Player Dossier

2020-2024

NC State

Davin Vann

EDGE • 6'2" • 280 lbs • Cary, NC, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Davin Vann shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 41.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

66%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for an edge defender

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Reliability

74

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

90

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · NC State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
NC State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Northern Illinois

Player Story

Davin Vann built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as an edge defender from Cary, NC wearing No. 1, spending time with NC State. The clearest part of Davin Vann's career was his defensive production: 143...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.9154

Cary · Cary, NC

Committed To
NC State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Davin Vann, EDGE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · NC State. Davin Vann shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 41.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
143
TFL
34.5
Sacks
21.5
QB hurries
31
Passes defended
7

Quick Answers

Davin Vann quick answers

Latest team and position
NC State · EDGE
Career Tackles
143
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 49 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · NC State
Top game
Northern Illinois
Recruit profile
4-star · Cary · NC State
High school pipeline
Guyer · 50 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 1 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
41 tackles · EDGE 9th (top 17%) · ACC 110th (top 15%) · National 909th (top 15%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 PostseasonNC State21-0--036.5
2020 Regular SeasonNC State21-0--036.5
2021 Regular SeasonNC State12254.5493052.5
2022 Regular SeasonNC State123284.591056.3
2023 PostseasonNC State134-01-067.2
2023 Regular SeasonNC State133986.5101067.2
2024 Regular SeasonNC State1041146.522075.8

Related Context

Davin Vann played EDGE for NC State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Davin Vann recorded 143 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with NC State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

NC State paired 24.5 primary output with 41.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 41.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2024 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Northern Illinois

Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Regular Season · NC State

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

2.5

Efficiency

41.6

Usage

11.6

Consistency

72.4

Best Game by takeover score

Northern Illinois

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Western Carolina: 2. Tennessee: 1.5. Louisiana Tech: 3. Northern Illinois: 4.5. Wake Forest: 1. Syracuse: 2.5. California: 4. Stanford: 3. Georgia Tech: 0. North Carolina: 3

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Western Carolina: 3 by 32.5. Tennessee: 3 by 27.5. Louisiana Tech: 3 by 42.5. Northern Illinois: 10 by 86.7. Wake Forest: 1 by 14.2. Syracuse: 4 by 41.7. California: 3 by 52.5. Stanford: 6 by 55. Georgia Tech: 2 by 8.3. North Carolina: 6 by 55

Split Comparison

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

Wins3.3 · Games = 6 · +2 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 4 · -2 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Northern Illinois

Best efficiency game

86.7 vs Northern Illinois

Result
Sat 11/30@ North CarolinaSplash gameW 35-3064210
Fri 11/22@ Georgia TechL 29-3020000
Sat 11/2vs StanfordSplash gameW 59-2862210
Sat 10/19@ California2+ sacks · Splash gameW 24-2332220
Sun 10/13vs SyracuseSplash gameL 17-24411.5000
Sat 10/5vs Wake ForestL 30-3410000
Sat 9/28vs Northern Illinois10+ tackles · Splash gameW 24-171043.5010
Sat 9/14vs Louisiana TechSplash gameW 30-2031111
Sat 9/7vs TennesseeL 10-51310.5001
Thu 8/29vs Western CarolinaSplash gameW 38-21311.500.500

Player Story

Davin Vann story

Davin Vann built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as an edge defender from Cary, NC wearing No. 1, spending time with NC State. The clearest part of Davin Vann's career was his defensive production: 143 tackles, 34.5 tackles for loss, 21.5 sacks, and 7 passes defended across 49 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with NC State. 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 Davin Vann's production has multiple signals. With 49 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across NC State.

The arc is straightforward: Davin Vann 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

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    NC State

    2020-2024

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2020202020212022202320232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 PostseasonNC State04.20.6
2020 Regular SeasonNC State04.20.60
2021 Regular SeasonNC State20.525.86.120.5
2022 Regular SeasonNC State22.5297.62
2023 PostseasonNC State26.534.210.34
2023 Regular SeasonNC State26.534.210.30
2024 Regular SeasonNC State24.541.611.6-2

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Northern Illinois

Week 5 · W 24-17

Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5

Havoc Plays

95.6 takeover

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 95.6 takeover score.

#2

@ North Carolina

Week 13 · W 30-27 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

90.3 takeover

Win with 6 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

6 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.

#3

vs Miami

Week 10 · W 20-6 · Conference game

5

Havoc Plays

88.9 takeover

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.

#4

vs Louisiana Tech

Week 5 · W 34-27

5

Havoc Plays

83.3 takeover

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 83.3 takeover score.

#5

vs Marshall

Week 6 · W 48-41

4

Havoc Plays

81.7 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · NC State

24.5 primary output · 41.6 efficiency · 11.6 usage

75.8

#2

2023 Postseason · NC State

67.2

26.5 primary · 34.2 efficiency · 10.3 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · NC State

67.2

26.5 primary · 34.2 efficiency · 10.3 usage

Milestones

14

Impact games

26

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games