Senior defensive lineman on Massachusetts's 2025 roster.
6′3″ · 295 lb · Woolwich Township, NJ
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The numbers
sacks · 2025
18 tackles · 1 hurries
Best game: 3 tackles, at Ohio
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman on Massachusetts's 2025 roster.
Shymell Davis
Wins his gap play after play. Maine to Massachusetts — the move that set up everything since. The receipt: 3 tackles against Ohio — Week 13, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joe Harasymiak
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-MAC
Based on 2025: #35 of 43 Mid-American DLs
15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. 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.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Massachusetts | 18 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 18 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-42vs Temple | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 26-27vs Bryant | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 7-47@ Iowa | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 6-42@ Missouri | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 3-21vs Western Michigan | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 6-42@ Kent State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 21-28vs Buffalo | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 3-45vs Northern Illinois | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 13 | L 14-42@ Ohio | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 18 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
18 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0 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.
2026 Outlook
Massachusetts
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · Massachusetts
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Massachusetts · Last season: 0-12 · Talent rank #128 · 2026 recruiting class #116
Player DNA
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Zaire Angoy’s 2024 season.
Matches Zaire on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Deshawn McKnight's sophomore season at App State (2022).
Matches Deshawn on
Player DNA