Mark Davis Jr. is a cornerback who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Vanderbilt.
Davis jams receivers off their route at the line. Played for two head coaches at two programs in two seasons: Maurice Linguist and Clark Lea. A game that shows it: 4 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Kentucky — Week 13, 2025.
Play style
Long and physical; jams receivers off their route at the line.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
23 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Vanderbilt | 23 | 15 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 4 |
| 2021 | Buffalo | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
| Career | 29 | 19 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 6 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-3vs Charleston Southern | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 31-7@ No. 11 South Carolina | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 55-35vs Utah State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-24vs No. 10 LSU | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 17-10vs No. 15 Missouri | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 31-34@ No. 20 Texas | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 45-38vs Auburn | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 45-17vs Kentucky | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 45-24@ No. 18 Tennessee | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | L 27-34vs Iowa | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 23 | 15 | 2.5 | 0.0 | — | 4 |
Week 8 · 2025
W 31-24
vs LSU
1 tackle for loss · 2 tackles · 1 pass breakup
A close one, won by 7 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
17%4 pass breakupsTackle volume
23tackles this season23 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 4 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| 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
Head Coach
Clark Lea
Pass share
50.4%
400 pass / 394 run
Plays / game
61.1
13 games
Team sack rate
5.1%
395 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #296 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-SEC
Based on 2025: #18 of 22 SEC CBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
Coaching lineage · 2019–2025
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Lance Leipold, Maurice Linguist and Clark Lea.
