Player Dossier

2022-2025

Missouri State

Davon Townley Jr.

DL • 6'6" • 275 lbs • Minneapolis, MN, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Davon Townley Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

34%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

59

Solid production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

41

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

79

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Missouri State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Penn State • Missouri State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico State

Player Story

Davon Townley Jr. built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Minneapolis, MN wearing No. 17, spending time with Missouri State and Penn State. The clearest part of Davon Townley Jr.'s...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.9

North Senior · Minneapolis, MN

Committed To
Penn State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Davon Townley Jr., DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Missouri State. Davon Townley Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
24
TFL
2
Sacks
2
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Davon Townley Jr. quick answers

Latest team and position
Missouri State · DL
Career Tackles
24
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 14 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · Missouri State
Top game
New Mexico State
Recruit profile
4-star · North Senior · Penn State
High school pipeline
North Senior · 3 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 17 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
20 tackles · DL 349th (top 33%) · Conference USA 188th (top 35%) · National 2,024th (top 33%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonPenn State33-0--037
2023 Regular SeasonPenn State11-0--037.8
2025 Regular SeasonMissouri State9202213061.8

Related Context

Davon Townley Jr. played DL for Penn State and Missouri State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Davon Townley Jr. recorded 24 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Missouri State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Missouri State paired 9 primary output with 20.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 20.4 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Penn State, Missouri State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico State

Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Regular Season · Missouri State

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

20.4

Usage

9

Consistency

51.9

Best Game by takeover score

New Mexico State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. USC: 1. Marshall: 1. UT Martin: 1. Western Kentucky: 2. Middle Tennessee: 0. New Mexico State: 4. UTEP: 0. Kennesaw State: 0. Louisiana Tech: 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.

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. USC: 1 by 14.2. Marshall: 3 by 22.5. Western Kentucky: 2 by 28.3. Middle Tennessee: 2 by 8.3. New Mexico State: 3 by 52.5. UTEP: 2 by 8.3. Kennesaw State: 4 by 16.7. Louisiana Tech: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.2 · Games = 5 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 4 · -0.4 vs Wins

Game Log

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

9 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

New Mexico State

Best efficiency game

52.5 vs New Mexico State

Result
Sat 11/29vs Louisiana TechL 30-4231000
Sat 11/22@ Kennesaw StateL 34-4142000
Sat 11/15vs UTEPW 38-2422000
Thu 10/23@ New Mexico State2+ sacks · Splash gameW 24-1732220
Wed 10/8@ Middle TennesseeW 22-2022000
Sat 9/27vs Western KentuckySplash gameL 22-2721001
Sat 9/20vs UT MartinW 42-101
Sat 9/6@ MarshallW 21-2031001
Sat 8/30@ USCL 13-7310001

Player Story

Davon Townley Jr. story

Davon Townley Jr. built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Minneapolis, MN wearing No. 17, spending time with Missouri State and Penn State. The clearest part of Davon Townley Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 24 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 1 interception across 14 career games in the available record. That gives Davon Townley Jr.'s career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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  1. 1

    Penn State

    2022-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Missouri State

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202220232025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonPenn State04.20.8
2023 Regular SeasonPenn State04.21.10
2025 Regular SeasonMissouri State920.499

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 123 New Mexico State

Week 9 · W 24-17 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4

Havoc Plays

84.2 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.

#2

vs UT Martin

Week 4 · W 42-10

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Havoc Plays

45.8 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 45.8 takeover score.

#3

vs No. 69 Western Kentucky

Week 5 · L 22-27 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

43 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 43 takeover score.

#4

@ No. 86 Marshall

Week 2 · W 21-20

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Havoc Plays

22.5 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 22.5 takeover score.

#5

@ No. 16 USC

Week 1 · L 13-73 · Ranked opponent

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Havoc Plays

15 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 15 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · Missouri State

9 primary output · 20.4 efficiency · 9 usage

61.8

#2

2023 Regular Season · Penn State

37.8

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 1.1 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Penn State

37

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games