Malachi Davis
Rutgers Scarlet Knights
75
Solid

Malachi Davis

Rutgers Scarlet KnightsRebuilding
RDEDefenseSolidTRANSFER · Toledo
Projected Starter

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Malachi Davis is the projected starter at RDE for Rutgers Scarlet Knights.

Redshirt senior · #11 · 6'4", 255 lbs

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Depth at RDE · Rutgers Scarlet Knights

  1. 11175Malachi DavisStarter
  2. 29469J'Dan Burnett
  3. 31456RJ Johnson Jr.
  4. 49743Rinaldo Callaway III

Rutgers Starting Lineup

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Up next for Rutgers

Rutgers plays Wisconsin away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 04:15 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Holt Senior, ranked #1,404 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 35 tackles, 9.5 TFL, 5.5 sacks. That's 12% of the team's production at his spot and 95th-percentile production nationally — good for a 75 overall (Solid tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,404 NatlTeam Share12%Percentile95th
Holt, MI
Jersey
#11
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
6'4"
Weight
255 lbs
Transfer
Toledo

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—359.55.5

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8456
National Rank
#1404
High School
Holt Senior
Hometown
Holt, MI

Why this rating?

On a 67-rated defense; 95th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.81 for competition level) put them +8 vs unit starters → 75.

Team defense (SP+)
67
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 95% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 31% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.81)
Depth-chart adjustment
+8 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 31LMICHTKL 7
TKL
7
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final L 28-21

Oct 24LNUTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 42-14

Oct 17WMDTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 37-30

Oct 4LIUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 47-15

Sep 25WHOWTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0.5
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 58-7

Sep 11LBCTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 28-21

Sep 3LMASSTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 37-21

Malachi Davis's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

35 tkl · 9.5 TFL · 5.5 sacks
Usage / Involvement100%
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