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Player Dossier
2016-2019App 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.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
91
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · App State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- App State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana
Player Story
Akeem Davis-Gaither built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a linebacker from Thomasville, NC wearing No. 24, spending time with App State. The clearest part of Akeem Davis-Gaither's career was his...
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- Committed To
- App State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2020
- Selection
- Round 4 · Pick 1
- Overall
- No. 107
- NFL Team
- Cincinnati Bengals
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.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 253
- TFL
- 28
- Sacks
- 8
- QB hurries
- 9
- Passes defended
- 17
Quick Answers
Akeem Davis-Gaither quick answers
- Latest team and position
- App State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 253
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 8 entries · 47 games
- Best season
- 2019 Postseason · App State
- Top game
- Louisiana
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Thomasville · App State
- High school pipeline
- Thomasville · 3 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2020 · Round 4 · Pick 1 · Cincinnati Bengals
- Latest roster
- No. 24 · Senior
- 2019 Tackles rank
- 101 tackles · LB 48th (top 4%) · Sun Belt 7th (top 2%) · National 56th (top 1%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Postseason | App State | 9 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 16.1 |
| 2016 Regular Season | App State | 9 | 15 | 2.5 | 1.5 | - | 1 | 0 | 16.1 |
| 2017 Postseason | App State | 11 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 12.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | App State | 11 | 29 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 12.5 |
| 2018 Postseason | App State | 13 | 10 | 1.5 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 65.6 |
| 2018 Regular Season | App State | 13 | 93 | 8.5 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 65.6 |
| 2019 Postseason | App State | 14 | 9 | 0.5 | 0.5 | - | 2 | 0 | 82 |
| 2019 Regular Season | App State | 14 | 92 | 14 | 4.5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 82 |
Related Context
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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.
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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
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Wins2.5 · Games = 13 · -0.0 vs Losses
Losses2.5 · Games = 1 · +0.0 vs Wins
Game Log
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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 | — | — |
Player Story
Akeem Davis-Gaither story
Akeem Davis-Gaither built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a linebacker from Thomasville, NC wearing No. 24, spending time with App State. The clearest part of Akeem Davis-Gaither's career was his defensive production: 253 tackles, 28 tackles for loss, 8 sacks, and 1 interception across 47 career games in the available record. That gives Akeem Davis-Gaither's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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App State
2016-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20162016201720172018201820192019
| 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 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Louisiana
Week 8 · W 27-17 · Conference game
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
96.7 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 96.7 takeover score.
#2
@ South Carolina
Week 11 · W 20-15
5.5
Havoc Plays
93.1 takeover
Win with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 93.1 takeover score.
#3
vs Troy
Week 13 · W 21-10 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
85 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.
#4
@ New Mexico State
Week 13 · W 37-7 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
#5
vs Charlotte
Week 2 · W 56-41
3.5
Havoc Plays
78.7 takeover
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 78.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Postseason · App State
34.5 primary output · 53.2 efficiency · 13 usage
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#2
2019 Regular Season · App State
82
34.5 primary · 53.2 efficiency · 13 usage
#3
2018 Postseason · App State
65.6
21.5 primary · 47.3 efficiency · 11 usage
Milestones
19
Impact games
18
Splash games
8
10+ tackle games
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