KD Davis

Senior linebacker for North Texas. 2022: 118 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

LB · North Texas · Sr. · #1

6′0″ · 229 lb · Ennis, TX

CFB Index 66 · #144 of 548 LBsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamNorth Texas 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 1875 nationally · Signed with North Texas

Statement game19 tackles · 0.5 TFLvs Louisiana Tech (FBS) · W 47-27

Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for North Texas. 2022: 118 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to North Texas in 2018.
Transferred from North Texas to North Texas in 2022.
Named Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at North Texas, 406 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20185 games

Signed with North Texas3-star out of Ennis

20207 games

All-Conference USAhonorable_mention

202112 games

All-Conference USAfirst

202212 games

Entered the portal
Conference USA Defensive Player of the Yearwinner
All-Conference USAfirst

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1875 national

CFB

College

North Texas

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

7 honors · 1 category

🥈

ALL-CONFERENCE USA · 1ST TEAM

All-Conference USA 1st team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

1 coach

2018–2022

Seth Littrell

North Texas

Played his entire career under Seth Littrell.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Seth Littrell — 30-32 over that span.

2018North Texas9-4HC: Seth Littrell · Balanced, fast tempo

2019North Texas4-8HC: Seth Littrell · Balanced

2020North Texas4-6HC: Seth Littrell · Run-leaning, fast tempo

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

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

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

66Quality starter #144 of 548?

High confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (100th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (99th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#11 / 2755 · 100th pct

118

Solo tackles#19 / 2755 · 99th pct

QB hurries#511 / 2755 · 76th pct

Sacks#845 / 2755 · 61st pct

1.0

Tackles for loss#1001 / 2755 · 61st pct

3.0

Passes defended#1116 / 2755 · 48th pct

Interceptions#321 / 811 · 30th 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

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	11.0	0.3	0.1	0.0
Road6g	8.7	0.2	0.1	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	10.3	0.2	0.1	0.1
Weeks 8+5g	9.2	0.3	0.1	0.0

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 · 2022

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

66 · #144 of 548 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #144 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	North Texas	118	63	3.0	1.0	1	1	--
2021	North Texas	120	51	15.5	4.5	1	--	--
2020	North Texas	75	37	5.5	3.0	--	--	--
2019	North Texas	88	37	7.0	3.5	1	--	--
2018	North Texas	5	3	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		406	191	31.0	12.0	3	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2022

W 59–27

vs Texas Southern

1 QB HUR · 6 SOLO · 10 TOT

Dominant 32-point win at home against Texas Southern.

With A. Aune — 218 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 80.4 · 15 rush yds (3 car) · R. Burns — 1 rec · 70 yds · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 31-13@ UTEP	8	5	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 1	L 10-48vs SMU	7	5	0.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 2	W 59-27vs Texas Southern	10	6	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 27-58@ UNLV	8	6	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 34-44@ Memphis	10	6	0.5	0.0	—	1
Wk 5	W 45-28vs Florida Atlantic	10	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 47-27vs Louisiana Tech	19	11	0.5	0.0	—	0	Season-high 19 tackles
Wk 8	L 27-31@ UTSA	12	6	0.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 9	W 40-13@ Western Kentucky	6	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 52-14vs Florida International	7	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 21-41@ UAB	8	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 21-17vs Rice	13	4	1.0	0.0	1	0
Total		118	63	3.0	1.0	1	1

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