Akeem Davis-Gaither stats

Colts

Linebacker · #51

Age 29 · 6' 2" · 238 lbs

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Akeem Davis-Gaither recorded 65 tackles and 0.0 sacks in 8 games of 2026 for the Indianapolis Colts. Last game: .

Stats

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Totals

GP
8
TOT · 24th
65
SOLO · 34th
33
AST · 27th
32
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
1
FF
0

Ranked among NFL players who qualify (TOT, SOLO, SACK, PD, FF: 8+ games; AST: 4+ games) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Totals by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2020CIN163020100.5130
2021CIN9282170.0031
2022CIN164630160.0010
2023CIN13171070.0000
2024CIN178241410.0141
2025ARI1711751660.0151
2026IND86533320.0010

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season

GP
96
TOT
385
SOLO
206
AST
179
SACK
0.5
INT
3
PD
17
FF
3

Career Postseason

GP
3
TOT
6
SOLO
5
AST
1
SACK
0.0
INT
1
PD
1
FF
0

Per game

GP
8
TOT
8.1
SOLO
4.1
AST
4
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0.1
FF
0

Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.

Per game by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2020CIN161.91.30.60.00.10.20.0
2021CIN93.12.30.80.00.00.30.1
2022CIN162.91.910.00.00.10.0
2023CIN131.30.80.50.00.00.00.0
2024CIN174.82.42.40.00.10.20.1
2025ARI176.93.03.90.00.10.30.1
2026IND88.14.140.00.00.10.0

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season, Per game

GP
96
TOT
4.0
SOLO
2.1
AST
1.9
SACK
0.0
INT
0.0
PD
0.2
FF
0.0

Bio

Age
29 yearsSep 21, 1997
Height
6' 2"
Weight
238 lbs
Experience
7 yearsDebut 2020
Birthplace
Thomasville, NC
Draft
2020Rd 4, Pk 107
College
App State
Salary
$2.73 million2026

Against other linebackers

2026 regular season, 210 NFL linebackers with 6+ games.

  • Tackles65

    Higher than 89% of the other 209 NFL linebackers.

  • Passes Defended1

    Higher than 50% of the other 209 NFL linebackers.

  • Solo Tackles33

    Higher than 89% of the other 209 NFL linebackers.

Latest performance

Akeem Davis-Gaither

Nov 01 · @ JAX · L 42-7

TOT
5
SOLO
2
AST
3
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0

Snap counts, 2026

92% of his club's defensive snaps a game (445 in 8 games); 67% in week 8.

His defensive snaps and snap share by week
WkOppSnapsSnap %ST
1BAL6494%6
2KC7594%7
3HOU54100%3
4WSH6297%5
5PIT5287%6
6TEN4598%8
7MIN5797%6
8JAX3667%6

NFL snap counts, every player

Injury history

Akeem Davis-Gaither has been on the NFL’s game-status report 2 weeks since 2026, ruled out 2 times.

His weeks on the injury report by season
SeasonOutD / QInjuries listed
202620Knee, Hand

From the weekly injury reports clubs file (nflverse), regular season and playoffs; a practice-only listing counts no week. A player moved to injured reserve leaves the report, so a season-ending injury shows only up to that move.

2020 NFL combine

LB, 6'1", 224 lb · Appalachian State

His combine measurements and their percentile
MeasureResultPercentile
Bench press (225 lb)21 reps37th

Percentile: the share of LBs measured at the combine since 2000 he beat. The 2020 combine

Games

All games

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vs MIASun, Nov 15

vs MIA since 2020

2
GP
2
TOT
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sun, Nov 01atJAXL 42-75200
Sun, Oct 25atMINL 16-107300
Sun, Oct 18vsTENL 26-209500
Sun, Oct 11atPITL 34-227300
Sun, Oct 04atWSHW 30-138500
Sun, Sep 27vsHOUW 19-177300

What are Akeem Davis-Gaither's career stats?

Akeem Davis-Gaither has played 7 seasons for the Bengals, the Cardinals and the Colts. He has recorded 385 tackles, 0.5 sacks and 3 interceptions. His best season so far is 2025: 117 tackles and 0.0 sacks.

Best single games

  • Tackles: 13 @ NYJ on Sep 25, 2022, W 27-12
  • Sacks: 0.5 vs JAX on Oct 4, 2020, W 33-25
Akeem Davis-Gaither's best game in each stat, by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.
20268—
202511—
202413—
20233—
202213—
20217—
202090.5

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK

Regular season only, from NFL game logs since 2020.

Akeem Davis-Gaither college stats

Akeem Davis-Gaither played 4 seasons at Appalachian State Mountaineers (2016 to 2019): 253 tackles, 8 sacks and 1 interception.

defensive

Akeem Davis-Gaither's college defensive by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made alone, with no teammate sharing the credit.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.PD: Passes the defender broke up or deflected.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.FF: Times the defender knocked the ball loose, whoever recovered it.INT: Passes thrown to the other team — lower is better.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2016Appalachian State Mountaineers1612411.50000
2017Appalachian State Mountaineers33249100000
2018Appalachian State Mountaineers103465771.51000
2019Appalachian State Mountaineers1014952850100

College seasons as ESPN files them for the school he played for. Game by game: Akeem Davis-Gaither's college game log.

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Playoff games

Akeem Davis-Gaither played 3 games across 1 NFL postseason — 2 won, 1 lost.

Akeem Davis-Gaither's line in each playoff game
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
2022BALW 24-1740.01
2022BUFW 27-1010.00
2022KCL 23-2010.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

Totals, from NFL game logs since the 1994 postseason — earlier games are not counted.