Usage Score
13
Player Dossier
2016-2019App State
LB • 6'2" • 215 lbs • Thomasville, NC, USA
Akeem Davis-Gaither shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 53.2 disruption score.
Usage Score
13
Efficiency
53.2
Consistency
74.7
Season Value
60.2
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · App State
Snapshot
Scouting Read
Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.
Akeem Davis-Gaither, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · App State. Akeem Davis-Gaither shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 53.2 disruption score.
Akeem Davis-Gaither played LB for App State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Akeem Davis-Gaither recorded 253 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with App State.
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason
App State paired 34.5 primary output with 53.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 53.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2019 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: South Carolina
Win with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Games
14
Havoc Plays / G
2.5
Efficiency
53.2
Usage
13
Consistency
74.7
Best Game by takeover score
South Carolina
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UAB: 3. East Tennessee State: 3. Charlotte: 3.5. North Carolina: 2. Coastal Carolina: 2. Louisiana: 3. UL Monroe: 1. South Alabama: 3.5. Georgia Southern: 2.5. South Carolina: 5.5. Georgia State: 0. Texas State: 3. Troy: 2. Louisiana: 0.5
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UAB: 9 by 67.5. East Tennessee State: 7 by 59.2. Charlotte: 9 by 72.5. North Carolina: 8 by 53.3. Coastal Carolina: 8 by 53.3. Louisiana: 10 by 71.7. UL Monroe: 1 by 14.2. South Alabama: 5 by 55.8. Georgia Southern: 16 by 75. South Carolina: 7 by 79.2. Georgia State: 2 by 8.3. Texas State: 6 by 55. Troy: 3 by 32.5. Louisiana: 10 by 46.7
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Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
14 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
South Carolina
Best efficiency game
79.2 vs South Carolina
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 12/22 | @ UABSplash game | W 31-17 | 9 | 6 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 12/7 | vs Louisiana10+ tackles | W 45-38 | 10 | 4 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/29 | @ TroySplash game | W 48-13 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | vs Texas StateSplash game | W 35-13 | 6 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/17 | @ Georgia State | W 56-27 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/10 | @ South CarolinaSplash game | W 20-15 | 7 | 4 | — | 2.50 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Fri 11/1 | vs Georgia Southern10+ tackles · Splash game | L 21-24 | 16 | 6 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | @ South AlabamaSplash game | W 30-3 | 5 | 3 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | vs UL Monroe | W 52-7 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Thu 10/10 | @ Louisiana10+ tackles · Splash game | W 17-7 | 10 | 5 | — | 2.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | vs Coastal CarolinaSplash game | W 56-37 | 8 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | @ North CarolinaSplash game | W 34-31 | 8 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs CharlotteSplash game | W 56-41 | 9 | 5 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | vs East Tennessee StateSplash game | W 42-7 | 7 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
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App State
2016-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Postseason | App State | 5 | 13 | 3.1 | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | App State | 5 | 13 | 3.1 | 0 |
| 2017 Postseason | App State | 2 | 14.3 | 2.8 | -3 |
| 2017 Regular Season | App State | 2 | 14.3 | 2.8 | 0 |
| 2018 Postseason | App State | 21.5 | 47.3 | 11 | 19.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | App State | 21.5 | 47.3 | 11 | 0 |
| 2019 Postseason | App State | 34.5 | 53.2 | 13 | 13 |
| 2019 Regular Season | App State | 34.5 | 53.2 | 13 | 0 |
#1 Featured game
Louisiana
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4
Primary metric
4 disruption/tackle impact with 70.4 takeover score.
#2
South Carolina
5.5
Primary metric
Win with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 65.5 takeover score.
#3
Troy
3
Primary metric
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 58.5 takeover score.
#4
New Mexico State
3
Primary metric
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 54.1 takeover score.
#5
UL Monroe
1
Primary metric
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 52.5 takeover score.
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Postseason · App State
34.5 primary output · 53.2 efficiency · 13 usage
60.2
#2
2019 Regular Season · App State
60.2
34.5 primary · 53.2 efficiency · 13 usage
#3
2018 Postseason · App State
45.5
21.5 primary · 47.3 efficiency · 11 usage
2
Impact games
18
Splash games
8
10+ tackle games
Recruit Profile
Class 2015 · Rating 0.7978
Thomasville · Thomasville, NC
Career Facts
1
Career teams
8
Seasons tracked
253
Career Tackles
Data Context
Coverage spans 8 tracked seasons, 47 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.
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