Pono Davis: DT · SMU · #51.
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Pono Davis
Wins the gap play after play. Played for two head coaches at SMU: Chad Morris and Sonny Dykes. One game to point at: 9 tackles and 0.5 sacks against Navy — Week 13, 2019.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
30 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 49-27vs North Texas | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 41-38@ No. 25 TCU | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 48-21@ South Florida | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 43-37vs Tulsa | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 45-21vs Temple | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 34-31@ Houston | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 48-54@ No. 24 Memphis | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 59-51vs East Carolina | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 28-35@ Navy | 9 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 14 | W 37-20vs Tulane | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 28-52@ Florida Atlantic | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 30 | 14 | 4.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
13%4 TFLSack rate
7%2 sacksHurry rate
7%2 hurries30 tackles · 4 for loss · 2 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 3.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sonny Dykes
Pass share
48.7%
502 pass / 529 run
Plays / game
79.3
13 games
Team sack rate
3.0%
535 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2019
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at SMU, 78 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Chad Morris → Sonny Dykes. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
