Usage / Role
1%
Rotational defensive role
lowfeatured
Player Dossier
2018-2022Northwestern
Wendell Davis Jr.
LB • 6'2" • 240 lbs • Richmond, VA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Wendell Davis Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for a linebacker
lowelite
Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
17
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
1819202122
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Pittsburgh • Northwestern
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: New Hampshire
Player Story
Wendell Davis Jr. built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a linebacker from Richmond, VA wearing No. 4, spending time with Northwestern and Pittsburgh. The clearest part of Wendell Davis Jr.'s career was...
Read the story3★
- Committed To
- Pittsburgh
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Wendell Davis Jr., LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Pittsburgh. Wendell Davis Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 38
- TFL
- 5.5
- Sacks
- 2
- QB hurries
- 1
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Wendell Davis Jr. quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northwestern · LB
- Career Tackles
- 38
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 19 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
- Top game
- New Hampshire
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Benedictine · Pittsburgh
- High school pipeline
- Benedictine · 19 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 4 · Junior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 2 tackles · LB 1,083rd (top 88%) · Big Ten 500th (top 80%) · National 4,492nd (top 77%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 17 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 26.7 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 8 | 22 | 3.5 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 44 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Northwestern | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.4 |
Related Context
Keep exploring Wendell Davis Jr.
Wendell Davis Jr. played LB for Pittsburgh and Northwestern. Across 5 tracked seasons, Wendell Davis Jr. recorded 38 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Pittsburgh.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
Pittsburgh paired 5.5 primary output with 18.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 4.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2022 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Pittsburgh, Northwestern.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Maryland
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.
Season Explorer
Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.
2022 Regular Season · Northwestern
Games
2
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
4.2
Usage
0.6
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Maryland
Not enough games exist for the full explorer. The summary cards stay available so the season still reads clearly.
Active game
Hover over a point
Hover or select a game to keep its context visible here without the page shifting around.
Game-by-Game Trend
Follow how the selected stat changes from one game to the next. Spikes mark standout outings, while dips show quieter weeks.
Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Penn State: 0. Maryland: 0
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.
Scatter view is hidden because this season does not have enough game-to-game variety yet.
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
2 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Maryland
Best efficiency game
4.2 vs Maryland
Player Story
Wendell Davis Jr. story
Wendell Davis Jr. built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a linebacker from Richmond, VA wearing No. 4, spending time with Northwestern and Pittsburgh. The clearest part of Wendell Davis Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 38 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, and 2 sacks across 19 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with Pittsburgh. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Wendell Davis Jr.'s production has multiple signals. His career also includes 18 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 19 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Northwestern and Pittsburgh.
The arc is straightforward: Wendell Davis Jr. 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
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Pittsburgh
2018-2021
Opening stop
- 2
Northwestern
2022
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20182019202020212022
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 2 | 9.6 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 1 | 13.3 | 3.1 | -1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 5.5 | 18.3 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | 4.2 | 0.6 | -5.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs New Hampshire
Week 4 · W 77-7
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
71.4 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 71.4 takeover score.
#2
vs Ohio
Week 2 · W 20-10
2
Havoc Plays
65.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 65.8 takeover score.
#3
vs Massachusetts
Week 1 · W 51-7
2
Havoc Plays
58.1 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 58.1 takeover score.
#4
vs Syracuse
Week 3 · W 21-10 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
50.8 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 50.8 takeover score.
#5
vs Western Michigan
Week 3 · L 41-44
1
Havoc Plays
38.9 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 38.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
5.5 primary output · 18.3 efficiency · 4 usage
44
#2
2018 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
37
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Northwestern
36.4
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.6 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
Next best actions
Keep exploring Wendell Davis Jr.
Move from the player story into the game log, career arc, team context, and video shelf.