Player Dossier

2015-2017

Rutgers

Darnell Davis

DL • 6'2" • 247 lbs • Union, NJ, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Darnell Davis shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.4 disruption score.

Usage Score

7.3

Efficiency

22.4

Consistency

25.2

Season Value

28.3

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Rutgers

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
3
Program Path
Rutgers
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Morgan State

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.

Darnell Davis, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Rutgers. Darnell Davis shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.4 disruption score.

Darnell Davis played DL for Rutgers. Across 3 tracked seasons, Darnell Davis recorded 78 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Rutgers.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

Rutgers paired 12 primary output with 26.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 22.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2017 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Morgan State

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Regular Season · Rutgers

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.7

Efficiency

22.4

Usage

7.3

Consistency

25.2

Best Game by takeover score

Morgan State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Washington: 2. Eastern Michigan: 1. Morgan State: 2.5. Nebraska: 0. Ohio State: 0. Purdue: 0. Michigan: 0. Penn State: 0.5. Indiana: 1. Michigan State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Washington: 1 by 24.2. Eastern Michigan: 6 by 35. Morgan State: 10 by 66.7. Nebraska: 4 by 16.7. Ohio State: 1 by 4.2. Purdue: 3 by 12.5. Michigan: 2 by 8.3. Penn State: 3 by 17.5. Indiana: 2 by 18.3. Michigan State: 5 by 20.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.3 · Games = 2 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 8 · -0.7 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Morgan State

Best efficiency game

66.7 vs Morgan State

Result
Sat 11/25vs Michigan StateL 7-4052000
Sat 11/18@ IndianaL 0-4122000
Sat 11/11@ Penn StateL 6-35310.5000
Sat 10/28@ MichiganL 14-3520000
Sat 10/21vs PurdueW 14-1231000
Sat 9/30vs Ohio StateL 0-5611000
Sat 9/23@ NebraskaL 17-2742000
Sat 9/16vs Morgan State10+ tackles · Splash gameW 65-01031.5010
Sat 9/9vs Eastern MichiganL 13-1663100
Sat 9/2vs WashingtonSplash gameL 14-3011110

Career Arc

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    Rutgers

    2015-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201520162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonRutgers00
2016 Regular SeasonRutgers1226.4912
2017 Regular SeasonRutgers722.47.3-5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Morgan State

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5

Primary metric

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 62.3 takeover score.

#2

Illinois

3

Primary metric

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 57.5 takeover score.

#3

Washington

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 39.2 takeover score.

#4

Indiana

1.5

Primary metric

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 32.4 takeover score.

#5

Eastern Michigan

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 29.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Regular Season · Rutgers

12 primary output · 26.4 efficiency · 9 usage

50.3

#2

2015 Regular Season · Rutgers

50

0 primary · 0 efficiency · usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · Rutgers

28.3

7 primary · 22.4 efficiency · 7.3 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

3

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit context is not available for this player in the current dataset.

Career Facts

1

Career teams

3

Seasons tracked

78

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 3 tracked seasons, 22 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

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