Player Dossier

2009-2012

Illinois

Tommy Davis

S • 5'11" • East St. Louis, IL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Tommy Davis shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 0 disruption score.

Usage / Role

Role sample still building

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Impact Production

0

Developing production for a safety

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

48

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2009 Postseason · Northern Illinois

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Northern Illinois • Illinois
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: North Dakota

Player Story

Tommy Davis built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a safety from East St. Louis, IL wearing No. 17, spending time with Illinois and Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Tommy Davis' career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2008 · Rating 0.7

Althoff Catholic · Belleville, IL

Committed To
Northern Illinois
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2008

Tommy Davis, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2009 Postseason · Northern Illinois. Tommy Davis shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 0 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Tommy Davis quick answers

Latest team and position
Illinois · S
Career Tackles
0
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 44 games
Best season
2009 Postseason · Northern Illinois
Top game
North Dakota
Recruit profile
2-star · Althoff Catholic · Northern Illinois
High school pipeline
Althoff Catholic · 14 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 17 · Class 2012

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2009 PostseasonNorthern Illinois130-0--050
2009 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois130-0--150
2010 PostseasonNorthern Illinois140-0--034.6
2010 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois140-0--134.6
2011 PostseasonNorthern Illinois110-0--050
2011 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois110-0--050
2012 Regular SeasonIllinois60-0--050

Related Context

Tommy Davis played S for Northern Illinois and Illinois. Across 4 tracked seasons, Tommy Davis recorded 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2010 with Northern Illinois.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2009 Postseason

Northern Illinois paired 0 primary output with 0 efficiency.

Supporting note

2012 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 0 efficiency.

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Career value stayed steady

2012 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Northern Illinois, Illinois.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Indiana

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2012 Regular Season · Illinois

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

0

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Indiana

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Western Michigan: 0. Charleston Southern: 0. Louisiana Tech: 0. Penn State: 0. Wisconsin: 0. Indiana: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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Wins0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 4 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

6 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Indiana

Best efficiency game

0 vs Indiana

Result
Sat 10/27vs IndianaL 17-31
Sat 10/6@ WisconsinL 14-31
Sat 9/29vs Penn StateL 7-35
Sun 9/23vs Louisiana TechL 24-52
Sat 9/15vs Charleston SouthernW 44-0
Sat 9/1vs Western MichiganW 24-7

Player Story

Tommy Davis story

Tommy Davis built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a safety from East St. Louis, IL wearing No. 17, spending time with Illinois and Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Tommy Davis' career was his return-game role: 1,755 return yards and 2 return touchdowns across 44 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2009 with Northern Illinois. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. With 44 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Illinois and Northern Illinois.

The arc is straightforward: Tommy Davis moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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  1. 1

    Northern Illinois

    2009-2011

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Illinois

    2012

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2009200920102010201120112012
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2009 PostseasonNorthern Illinois00
2009 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois000
2010 PostseasonNorthern Illinois11.41
2010 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois11.40
2011 PostseasonNorthern Illinois00-1
2011 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois000
2012 Regular SeasonIllinois000

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs North Dakota

Week 2 · W 23-17

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#2

vs South Florida

Week 1 · L 3-27 · Postseason

0

Havoc Plays

0 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.

#3

@ Central Michigan

Week 13 · L 31-45 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

0 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.

#4

@ Ohio

Week 12 · L 31-38 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

0 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.

#5

vs Ball State

Week 11 · W 26-20 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

0 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2009 Postseason · Northern Illinois

0 primary output · 0 efficiency · usage

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#2

2009 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

50

0 primary · 0 efficiency · usage

#3

2011 Postseason · Northern Illinois

50

0 primary · 0 efficiency · usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games