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Player Dossier
2009-2012Arkansas
Knile Davis
RB • 6'0" • Missouri City, TX, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Knile Davis leans balanced backfield option traits and 35 efficiency.
Impact Production
90
Top-tier box-score impact for a back
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
76
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2010 Postseason · Arkansas
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Arkansas
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Ole Miss
Player Story
Knile Davis built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a running back from Missouri City, TX wearing No. 7, spending time with Arkansas. The clearest part of Knile Davis' career was his backfield work: 1,862...
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- Committed To
- Arkansas
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2009
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2013
- Selection
- Round 3 · Pick 34
- Overall
- No. 96
- NFL Team
- Kansas City Chiefs
Knile Davis, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Postseason · Arkansas. Knile Davis leans balanced backfield option traits and 35 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 2,159
- Rushing yards
- 1,862
- Receiving yards
- 297
- Touchdowns
- 21
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Knile Davis Arkansas Highlights
2012 · Arkansas · Player Highlight
Knile Davis college highlights at Arkansas.
- Season
- 2012
- Type
- Player highlight
Quick Answers
Knile Davis quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Arkansas · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 2,159
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 35 games
- Best season
- 2010 Postseason · Arkansas
- Top game
- Ole Miss
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Fort Bend Marshall · Arkansas
- High school pipeline
- Fort Bend Marshall · 55 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2013 · Round 3 · Pick 34 · Kansas City Chiefs
- Latest roster
- No. 7 · Class 2012
- 2012 Scrimmage yards rank
- 534 scrimmage yards · RB 158th (top 32%) · SEC 43rd (top 17%) · National 406th (top 19%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Postseason | Arkansas | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25.9 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Arkansas | 12 | 164 | 160 | 4 | 4 | 25.9 |
| 2010 Postseason | Arkansas | 13 | 147 | 139 | 8 | 0 | 80.2 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Arkansas | 13 | 1,311 | 1,183 | 128 | 14 | 80.2 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Arkansas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2012 Regular Season | Arkansas | 10 | 534 | 377 | 157 | 3 | 50.4 |
Related Context
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Knile Davis played RB for Arkansas. Across 4 tracked seasons, Knile Davis recorded 1,862 rushing yards, 297 receiving yards, and 21 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2010 with Arkansas.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2010 Postseason
Arkansas paired 1,458 primary output with 62.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2010 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 62.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2012 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Ole Miss
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 92.3th percentile of the selected season.
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2010 Postseason · Arkansas
Games
13
Scrimmage Yards / G
112.2
Efficiency
62.9
Usage
31.2
Consistency
68.6
Best Game by takeover score
Ole Miss
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Ohio State: 147. Tennessee Tech: 82. UL Monroe: 19. Georgia: -7. Alabama: 56. Texas A&M: 78. Auburn: 113. Ole Miss: 195. Vanderbilt: 124. South Carolina: 115. UTEP: 185. Mississippi State: 199. LSU: 152
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Ohio State: 29 by 54.5. Tennessee Tech: 7 by 98.8. UL Monroe: 5 by 39.6. Georgia: 3 by 0. Alabama: 8 by 72.9. Texas A&M: 11 by 79.5. Auburn: 17 by 68.3. Ole Miss: 24 by 83.9. Vanderbilt: 22 by 50.5. South Carolina: 23 by 52.1. UTEP: 12 by 100. Mississippi State: 32 by 64.9. LSU: 30 by 52.8
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins114.2 · Games = 10 · +8.9 vs Losses
Losses105.3 · Games = 3 · -8.9 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Ole Miss
Best efficiency game
100 vs UTEP
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 1/5 | vs Ohio State100 rush yards | L 26-31 | 26 | 139 | 5.30 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5.1 |
| Sat 11/27 | vs LSU100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 31-23 | 30 | 152 | 5.10 | 1 | — | — | 5.1 |
| Sun 11/21 | @ Mississippi State100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 38-31 | 30 | 187 | 6.20 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6.2 |
| Sun 11/14 | vs UTEP100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 58-21 | 11 | 182 | 16.50 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 15.4 |
| Sat 11/6 | @ South Carolina100 rush yards · 2+ TD | W 41-20 | 22 | 110 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Sat 10/30 | vs Vanderbilt2+ TD | W 49-14 | 19 | 82 | 4.30 | 2 | 3 | 42 | 5.6 |
| Sat 10/23 | vs Ole Miss100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 38-24 | 22 | 176 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 8.1 |
| Sat 10/16 | @ Auburn | L 43-65 | 14 | 91 | 6.50 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 6.6 |
| Sat 10/9 | @ Texas A&M | W 24-17 | 10 | 82 | 8.20 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 7.1 |
| Sat 9/25 | vs Alabama | L 20-24 | 6 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 |
| Sat 9/18 | @ Georgia | W 31-24 | 3 | -7 | -2.30 | 1 | — | — | -2.3 |
| Sat 9/11 | @ UL Monroe | W 31-7 | 5 | 19 | 3.80 | 0 | — | — | 3.8 |
| Sat 9/4 | vs Tennessee Tech | W 44-3 | 6 | 67 | 11.20 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 11.7 |
Player Story
Knile Davis story
Knile Davis built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a running back from Missouri City, TX wearing No. 7, spending time with Arkansas. The clearest part of Knile Davis' career was his backfield work: 1,862 rushing yards, 349 carries, 19 rushing touchdowns, and 297 receiving yards across 35 career games in the available record. His career also includes 297 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Knile Davis' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Arkansas
2009-2012
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
200920092010201020112012
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Postseason | Arkansas | 167 | 41.4 | 5.8 | — |
| 2009 Regular Season | Arkansas | 167 | 41.4 | 5.8 | 0 |
| 2010 Postseason | Arkansas | 1,458 | 62.9 | 31.2 | 1,291 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Arkansas | 1,458 | 62.9 | 31.2 | 0 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Arkansas | 0 | — | — | -1,458 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Arkansas | 534 | 35 | 23.9 | 534 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Ole Miss
Week 8 · W 38-24 · Conference game
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
195
Scrimmage Yards
94 takeover
195 scrimmage yards and 55.8 usage.
#2
@ Mississippi State
Week 12 · W 38-31 · Conference game
199
Scrimmage Yards
88.3 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
199 scrimmage yards and 61.5 usage.
#3
vs UTEP
Week 11 · W 58-21
185
Scrimmage Yards
82.2 takeover
Win with 185 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
185 scrimmage yards and 18.8 usage.
#4
@ Texas A&M
Week 5 · L 10-58 · Conference game
129
Scrimmage Yards
77.8 takeover
Loss with 129 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
129 scrimmage yards and 29.4 usage.
#5
vs LSU
Week 13 · W 31-23 · Conference game
152
Scrimmage Yards
76.4 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
152 scrimmage yards and 51.7 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2010 Postseason · Arkansas
1,458 primary output · 62.9 efficiency · 31.2 usage
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#2
2010 Regular Season · Arkansas
80.2
1,458 primary · 62.9 efficiency · 31.2 usage
#3
2012 Regular Season · Arkansas
50.4
534 primary · 35 efficiency · 23.9 usage
Milestones
6
100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
5
2+ TD games
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