Player Dossier

2020-2025

Northwestern

Fred Davis II

DB • 6'1" • 200 lbs • Jacksonville, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Fred Davis II shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18 disruption score.

Usage / Role

7%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

7

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

19

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Northwestern

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Snapshot

Career Teams
4
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Clemson • UCF • Jacksonville State • Northwestern
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Florida International

Player Story

Fred Davis II built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive back from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 2, spending time with Clemson, Jacksonville State, Northwestern, and UCF. The clearest part of Fred...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2019 · Rating 0.9401

Wekiva · Apopka, FL

Committed To
Clemson
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

Fred Davis II, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Northwestern. Fred Davis II shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
73
TFL
5
Passes defended
14

Quick Answers

Fred Davis II quick answers

Latest team and position
Northwestern · DB
Career Tackles
73
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 34 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Northwestern
Top game
Florida International
Recruit profile
4-star · Wekiva · Clemson
High school pipeline
Trinity Christian Academy · 46 FBS recruits · 7 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 2 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
22 tackles · DB 407th (top 42%) · Big Ten 222nd (top 29%) · National 1,904th (top 31%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonClemson713-0-2014.2
2021 Regular SeasonClemson460.50--08.8
2022 Regular SeasonClemson51510-2024.5
2023 Regular SeasonUCF00-0--0-
2024 PostseasonJacksonville State92-0--038.7
2024 Regular SeasonJacksonville State9152.50-4038.7
2025 PostseasonNorthwestern91-0--039.2
2025 Regular SeasonNorthwestern92110-6039.2

Related Context

Fred Davis II played DB for Clemson, UCF, Jacksonville State, and Northwestern. Across 6 tracked seasons, Fred Davis II recorded 73 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Northwestern.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Northwestern paired 7 primary output with 18 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 18 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 4 team stops, with role shifts visible across Clemson, UCF, Jacksonville State, Northwestern.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Western Illinois

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Postseason · Northwestern

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

18

Usage

2.9

Consistency

14.8

Best Game by takeover score

Western Illinois

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Central Michigan: 0. Western Illinois: 3. Oregon: 0. UCLA: 0. UL Monroe: 2. Penn State: 0. Purdue: 1. Nebraska: 1. Michigan: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Central Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Western Illinois: 2 by 38.3. Oregon: 4 by 16.7. UCLA: 4 by 16.7. UL Monroe: 2 by 28.3. Penn State: 2 by 8.3. Purdue: 0 by 10. Nebraska: 4 by 26.7. Michigan: 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 · Games = 6 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 3 · -0.7 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

Western Illinois

Best efficiency game

38.3 vs Western Illinois

Result
Fri 12/26vs Central MichiganW 34-711000
Sat 11/15vs MichiganL 22-2432000
Sat 10/25@ NebraskaL 21-2844100
Sat 10/18vs PurdueW 19-000001
Sat 10/11@ Penn StateW 22-2121000
Sat 10/4vs UL MonroeSplash gameW 42-721002
Sat 9/27vs UCLAW 17-1443000
Sat 9/13vs OregonL 14-3442000
Fri 9/5vs Western IllinoisSplash gameW 42-722003

Player Story

Fred Davis II story

Fred Davis II built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive back from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 2, spending time with Clemson, Jacksonville State, Northwestern, and UCF. The clearest part of Fred Davis II's career was his defensive production: 73 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, and 14 passes defended across 34 career games in the available record. That gives Fred Davis II's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Clemson

    2020-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    UCF

    2023

    Transition stop

  3. 3

    Jacksonville State

    2024

    Peak year stop

  4. 4

    Northwestern

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20202021202220232024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonClemson210.61.5
2021 Regular SeasonClemson0.57.51.5-1.5
2022 Regular SeasonClemson318.52.82.5
2023 Regular SeasonUCF0-3
2024 PostseasonJacksonville State6.515.13.96.5
2024 Regular SeasonJacksonville State6.515.13.90
2025 PostseasonNorthwestern7182.90.5
2025 Regular SeasonNorthwestern7182.90

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Florida International

Week 12 · W 34-31 · Conference game

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

77.8 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 77.8 takeover score.

#2

vs Furman

Week 2 · W 35-12

2

Havoc Plays

66.7 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.7 takeover score.

#3

vs Middle Tennessee

Week 9 · W 42-20 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

63.3 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 63.3 takeover score.

#4

vs Western Illinois

Week 2 · W 42-7

3

Havoc Plays

51.9 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 51.9 takeover score.

#5

@ No. 46 Nebraska

Week 9 · L 21-28 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

48.9 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Northwestern

7 primary output · 18 efficiency · 2.9 usage

39.2

#2

2025 Regular Season · Northwestern

39.2

7 primary · 18 efficiency · 2.9 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · Jacksonville State

38.7

6.5 primary · 15.1 efficiency · 3.9 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

5

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games