FS, Texas Tech
Twitter handle: @CodyDavis16
Rankings: NFLDraftScout: 9th-ranked FS, #173 player overall, 5th-6th round grade.
Scouts Inc: 38th-ranked safety, ranked as a free agent. Grade: 30, borderline draft prospect.
NFLDraftCountdown: 22nd-ranked safety. Late round-free agent grade.
Biography/honors:
2012: Started all 13 games. Academic All-American. National Football Foundation National Scholar-Athlete Award. Second team all-Big 12. First team Academic all-Big 12. 101 tackles, 84 solo (4th in nation), 3.5 tackles for loss, 3 interceptions (one returned for 88-yard TD), 7 passes defended, 1 quarterback hurry. Tech gave up just 196 passing yards a game (2nd in Big 12) and ranked highly during the season for fewest long completions allowed.
2011: Started 11 of 12 games. First team Academic all-Big 12. 93 tackles, 72 solo (4th in nation), 3 tackles for loss, 5 passes defended and a forced fumble.
2010: Started all 13 games. Honorable mention all-Big 12, first team Academic all-Big 12. 87 tackles, 1 sack, 6.5 tackles for loss, 4 passes defended, one interception, 3 forced fumbles, a fumble recovery and 2 quarterback hurries.
2009: Started 12 of 13 games. 81 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 6 passes defended.
2008: Redshirted.
Major: Computer geek alert! Cody has a bachelor's in management information systems (3.7 GPA) and is working on his master's (4.0 GPA).
Injuries: none reported.
Pro day results: (NFL Combine safety averages in parentheses)
4.41 40* (would have been fastest safety at Combine. Average was 4.61)
1.51 10-yard split
41.5” vertical jump* (also would have been best safety at Combine. Average was 36.25”)
10'3" broad jump (10'3.5")
6.77 3-cone drill* (6.87)
4.01 20-yard shuttle* (also faster than any safety at Combine. Average was 4.19)
15 bench press (17)
* - better than T.J. McDonald's Combine result
Positives: Big, physical safeties with his size and movement skills are few and far between. Was considered the top prospect at any position at the Super Regional Combine in Dallas. Exceptional change-of-direction quickness. Turns and transitions with unusually good balance and body control for his size. Showed outstanding ball skills in drills. Has size to match up well with tight ends and big receivers. Reliable, physical tackler with good technique. Classic in-the-box safety, best at reading the QB's eyes and attacking the line. Always around the ball. Breaks down well in the open field. Long arms make him a solid wrap-up tackler and allow him to strip the ball away. Has qualities to be an excellent special teams player. About half the teams attended his workout. Defensive leader and model student. Four-year starter with proven production at a high level of competition.
Negatives: Doesn't translate explosiveness shown in drills to the field. You don't see the flexibility or straight-line speed. More of a drag-down tackler than an explosive hitter. Not many interceptions. Easy to play-fake and will leave you exposed deep. Will have to prove he's athletic enough to handle coverage assignments. May have to play OLB due to lack of range. Cowboys Stadium's turf is faster than Lucas Oil's so his times were inflated compared to NFL Combine times.
Compares to: Matt Daniels.
Fun Facts: Here's a link to Cody's blog; in one entry he calculated that he spends about the same amount of time working on football as he does sleeping. Tavon Austin and Stedman Bailey, however, might have a word or two with him over this entry.
RamView: For the third straight year, the Rams have made a free agent steal out of a very good college safety. They got Darian Stewart in 2011 and Matt Daniels last year, and now here's Davis, a collegiate tackling machine who might have "won" the Combine in a couple of different categories. And safety's the widest-open competition in this year's camp, with possibly three roster spots up for grabs. Stewart and Daniels have to rebound from losing most of 2012 to injury, and Davis has size and speed advantage over Rodney McLeod or Quinton Pointer. If Davis can show well on special teams, you have to like his chances.
Chance of making team: 60%.
Sources: NFLDraftScout.com, ESPN.com, NFLDraftCountdown.com, NFL.com, Texas Tech athletics, Optimum Scouting
Photo: Abilene (Tex.) Reporter-News
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