Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2011-2016Michigan State
Ed Davis
LB • 6'2" • Detroit, MI, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Ed Davis shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
48
Developing production for a linebacker
lowelite
Reliability
43
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
56
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Michigan State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Michigan State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Michigan
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- Committed To
- —
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Ed Davis, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Michigan State. Ed Davis shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 16
- TFL
- 2
Quick Answers
Ed Davis quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Michigan State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 16
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 4 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Michigan State
- Top game
- Michigan
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Marist
- High school pipeline
- Marist · 20 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 43 · Class 2016
- 2016 Tackles rank
- 16 tackles · LB 565th (top 55%) · Big Ten 240th (top 38%) · National 2,216th (top 40%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Regular Season | Michigan State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2012 Regular Season | Michigan State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2013 Regular Season | Michigan State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Michigan State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Michigan State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Michigan State | 4 | 16 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 51.1 |
Related Context
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Ed Davis played LB for Michigan State. Across 6 tracked seasons, Ed Davis recorded 16 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Michigan State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Michigan State paired 2 primary output with 21.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 21.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Michigan
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · Michigan State
Games
4
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
21.7
Usage
5.9
Consistency
33.3
Best Game by takeover score
Michigan
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. BYU: 0. Michigan: 1.5. Illinois: 0.5. Ohio State: 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. BYU: 1 by 4.2. Michigan: 8 by 48.3. Illinois: 6 by 30. Ohio State: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half0.8 · Games = 2 · +0.5 vs Second Half
Second Half0.3 · Games = 2 · -0.5 vs First Half
Game Log
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4 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Michigan
Best efficiency game
48.3 vs Michigan
Career Arc
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Michigan State
2011-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201120122013201420152016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Regular Season | Michigan State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2012 Regular Season | Michigan State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Michigan State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Michigan State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Michigan State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Michigan State | 2 | 21.7 | 5.9 | 2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Michigan
Week 9 · L 23-32 · Conference game
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5
Havoc Plays
82.8 takeover
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 82.8 takeover score.
#2
@ Illinois
Week 10 · L 27-31 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
50 takeover
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 50 takeover score.
#3
vs Ohio State
Week 12 · L 16-17 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
3.3 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.3 takeover score.
#4
vs BYU
Week 6 · L 14-31
0
Havoc Plays
2.8 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 2.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Michigan State
2 primary output · 21.7 efficiency · 5.9 usage
51.1
#2
2011 Regular Season · Michigan State
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2012 Regular Season · Michigan State
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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