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2022 Football Roster
Davis, KD
Jersey Number 1
KD Davis
- Position:
- LB
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 229
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Ennis, TX
- High School:
- Ennis HS
Bio
2022: Fourth Team All-American (Phil Steele) … C-USA Defensive Player of the Year … First Team All-CUSA (PFF, PFN, Phil Steele) … C-USA Linebacker of the Year (PFN) … DCTF First Team All-Texas College … PFF National Team of the Week (10/28/22) … C-USA Defensive Player of the Week (10/17/22) … Shrine Bowl 1000 … Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List … Bednarik Award Watch List … Nagurski Trophy Watch List … Butkus Award Watch List … started all 14 games at linebacker … led team with 139 tackles on the season … that total was first in Conference USA and fifth nationally … added 3.5 TFL, one forced fumble, one interception and one sack … 139 tackles is the second-best season total in UNT history … finished career with 428 tackles, a new UNT record … 428 is also fifth-best in CUSA history … registered double-digit tackles in seven games … 10 tackles against TSU, Memphis and FAU … career-high 19 tackles in win over LA Tech … 12 tackles at UTSA … 13 tackles in win victory against Rice … added first career interception … 14 tackles in CUSA Championship at UTSA … Fourth team Preseason All-American (Phil Steele) … C-USA Preseason Watch List … Preseason Best Linebacker in Texas (DCTF) … First Team Preseason All-CUSA (Athlon, Phil Steele, Lindy’s) … Preseason First team All-Texas College (DCTF)
2021: First team All-CUSA (Coaches) ... Honorable mention All-CUSA (PFF) ... Second team All-Texas College (DCTF) ... Started all 13 games at middle linebacker ... Totaled 121 tackles, 13.0 TFLs and 5.5 sacks with two fumble recoveries (one was returned for a touchdown), seven quarterback hurries and a pass breakup ... First UNT player with 120+ tackles in a season since EJ Eliya in 2018 and first UNT player to lead team in tackles three straight seasons since Zach Orr (2011-13) ... Had 14 tackles against Miami, his third double-digit tackle game of season ... Made seven tackles and earned a quarterback hurry against UTSA on 11/27 ... Made seven tackles with two TFLs and a sack at FIU on 11/20 ... Made seven tackles with .5 TFLs and three QB hurries against UTEP on 11/13 ... Made eight tackles with a sack and a fumble recovery for a touchdown at Southern Miss on 11/06 ... Made 18 tackles, the most for a UNT player since at least 2000, with a TFL at Rice on 10/30 ... Made six tackles with a sack and a quarterback hurry against Liberty on 10/23 ... Made eight tackles with a quarterback hurry and a pass breakup against Marshall on 10/15 ... Made 11 tackles with four TFLs at Missouri on 10/09 ... Made eight tackles at Louisiana Tech on 9/25 ... Made six tackles against UAB on 9/18 ... Made seven tackles with a fumble recovery at SMU on 9/11 ... Made 14 tackles with three TFLs and two sacks against Northwestern State on 9/04
2020: Honorable Mention All-Conference USA selection ... Recorded a team-high 75 tackles (37 solo, 38 assisted), 5.5 tackles for loss, three sacks and three quarterback hurries while making nine appearances, all of which were starts ... Had five tackles in the Myrtle Beach Bowl vs. Appalachian State on 12/21 ... Had a team-high 11 tackles in the win vs. UTEP on 12/11 ... Had team-highs with 11 tackles, seven solo tackles and a quarterback hurry vs. Louisiana Tech on 12/3 ... Had eight tackles, three being solo and a tackle for loss at UTSA on 11/28 ... Had six tackles, three being solo, a tackle for loss and a sack in the win vs. Rice on 11/21 ... Tied for the team-high with 11 tackles with one for loss in the win at Middle Tennessee on 10/17 ... Had a career-high 14 tackles, 1.5 for loss and a sack vs. Southern Miss on 10/3 ... Named Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week after having a team-high nine tackles, one for loss and a sack and two quarterback hurries in the season-opening win vs. HBU on 9/5
2019: Honorable Mention All-Conference USA selection ... Finished with a team-leading 88 tackles, seven tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks four quarterback hurries, two fumble recoveries and a pass break-up while appearing in all 12 games and making 11 starts ... Had three tackles, 0.5 being for loss and 0.5 a sack vs. UAB on 11/30 ... Had six tackles, 1.0 being for loss, a sack and a fumble recovery at Rice on 11/23 ... Had 10 tackles and a pass break-up at Louisiana Tech on 11/9 ... Had one tackle in the win vs. UTEP on 11/2 ... Had four tackles with one being for loss at Charlotte on 10/26 ... Had a team-high 10 tackles with one being for loss, a sack and a quarterback hurry in the win vs. Middle Tennessee on 10/19 ... Had six tackles with one being for loss at Southern Miss on 10/12 ... Recorded five tackles vs. Houston on 9/28 ... Registered a team-high nine tackles and recovered a fumble in the win vs. UTSA on 9/21 ... Had a team-high 13 tackles, with two being for loss and one sack at California on 9/14 ... Recorded a team-high 10 tackles at SMU on 9/7 ... Posted nine tackles in the season-opening win vs. Abilene Christian on 8/31
2018: Had five tackles in 13 appearances, primarily on special teams during his first season in Denton ... Recorded one tackle in the homecoming vs. Rice on 10/27 ... Posted a tackle in the win on 10/6 at UTEP ... Made a stop vs. Louisiana Tech on 9/29 ... Recorded a tackle in the win on 9/22 at Liberty ... Posted his first career tackle in the win at Arkansas on 9/15 ... Made his North Texas debut on 9/1 in the win vs. SMU
High School: Starred at Ennis High for coach Jack Alvarez ... Rated a three-star prospect by 247Sports composite rankings and 247Sports ... Received offers from Louisiana Tech, Arkansas State, Illinois, Louisiana-Monroe, and Memphis ... Had 97 tackles, five for loss, four interceptions and two forced fumbles ... All-district safety and Defensive Player of the Year in District 17-5A ... Had 63 tackles, one sack, forced three fumbles and recovered two fumbles as a junior in 2016.
2021: First team All-CUSA (Coaches) ... Honorable mention All-CUSA (PFF) ... Second team All-Texas College (DCTF) ... Started all 13 games at middle linebacker ... Totaled 121 tackles, 13.0 TFLs and 5.5 sacks with two fumble recoveries (one was returned for a touchdown), seven quarterback hurries and a pass breakup ... First UNT player with 120+ tackles in a season since EJ Eliya in 2018 and first UNT player to lead team in tackles three straight seasons since Zach Orr (2011-13) ... Had 14 tackles against Miami, his third double-digit tackle game of season ... Made seven tackles and earned a quarterback hurry against UTSA on 11/27 ... Made seven tackles with two TFLs and a sack at FIU on 11/20 ... Made seven tackles with .5 TFLs and three QB hurries against UTEP on 11/13 ... Made eight tackles with a sack and a fumble recovery for a touchdown at Southern Miss on 11/06 ... Made 18 tackles, the most for a UNT player since at least 2000, with a TFL at Rice on 10/30 ... Made six tackles with a sack and a quarterback hurry against Liberty on 10/23 ... Made eight tackles with a quarterback hurry and a pass breakup against Marshall on 10/15 ... Made 11 tackles with four TFLs at Missouri on 10/09 ... Made eight tackles at Louisiana Tech on 9/25 ... Made six tackles against UAB on 9/18 ... Made seven tackles with a fumble recovery at SMU on 9/11 ... Made 14 tackles with three TFLs and two sacks against Northwestern State on 9/04
2020: Honorable Mention All-Conference USA selection ... Recorded a team-high 75 tackles (37 solo, 38 assisted), 5.5 tackles for loss, three sacks and three quarterback hurries while making nine appearances, all of which were starts ... Had five tackles in the Myrtle Beach Bowl vs. Appalachian State on 12/21 ... Had a team-high 11 tackles in the win vs. UTEP on 12/11 ... Had team-highs with 11 tackles, seven solo tackles and a quarterback hurry vs. Louisiana Tech on 12/3 ... Had eight tackles, three being solo and a tackle for loss at UTSA on 11/28 ... Had six tackles, three being solo, a tackle for loss and a sack in the win vs. Rice on 11/21 ... Tied for the team-high with 11 tackles with one for loss in the win at Middle Tennessee on 10/17 ... Had a career-high 14 tackles, 1.5 for loss and a sack vs. Southern Miss on 10/3 ... Named Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week after having a team-high nine tackles, one for loss and a sack and two quarterback hurries in the season-opening win vs. HBU on 9/5
2019: Honorable Mention All-Conference USA selection ... Finished with a team-leading 88 tackles, seven tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks four quarterback hurries, two fumble recoveries and a pass break-up while appearing in all 12 games and making 11 starts ... Had three tackles, 0.5 being for loss and 0.5 a sack vs. UAB on 11/30 ... Had six tackles, 1.0 being for loss, a sack and a fumble recovery at Rice on 11/23 ... Had 10 tackles and a pass break-up at Louisiana Tech on 11/9 ... Had one tackle in the win vs. UTEP on 11/2 ... Had four tackles with one being for loss at Charlotte on 10/26 ... Had a team-high 10 tackles with one being for loss, a sack and a quarterback hurry in the win vs. Middle Tennessee on 10/19 ... Had six tackles with one being for loss at Southern Miss on 10/12 ... Recorded five tackles vs. Houston on 9/28 ... Registered a team-high nine tackles and recovered a fumble in the win vs. UTSA on 9/21 ... Had a team-high 13 tackles, with two being for loss and one sack at California on 9/14 ... Recorded a team-high 10 tackles at SMU on 9/7 ... Posted nine tackles in the season-opening win vs. Abilene Christian on 8/31
2018: Had five tackles in 13 appearances, primarily on special teams during his first season in Denton ... Recorded one tackle in the homecoming vs. Rice on 10/27 ... Posted a tackle in the win on 10/6 at UTEP ... Made a stop vs. Louisiana Tech on 9/29 ... Recorded a tackle in the win on 9/22 at Liberty ... Posted his first career tackle in the win at Arkansas on 9/15 ... Made his North Texas debut on 9/1 in the win vs. SMU
High School: Starred at Ennis High for coach Jack Alvarez ... Rated a three-star prospect by 247Sports composite rankings and 247Sports ... Received offers from Louisiana Tech, Arkansas State, Illinois, Louisiana-Monroe, and Memphis ... Had 97 tackles, five for loss, four interceptions and two forced fumbles ... All-district safety and Defensive Player of the Year in District 17-5A ... Had 63 tackles, one sack, forced three fumbles and recovered two fumbles as a junior in 2016.
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