Tight end, Michigan State, 2004–⁠07

Kellen Davis

Born
Oct 11, 1985

Kellen Davis played tight end at Michigan State (2004–⁠07). The Chicago Bears took Davis in round 5, No. 158 overall in the 2008 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
513
Receiving yards, 2007 (Michigan State, 7–⁠6)
Drafted
No. 158
Round 5, 2008 NFL Draft (Chicago Bears)

Career highs

6catches, career highat Penn State, 2006106receiving yards, career highvs. Penn State, 20072receiving touchdowns, career highat Notre Dame, 2007

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2004Michigan State12929.0029
2005‡Michigan State13947.2220
2006Michigan State1212510.4128
2007Michigan State3251316.0632
Career5876113.1932

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here). ‡ Short by one game in 2005 (Oct 29 vs. Indiana): the source has no box score for it.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksHur
20059303000
20066303000
2007132462.522
On file84122.522

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.

Game by game

2007 Michigan State 13 games, 32 catches, 513 yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 1vs.UABW 55–⁠18244025–
Sep 8vs.Bowling GreenW 28–⁠17323113–
Sep 15vs.PittsburghW 17–⁠13238032–
Sep 22atNotre DameW 31–⁠14233230–
Sep 29atWisconsinL 34–⁠37234026–
Oct 6vs.NorthwesternL 41–⁠481160164
Oct 13vs.IndianaW 52–⁠2712502524
Oct 20atOhio StateL 17–⁠24119019−1
Oct 27atIowaL 27–⁠34343021–
Nov 3vs.MichiganL 24–⁠284471215
Nov 10atPurdueW 48–⁠313471267
Nov 17vs.Penn StateW 35–⁠314106031–
Dec 28 ✦vs.Boston CollegeL 21–⁠244381184
2006 Michigan State 5 games, 12 catches, 125 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 9vs.Eastern MichiganW 52–⁠20224017–
Sep 16atPittsburghW 38–⁠231212–
Sep 30vs.IllinoisL 20–⁠23222013–
Nov 11vs.MinnesotaL 18–⁠31116016–
Nov 18atPenn StateL 13–⁠17661028–
2005 Michigan State 6 games, 13 catches, 94 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 3vs.Kent StateW 49–⁠14120020–
Sep 17atNotre DameW 44–⁠41111111–
Sep 24atIllinoisW 61–⁠143917–
Oct 15atOhio StateL 24–⁠3521307–
Oct 22vs.NorthwesternL 14–⁠49425011–
Nov 12atMinnesotaL 18–⁠41216010–

No box score in the source for Oct 29 vs. Indiana, so that game is not listed.

2004 Michigan State 1 game, 1 catch, 29 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Oct 9vs.IllinoisW 38–⁠25129029–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2008Combine or pro day 2008
Height6′6½″
Weight262 lb
Arm length34″
Hand size9⅞″
40-yard dash4.60 s
10-yard split1.59 s
Vertical jump28″
Broad jump9′10″
Bench press22 reps
3-cone drill7.25 s
20-yard shuttle4.38 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

In the NFL

9 seasons, 74 games with a stat; latest team: New York Jets.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2008Chicago Bears6400
2009Chicago Bears6100
2010Chicago Bears6500
2011Chicago Bears15100
2012Chicago Bears15200
2013Seattle Seahawks6–00
2014Detroit Lions2100
2015New York Jets13300
2016New York Jets5200
NFL career741900

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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