Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Miami
David Blay Jr.
DL • 6'4" • 303 lbs • Levittown, PA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
David Blay Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
10
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
10
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
17
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Louisiana Tech
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Louisiana Tech • Miami
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas
Player Story
David Blay Jr. built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Levittown, PA wearing No. 11, spending time with Louisiana Tech and Miami. The clearest part of David Blay Jr.'s career was...
Read the storyDavid Blay Jr., DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Louisiana Tech. David Blay Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 89
- TFL
- 12.5
- Sacks
- 6
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
David Blay Jr. quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Miami · DL
- Career Tackles
- 89
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 31 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Louisiana Tech
- Top game
- Arkansas
- Latest roster
- No. 11 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 28 tackles · DL 188th (top 18%) · ACC 206th (top 26%) · National 1,482nd (top 24%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Louisiana Tech | 8 | 16 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.9 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Louisiana Tech | 12 | 45 | 10 | 6 | 2 | - | 0 | 72.1 |
| 2025 Postseason | Miami | 11 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 21 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Miami | 11 | 25 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
Related Context
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David Blay Jr. played DL for Louisiana Tech and Miami. Across 3 tracked seasons, David Blay Jr. recorded 89 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Louisiana Tech.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Louisiana Tech paired 18 primary output with 30.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 14.7 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 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Louisiana Tech, Miami.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Notre Dame
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Miami
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.4
Efficiency
14.7
Usage
3.9
Consistency
12.1
Best Game by takeover score
Notre Dame
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Indiana: 0. Texas A&M: 0. Notre Dame: 2. Bethune-Cookman: 0. South Florida: 1. Florida: 0.5. Florida State: 0. Louisville: 0. Stanford: 1. SMU: 0. Syracuse: 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. Indiana: 1 by 4.2. Texas A&M: 2 by 8.3. Notre Dame: 1 by 24.2. Bethune-Cookman: 2 by 8.3. South Florida: 2 by 18.3. Florida: 6 by 30. Florida State: 1 by 4.2. Louisville: 3 by 12.5. Stanford: 3 by 22.5. SMU: 2 by 8.3. Syracuse: 5 by 20.8
Split Comparison
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Wins0.6 · Games = 8 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 3 · -0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Notre Dame
Best efficiency game
30 vs Florida
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1/20 | @ Indiana | L 21-27 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 12/20 | @ Texas A&M | W 10-3 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | vs Syracuse | W 38-10 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ SMU | L 20-26 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Stanford | W 42-7 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 10/17 | vs Louisville | L 21-24 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Florida State | W 28-22 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Florida | W 26-7 | 6 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs South Florida | W 49-12 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Bethune-Cookman | W 45-3 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 8/31 | vs Notre DameSplash game | W 27-24 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
David Blay Jr. story
David Blay Jr. built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Levittown, PA wearing No. 11, spending time with Louisiana Tech and Miami. The clearest part of David Blay Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 89 tackles, 12.5 tackles for loss, 6 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 31 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Louisiana Tech. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but David Blay Jr.'s production has multiple signals. With 31 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Louisiana Tech and Miami.
The arc is straightforward: David Blay Jr. moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Louisiana Tech
2023-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Miami
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Louisiana Tech | 0 | 8.3 | 1.4 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Louisiana Tech | 18 | 30.6 | 11.5 | 18 |
| 2025 Postseason | Miami | 4.5 | 14.7 | 3.9 | -13.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Miami | 4.5 | 14.7 | 3.9 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Arkansas
Week 13 · L 14-35
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
83.6 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.
#2
@ Florida International
Week 5 · L 10-17 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
#3
vs UTEP
Week 9 · W 14-10 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
77.8 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 77.8 takeover score.
#4
vs Kennesaw State
Week 14 · W 33-0 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
70.6 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.6 takeover score.
#5
@ Western Kentucky
Week 12 · W 12-7 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
66.4 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Louisiana Tech
18 primary output · 30.6 efficiency · 11.5 usage
72.1
#2
2023 Regular Season · Louisiana Tech
39.9
0 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 1.4 usage
#3
2025 Postseason · Miami
21
4.5 primary · 14.7 efficiency · 3.9 usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
8
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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