Player Dossier

2022-2025

Toledo

Malachi Davis

DE • 6'4" • 255 lbs • Holt, MI, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Malachi Davis shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.6 disruption score.

Usage Score

12.4

Efficiency

30.6

Consistency

40.8

Season Value

32.1

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Toledo

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
5
Program Path
Toledo
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Western Michigan

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Malachi Davis, DE. Best season Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Toledo. Malachi Davis shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.6 disruption score.

Malachi Davis played DE for Toledo. Across 4 tracked seasons, Malachi Davis recorded 56 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Toledo.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Toledo paired 16 primary output with 30.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 30.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

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

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Western Michigan

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

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2025 Regular Season · Toledo

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

1.6

Efficiency

30.6

Usage

12.4

Consistency

40.8

Best Game by takeover score

Central Michigan

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Kentucky: 1. Western Kentucky: 0. Western Michigan: 4. Akron: 3. Bowling Green: 0. Kent State: 2. Washington State: 3. Miami (OH): 1. Ball State: 1. Central Michigan: 1

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. Kentucky: 3 by 22.5. Western Kentucky: 7 by 29.2. Western Michigan: 3 by 52.5. Akron: 4 by 46.7. Bowling Green: 2 by 8.3. Kent State: 2 by 28.3. Washington State: 4 by 46.7. Miami (OH): 3 by 22.5. Ball State: 2 by 18.3. Central Michigan: 5 by 30.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.3 · Games = 6 · -0.7 vs Losses
Losses2 · Games = 4 · +0.7 vs Wins
First Half1.6 · Games = 5 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half1.6 · Games = 5 · +0 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

Western Michigan

Best efficiency game

52.5 vs Western Michigan

Result
Sat 11/29@ Central MichiganW 21-352001
Sat 11/22vs Ball StateW 38-9210.500.500
Thu 11/13@ Miami (OH)W 24-3320.500.500
Sat 10/25@ Washington StateSplash gameL 7-2844210
Sat 10/18vs Kent StateW 45-1021110
Sat 10/11@ Bowling GreenL 23-2820000
Sat 9/27vs AkronSplash gameW 45-3422.500.500
Sat 9/20@ Western Michigan2+ sacks · Splash gameL 13-1433220
Sat 9/6vs Western KentuckyW 45-2172000
Sat 8/30@ KentuckyL 16-2432100

Career Arc

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    Toledo

    2022-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

20222023202420242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonToledo0
2023 Regular SeasonToledo114.210.81
2024 PostseasonToledo614.44.25
2024 Regular SeasonToledo614.44.20
2025 Regular SeasonToledo1630.612.410

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Western Michigan

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

4

Primary metric

4 disruption/tackle impact with 58.4 takeover score.

#2

Massachusetts

2.5

Primary metric

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 53.1 takeover score.

#3

Washington State

3

Primary metric

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 50.1 takeover score.

#4

Akron

3

Primary metric

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 46.1 takeover score.

#5

Central Michigan

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 42.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2025 Regular Season · Toledo

16 primary output · 30.6 efficiency · 12.4 usage

32.1

#2

2023 Regular Season · Toledo

31.9

1 primary · 14.2 efficiency · 10.8 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · Toledo

12.1

6 primary · 14.4 efficiency · 4.2 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

3

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8456

Holt Senior · Holt, MI

Committed To
Toledo
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Career Facts

1

Career teams

5

Seasons tracked

56

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 21 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.