John Davis Jr.

Senior cornerback for North Texas. 2023: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 14 tackles.

CB · North Texas · Sr. · #8

6′0″ · 187 lb · Euless, TX

North Texas 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 2447 nationally · Signed with North Texas

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 cornerback for North Texas. 2023: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 14 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to North Texas in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

7 seasons at North Texas, 61 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2019

Signed with North Texas3-star out of Terry

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2447 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2017–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2023

2 coaches

2017–2022

Seth Littrell

North Texas

2023

Eric Morris

North Texas

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Seth Littrell → Eric Morris. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Texas Tech6-7HC: Kliff Kingsbury · Balanced, fast tempo

2018Texas Tech5-7HC: Kliff Kingsbury · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2019Texas Tech4-8HC: Matt Wells · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2020North Texas4-6HC: Matt Wells · Balanced

2021North Texas6-7HC: Seth Littrell · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2022North Texas7-7HC: Seth Littrell · Run-leaning

2023North Texas5-7HC: Eric Morris · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#512 / 2842 · 78th pct

Interceptions#323 / 827 · 31st pct

Solo tackles#2046 / 2842 · 25th pct

QB hurries#1486 / 2842 · 24th pct

Sacks#1503 / 2842 · 24th pct

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Tackles#2403 / 2842 · 14th pct

Tackles for loss#2431 / 2842 · 7th pct

0.0

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

2023 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.3
Road4g	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Neal Brown

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Backup

Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	North Texas	14	9	0.0	3	1	--
2022	North Texas	3	2	0.0	1	--	--
2021	North Texas	16	14	0.0	4	1	--
2020	Texas Tech	24	16	0.5	5	--	--
2019	Texas Tech	1	--	0.0	--	--	--
2018	Texas Tech	2	2	0.0	--	--	--
2017	Texas Tech	1	1	0.0	--	--	--
Career		61	44	0.5	13	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2023

W 45–31

vs Abilene Christian

1 PD

Edged out Abilene Christian at home in a shootout.

With C. Rogers — 321 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 70.8 · 29 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD · J. Maclin — 2 rec · 110 yds · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 21-58vs California	4	2	1	1	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 5	W 45-31vs Abilene Christian	0	0	—	1
Wk 6	L 24-27@ Navy	1	1	—	0
Wk 7	W 45-14vs Temple	2	2	—	0
Wk 8	L 28-35@ Tulane	0	0	—	1
Wk 9	L 42-45vs Memphis	2	0	—	0
Wk 10	L 29-37vs UTSA	1	0	—	0
Wk 11	L 21-45@ SMU	1	1	—	0
Wk 12	W 35-28@ Tulsa	2	2	—	0
Wk 13	W 45-42vs UAB	1	1	—	0
Total		14	9	1	3

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

John Davis Jr.

2019

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Backup

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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