Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2019Akron
Davon'te Jest
DL • 6'1" • 300 lbs • Ocala, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Davon'te Jest shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
55
Solid production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
53
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
66
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Akron
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Akron
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern
Player Story
Davon'te Jest built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a defensive lineman from Ocala, FL wearing No. 11, spending time with Akron. The clearest part of Davon'te Jest's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Akron
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Davon'te Jest, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Akron. Davon'te Jest shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 70
- TFL
- 7.5
- Sacks
- 3
- QB hurries
- 8
Quick Answers
Davon'te Jest quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Akron · DL
- Career Tackles
- 70
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 27 games
- Best season
- 2019 Regular Season · Akron
- Top game
- Northwestern
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Forest · Akron
- High school pipeline
- Forest · 5 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 11 · Senior
- 2019 Tackles rank
- 40 tackles · DL 73rd (top 9%) · Mid-American 93rd (top 17%) · National 959th (top 17%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Akron | 8 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | 33.1 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Akron | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2018 Regular Season | Akron | 9 | 14 | 2.5 | 1 | 4 | - | 0 | 51.4 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Akron | 10 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | 58.6 |
Related Context
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Davon'te Jest played DL for Akron. Across 4 tracked seasons, Davon'te Jest recorded 70 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Akron.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season
Akron paired 7 primary output with 23.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 23.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2019 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Ohio
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Regular Season · Akron
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
23.7
Usage
9.7
Consistency
37.1
Best Game by takeover score
Ohio
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UAB: 0.5. Central Michigan: 1. Troy: 2. Massachusetts: 0.5. Kent State: 0. Buffalo: 0. Northern Illinois: 0. Bowling Green: 0. Eastern Michigan: 1. Ohio: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
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: 11 by 50.8. Central Michigan: 4 by 26.7. Troy: 3 by 32.5. Massachusetts: 4 by 21.7. Kent State: 6 by 25. Buffalo: 2 by 8.3. Northern Illinois: 2 by 8.3. Bowling Green: 3 by 12.5. Eastern Michigan: 2 by 18.3. Ohio: 3 by 32.5
Split Comparison
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First Half0.8 · Games = 5 · +0.2 vs Second Half
Second Half0.6 · Games = 5 · -0.2 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Ohio
Best efficiency game
50.8 vs UAB
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 11/26 | vs OhioSplash game | L 3-52 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Tue 11/12 | vs Eastern Michigan | L 14-42 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | @ Bowling Green | L 6-35 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | @ Northern Illinois | L 0-49 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | vs Buffalo | L 0-21 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | vs Kent State | L 3-26 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | @ Massachusetts | L 29-37 | 4 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | vs TroySplash game | L 7-35 | 3 | 3 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | @ Central Michigan | L 24-45 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs UAB10+ tackles | L 20-31 | 11 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Davon'te Jest story
Davon'te Jest built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a defensive lineman from Ocala, FL wearing No. 11, spending time with Akron. The clearest part of Davon'te Jest's career was his defensive production: 70 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, and 3 sacks across 27 career games in the available record. That gives Davon'te Jest's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Akron
2016-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2016201720182019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Akron | 4 | 13.4 | 6.4 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Akron | 0 | — | — | -4 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Akron | 7.5 | 14.8 | 4.7 | 7.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Akron | 7 | 23.7 | 9.7 | -0.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Northwestern
Week 3 · W 39-34
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5
Havoc Plays
77.8 takeover
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 77.8 takeover score.
#2
vs Ohio
Week 14 · L 3-52 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
77.5 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.
#3
vs Troy
Week 4 · L 7-35
2
Havoc Plays
77.5 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.
#4
@ Marshall
Week 3 · W 65-38
2
Havoc Plays
59.2 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 59.2 takeover score.
#5
@ Central Michigan
Week 3 · L 24-45 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
58.9 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Regular Season · Akron
7 primary output · 23.7 efficiency · 9.7 usage
58.6
#2
2018 Regular Season · Akron
51.4
7.5 primary · 14.8 efficiency · 4.7 usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · Akron
33.1
4 primary · 13.4 efficiency · 6.4 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
5
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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