Kalia Davis NT Scouting Report

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Kalia Davis NFL Draft Profile Position: Nose Tackle School: Central Florida Current Year: RS Senior Height: 6'2" Weight: 310 pounds
Kalia Davis Scouting Report Kalia delivers a strong punch and uses his hands to shed blocks to make plays in the hole or outside the box. He uses lower-body strength to anchor inside. He provides some secondary interior pass rush, getting most penetration when playing three technique. Davis has good strength and balance to sit down, lock-out and create a pile, leading to possibilities inside and out (in the 3-4). Kalia plays with leverage at the point of attack whether inside or outside. Keeps eyes in the backfield when inside; moves linemen to either side with strong hands. He penetrates through gaps, often forcing running backs to elude him or the back end of the offensive lineman he's pushing before they even reach the line.
Areas for Improvement Davis plays too high at times, and gets carried downfield or put to the ground by better lineman when losing the leverage battle. Kalia does not play fundamentally sound and lacks much technique in his repertoire. He needs to keep his pad level low; pops upright and plays too tall, struggling to maintain leverage off the snap. He might be limited to one-gap systems. Agility isn't a question but misses tackles when he doesn't square and break down. He must improve hand use and read-and-react skills. Lacks the violent hands to shed and can be eliminated by double-team blocks.
Kalia Davis Career at School Kalia Davis played for head coach Harry Lees at West Florida Tech. He was named first team Florida Class 5A All State by the Associated Press. He tallied 107 tackles, nine sacks and two interceptions in his senior season. As a freshman, in 2017 he redshirted the season and earned AAC All Academic Team honors. In 2018, during his redshirt freshman campaign he played in 10 games making his collegiate debut against UConn. He recorded total tackles including 10 solo. He also had 2.5 tackles for loss, broke up one pass on the season with a season high six tackles against South Carolina State. As a redshirt sophomore in 2019, he played in all 13 games. He started the last nine games at defensive tackle. He recorded 27 tackles and was sixth on the team with 8.0 tackles for loss. He was also tied for third on the team with 3.0 sacks and added a breakup, two hurries, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery. He earned first team all conference by PFF and earned AAC All Academic Team honors. He sat out hsi redshirt junior campaign, opted out of the season due to the Covid-19 pandemic. He earned AAC All Academic Team honors. He returned as redshirt senior posting 17 tackles and one sack in five games.
Kalia Davis NFL Draft Player Profile Davis, a CoSIDA Academic All-District honoree, played in 28 games, starting 14 times at UCF, totaling 61 tackles, 15.0 tackles for loss and 4.0 sacks, primarily as an interior defensive lineman.