Safety, Illinois (from Northern Illinois), 2009–⁠12

Tommy Davis

Lettered 2012 (school media guide)

Number
No. 17
Height
5′11″
Hometown
East St. Louis, IL

Tommy Davis played safety at Northern Illinois (2009–⁠11) and Illinois (2012).

Team titles: MAC champions, 2011

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2009Northern Illinois297001221360
2010Northern Illinois235531291420
2011Northern Illinois9145017530
2012Illinois–––11260
Career611,3982793570

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2010Northern Illinois1

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

Defense before 2016

SeasonTeamGSoloAstTklTFLIntPBUHur
2009Northern Illinois135380000
2010Northern Illinois144726730.5121
2011Northern Illinois101721380.5000
2012Illinois101011210000
On file79611401121

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.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2009Northern Illinois17S
2010Northern Illinois17S
2011Northern Illinois17S
2012Illinois17S5′11″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2012 Illinois 6 games, 11 returns, 26 yards
DateOpponentResultKRYdsPRYdsTD
Sep 1vs.Western MichiganW 24–⁠7––11–
Sep 15vs.Charleston SouthernW 44–⁠0––29–
Sep 22vs.Louisiana TechL 24–⁠52––18–
Sep 29vs.Penn StateL 7–⁠35––37–
Oct 6atWisconsinL 14–⁠31––21–
Oct 27vs.IndianaL 17–⁠31––20–
2011 Northern Illinois 11 games, 26 returns, 198 yards
DateOpponentResultKRYdsPRYdsTD
Sep 3vs.ArmyW 49–⁠26239110
Sep 10atKansasL 42–⁠45358170
Sep 17vs.WisconsinL 7–⁠49229––0
Sep 24vs.Cal PolyW 47–⁠30––1−7–
Oct 1atCentral MichiganL 41–⁠48––20–
Oct 8vs.Kent StateW 40–⁠10––440–
Nov 1atToledoW 63–⁠6019100
Nov 8atBowling GreenW 45–⁠14––112–
Nov 15vs.Ball StateW 41–⁠38––10–
Dec 2vs.OhioW 23–⁠20110100
Jan 8 ✦vs.Arkansas StateW 38–⁠20––40–

No box score in the source for Nov 25 vs. Eastern Michigan, so that game is not listed.

2010 Northern Illinois 14 games, 52 returns, 695 yards
DateOpponentResultKRYdsPRYdsTD
Sep 2atIowa StateL 10–⁠27357––0
Sep 11vs.North DakotaW 23–⁠17233240
Sep 18atIllinoisL 22–⁠28––44–
Sep 25atMinnesotaW 34–⁠23237––0
Oct 2atAkronW 50–⁠14––30–
Oct 9vs.TempleW 31–⁠17––1−1–
Oct 16vs.BuffaloW 45–⁠14––315–
Oct 23vs.Central MichiganW 33–⁠7––114–
Oct 30atWestern MichiganW 28–⁠21––234–
Nov 9vs.ToledoW 65–⁠304151281
Nov 20atBall StateW 59–⁠213613560
Nov 26atEastern MichiganW 71–⁠3248480
Dec 3vs.Miami (OH)L 21–⁠26486200
Dec 18 ✦vs.Fresno StateW 40–⁠17380200
2009 Northern Illinois 13 games, 51 returns, 836 yards
DateOpponentResultKRYdsPRYdsTD
Sep 5atWisconsinL 20–⁠28488––0
Sep 12vs.Western IllinoisW 41–⁠7––35–
Sep 19atPurdueW 28–⁠21367240
Sep 26vs.IdahoL 31–⁠345122––0
Oct 3vs.Western MichiganW 38–⁠3––235–
Oct 17atToledoL 19–⁠20350230
Oct 24atMiami (OH)W 27–⁠22––346–
Oct 31vs.AkronW 27–⁠101152300
Nov 5vs.Eastern MichiganW 50–⁠63127341
Nov 12vs.Ball StateW 26–⁠20––15–
Nov 21atOhioL 31–⁠38233240
Nov 27atCentral MichiganL 31–⁠45372––0
Jan 2 ✦vs.South FloridaL 3–⁠275126200

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

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