#474 / 2668 · 81st pct

6.0

Sacks#489 / 2668 · 78th pct

2.0

Solo tackles#748 / 2668 · 71st 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

2016 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	6.0	0.7	0.4	0.2
Road4g	7.5	0.6	0.0	0.8

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	8.0	0.6	0.3	0.7
Weeks 8+3g	4.0	0.8	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jon Sumrall

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Part-time starter

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Florida	60	29	6.0	2.0	4	--	--
2015	Florida	--	--	--	--	--	1	--
Career		60	29	6.0	2.0	4	1	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week