Tanner Davis: DB · Massachusetts · #3.
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Tanner Davis
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for three head coaches at Massachusetts: Walt Bell, Alex Miller and Don Brown. On tape: 6 tackles against Buffalo, Week 7, 2022.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
31 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 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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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Massachusetts | 31 | 16 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
| 2021 | Massachusetts | 44 | 22 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 2020 | Massachusetts | 24 | 16 | 4.5 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2019 | Massachusetts | 10 | 7 | 2.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 109 | 61 | 12.5 | 2.0 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-42@ Tulane | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 20-3vs Stony Brook | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 0-28@ Temple | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 13-20@ Eastern Michigan | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 24-42vs Liberty | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 7-34vs Buffalo | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 13-23vs New Mexico State | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 3-20@ Texas A&M | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 7-44vs Army | 5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 31 | 16 | 3.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
6%2 pass breakupsTackle volume
31tackles this seasonTFL rate
10%3 TFL31 tackles · 3 for loss · 2 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 3.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Don Brown
Pass share
35.0%
277 pass / 514 run
Plays / game
65.9
12 games
Team sack rate
7.4%
299 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2022
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #385 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Massachusetts, 109 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 28 games over four seasons.
