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Mark Davis Jr.

Senior cornerback on Vanderbilt's 2025 roster.

CB · Vanderbilt · Sr. · #17

6′2″ · 196 lb · Bradenton, FL

CFB Index 27 · #296 of 364 cornersLow confidenceReturning to Vanderbilt for 2026

The story

4 cornerback on Vanderbilt's 2025 roster.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Buffalo in 2019.
Transferred from Southern Illinois to Vanderbilt in 2024.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

CB recruit

No. 2812 nationally · Signed with Buffalo

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How he projects

Jams receivers off their route at the line.

The full scouting read

Mark Davis Jr.

CB · Vanderbilt · Sr · #17

Jams receivers off their route at the line. Two head coaches in two seasons, at two different programs. The receipt: 4 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Kentucky — Week 13, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Buffalo4-8HC: Maurice Linguist · Run-leaning

2025Vanderbilt10-3HC: Clark Lea · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

27Below cohort / limited sample #296 of 364?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (86th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#340 / 2975 · 86th pct

Tackles for loss#1222 / 2975 · 56th pct

2.5

Solo tackles#1434 / 2975 · 50th pct

Tackles#1813 / 2975 · 38th pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd 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

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.4	0.4	0.0	0.4
Road3g	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	2.2	0.4	0.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Clark Lea

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

27 · #296 of 364 corners

Two-star recruit. Now #296 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-SEC

Based on 2025: #18 of 22 SEC CBs

How the All-SEC estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Vanderbilt	23	15	2.5	4	--	--
2021	Buffalo	6	4	0.0	2	--	--
Career		29	19	2.5	6	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2025

W 45–24

at Tennessee

1 PD

Dominant 21-point win on the road against Tennessee.

With D. Pavia — 268 yds · 1 TD · 2 INT · QBR 92.8 · 165 rush yds (20 car) · 1 TD · T. Richardson — 6 rec · 75 yds · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 45-3vs Charleston Southern	1	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 3	W 31-7@ South Carolina	4	3	0.0	—	0	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 5	W 55-35vs Utah State	3	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 31-24vs LSU	2	2	1.0	—	1
Wk 9	W 17-10vs Missouri	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 31-34@ Texas	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 45-38vs Auburn	4	4	1.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 45-17vs Kentucky	4	0	0.5	—	0
Wk 14	W 45-24@ Tennessee	0	0	0.0	—	1
Bowl	L 27-34vs Iowa	2	1	0.0	—	1
Total		23	15	2.5	—	4

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

Mark Davis Jr.

2019

2024

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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