Player Dossier

2016-2019

App State

Akeem Davis-Gaither

LB • 6'2" • 215 lbs • Thomasville, NC, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

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

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
8
Program Path
App State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana

Scouting Read

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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.

Player insights

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.

Analysis workspace

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2019 Postseason · App State

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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Game-by-Game Trend

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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

Volume vs Efficiency

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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

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins2.5 · Games = 13 · -0.0 vs Losses
Losses2.5 · Games = 1 · +0.0 vs Wins

Game Log

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 gameW 31-17960.500.502
Sat 12/7vs Louisiana10+ tacklesW 45-381040.5000
Fri 11/29@ TroySplash gameW 48-1333110
Sat 11/23vs Texas StateSplash gameW 35-1362100
Sun 11/17@ Georgia StateW 56-2722000
Sun 11/10@ South CarolinaSplash gameW 20-15742.5012
Fri 11/1vs Georgia Southern10+ tackles · Splash gameL 21-241661.5001
Sat 10/26@ South AlabamaSplash gameW 30-3531.5000
Sat 10/19vs UL MonroeW 52-711001
Thu 10/10@ Louisiana10+ tackles · Splash gameW 17-71052.500.500
Sat 9/28vs Coastal CarolinaSplash gameW 56-3782110
Sat 9/21@ North CarolinaSplash gameW 34-31850010
Sat 9/7vs CharlotteSplash gameW 56-41951.5010
Sat 8/31vs East Tennessee StateSplash gameW 42-771102

Career Arc

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    App State

    2016-2019

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20162016201720172018201820192019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 PostseasonApp State5133.1
2016 Regular SeasonApp State5133.10
2017 PostseasonApp State214.32.8-3
2017 Regular SeasonApp State214.32.80
2018 PostseasonApp State21.547.31119.5
2018 Regular SeasonApp State21.547.3110
2019 PostseasonApp State34.553.21313
2019 Regular SeasonApp State34.553.2130

Signature Performances

Top Games

#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.

Top Seasons

#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

Milestones

2

Impact games

18

Splash games

8

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2015 · Rating 0.7978

Thomasville · Thomasville, NC

Committed To
App State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2015

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.