Northwestern University Athletics
2025 Football Roster
Jersey Number 2
Fred Davis II
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 200
- Position:
- DB
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Jacksonville, Fla.
- High School:
- Trinity Christian Academy
- Prev School:
- Jacksonville State
2025 Graduate Student:
Made his Wildcat debut with a career-high seven tackles at Tulane (8/30)... Posted a career-high three pass breakups against Western Illinois (9/5).
2024 Redshirt Senior (at Jacksonville State):
Played in all 14 games with nine starts … Finished with 18 tackles, 3.5 for loss, and had four pass breakups, which was tied for fourth-most on the team … Surrendered just 16 receptions in 245 coverage snaps for 142 yards … Made season-high six tackles with 1.5 tackles for loss in win over Middle Tennessee (10/23) … Had two pass breakups and a tackle for loss in win over FIU (11/16) … Helped the Gamecocks win the program’s first Conference USA Title, finishing the season with a 9-5 overall record and a 7-1 conference record.
2023 Redshirt Junior (at UCF):
Played in two games against Kent State (8/31) and Villanova (9/16).
2022 Redshirt Sophomore (at Clemson):
Played in seven games and made four starts … Credited with 15 tackles, 1.0 tackle for loss, two pass breakups and a fumble recovery in 187 defensive snaps … had three tackles at Georgia Tech (9/5) … had a breakout game vs. Furman (9/10), finishing with six tackles (one for loss), his first career fumble recovery and a pass deflection that resulted in an interception … Broke up a pass and contributed three tackles vs. Louisiana Tech (9/17) … Added two tackles at Wake Forest (9/24) … Contributed one tackle at Boston College (10/8).
2021 Redshirt Freshman (at Clemson):
Played in nine games and was credited with six tackles (0.5 for loss) in 137 snaps … Made season debut with two tackles (0.5 for loss) against South Carolina State (9/11) … Credited with one tackle against Georgia Tech (9/18) … Made two tackles at Pitt (10/23) … had one tackle vs. Wake Forest (11/20) … Helped Clemson to a 10-3 overall record and a 6-2 mark in the ACC … Played in the Cheez-It Bowl against Iowa State (12/29).
2020 Freshman (at Clemson):
Played in 11 games and was credited with 13 tackles and two pass breakups in 183 snaps as a true freshman … Made collegiate debut at Wake Forest (9/12), recording three solo tackles … Recorded one tackle vs. The Citadel (9/19) … Added a tackle at Georgia Tech (10/17) … Contributed two tackles vs. Syracuse (10/24) … Made one tackle at Virginia Tech (12/5) … Added two tackles and two pass breakups in the ACC Championship Game against Notre Dame (12/19).
High School:
Played for Verlon Dorminey at Trinity Christian Academy in Jacksonville, Fla. … MaxPreps Preseason First-Team All-American in 2019 who was a multi-dimensional weapon for Trinity Christian Academy … Posted 101 tackles in 37 career games, adding four interceptions, 30 passes defensed, two caused fumbles and a blocked kick … Recorded 26 tackles, two tackles for loss, an interception and 11 passes defensed as a senior … Averaged 8.3 yards per rush for the season on 29 carries and also added four receptions for 60 yards … In 2018, posted 48 tackles, 13 passes broken up and an interception … Had an 86-yard interception return for a score in one game and 95-yard kickoff return for a score in another … Had 27 tackles as a sophomore to go with a pair of interceptions … First-team All-USA Florida selection by USA Today and first-team All-First Coast selection by the Florida Times Union … First-team MaxPreps Junior All-American honoree and third-team 5A all-state selection … Consensus top-60 player nationally who rated in the early signing period as the No. 25 player in the nation by PrepStar, which called him third-best cornerback and second-best player in Florida … Ranked as the 28th-best overall player in the nation by Rivals.com, which also called him the third-best cornerback and the fourth-best player in Florida … Ranked as the No. 45 overall player in the nation by ESPN.com, which also ranked him as the fourth-best cornerback and 10th-best player from Florida … Ranked as the No. 56 player in the nation by 247Sports, the sixth-best cornerback and the 10th-best player from Florida.… Selected to U.S. Army All-American Bowl.
Made his Wildcat debut with a career-high seven tackles at Tulane (8/30)... Posted a career-high three pass breakups against Western Illinois (9/5).
2024 Redshirt Senior (at Jacksonville State):
Played in all 14 games with nine starts … Finished with 18 tackles, 3.5 for loss, and had four pass breakups, which was tied for fourth-most on the team … Surrendered just 16 receptions in 245 coverage snaps for 142 yards … Made season-high six tackles with 1.5 tackles for loss in win over Middle Tennessee (10/23) … Had two pass breakups and a tackle for loss in win over FIU (11/16) … Helped the Gamecocks win the program’s first Conference USA Title, finishing the season with a 9-5 overall record and a 7-1 conference record.
2023 Redshirt Junior (at UCF):
Played in two games against Kent State (8/31) and Villanova (9/16).
2022 Redshirt Sophomore (at Clemson):
Played in seven games and made four starts … Credited with 15 tackles, 1.0 tackle for loss, two pass breakups and a fumble recovery in 187 defensive snaps … had three tackles at Georgia Tech (9/5) … had a breakout game vs. Furman (9/10), finishing with six tackles (one for loss), his first career fumble recovery and a pass deflection that resulted in an interception … Broke up a pass and contributed three tackles vs. Louisiana Tech (9/17) … Added two tackles at Wake Forest (9/24) … Contributed one tackle at Boston College (10/8).
2021 Redshirt Freshman (at Clemson):
Played in nine games and was credited with six tackles (0.5 for loss) in 137 snaps … Made season debut with two tackles (0.5 for loss) against South Carolina State (9/11) … Credited with one tackle against Georgia Tech (9/18) … Made two tackles at Pitt (10/23) … had one tackle vs. Wake Forest (11/20) … Helped Clemson to a 10-3 overall record and a 6-2 mark in the ACC … Played in the Cheez-It Bowl against Iowa State (12/29).
2020 Freshman (at Clemson):
Played in 11 games and was credited with 13 tackles and two pass breakups in 183 snaps as a true freshman … Made collegiate debut at Wake Forest (9/12), recording three solo tackles … Recorded one tackle vs. The Citadel (9/19) … Added a tackle at Georgia Tech (10/17) … Contributed two tackles vs. Syracuse (10/24) … Made one tackle at Virginia Tech (12/5) … Added two tackles and two pass breakups in the ACC Championship Game against Notre Dame (12/19).
High School:
Played for Verlon Dorminey at Trinity Christian Academy in Jacksonville, Fla. … MaxPreps Preseason First-Team All-American in 2019 who was a multi-dimensional weapon for Trinity Christian Academy … Posted 101 tackles in 37 career games, adding four interceptions, 30 passes defensed, two caused fumbles and a blocked kick … Recorded 26 tackles, two tackles for loss, an interception and 11 passes defensed as a senior … Averaged 8.3 yards per rush for the season on 29 carries and also added four receptions for 60 yards … In 2018, posted 48 tackles, 13 passes broken up and an interception … Had an 86-yard interception return for a score in one game and 95-yard kickoff return for a score in another … Had 27 tackles as a sophomore to go with a pair of interceptions … First-team All-USA Florida selection by USA Today and first-team All-First Coast selection by the Florida Times Union … First-team MaxPreps Junior All-American honoree and third-team 5A all-state selection … Consensus top-60 player nationally who rated in the early signing period as the No. 25 player in the nation by PrepStar, which called him third-best cornerback and second-best player in Florida … Ranked as the 28th-best overall player in the nation by Rivals.com, which also called him the third-best cornerback and the fourth-best player in Florida … Ranked as the No. 45 overall player in the nation by ESPN.com, which also ranked him as the fourth-best cornerback and 10th-best player from Florida … Ranked as the No. 56 player in the nation by 247Sports, the sixth-best cornerback and the 10th-best player from Florida.… Selected to U.S. Army All-American Bowl.
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