2023 Football Roster
Ferguson, Davon
vs
Liberty
Sep 13 (Sat)
5 p.m.
Jersey Number 7
Davon Ferguson
- Position:
- Cornerback
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Baltimore, Md.
- High School:
- St. Vincent Pallotti
- Prev School:
- Kansas
Bio
HONORS
- 2023 third-team All-MAC
- Orange Bowl Courage Award nominee (2023)
- 2022 PFN preseason honorable mention All-American
- 2022 Athlon Sports preseason first-team All-MAC
- 2022 Phil Steele preseason third-team All-MAC
- East-West Shrine Bowl 1000 List member
2023
- Appeared in all 13 of BGSU's games with 10 starts
- No. 8 nationally among DBs with 13 pressures
- No. 5 nationally among DBs with 9 hurries
- T-No. 12 nationally in allowed YDs/Rec allowed at 7.5 yards per rec. (min. 550 snaps)
- One of four FBS players with 7.5+ TFLs and 8+ passes defended
- Made eight tackles and 1.0 tackles for loss at Liberty
- Collected three tackles, 1.0 sack and broke up one pass against Eastern Illinois
- Made one stop at No. 2 Michigan
- Notched three tackles against Ohio
- Made five tackles, all solo, in win at Georgia Tech
- Made five tackles with four solo stops at Miami (OH)
- Named MAC East Defensive Player of the Week after recording five tackles, two interceptions, two PBUs and 1.0 TFL at Buffalo
- Notched five tackles, four solo, in win over Akron
- Also broke up a pass against the Zips
- Made four tackles, 1.0 sack and one fumble recovery in the win over Ball State
- Made two tackles and broke up a pass at Kent State
- Made four stops, 0.5 TFL and broke up a pass against Toledo
- Recorded two tackles and 1.0 TFL in win at Western Michigan
- Notched three tackles and 1.0 TFL against Minnesota in the Quick Lane Bowl
2022
- Started BGSU's first two games
- Sustained an injury in game No. 2 against EKU and missed the rest of the season
- Made six stops, including five solo tackles in season opener at UCLA
- Also had 1.0 sack against the Bruins
- Made two stops against Eastern Kentucky
2021
- One of the MAC's top overall players
- Started seven of BGSU's first eight games before missing the final 4.5 games with an injury
- When he went down with injury, he was the only player in the nation with 60+ tackles (68), 2.0+ sacks (2) and 4+ passes defended (4). He was No. 1 in the MAC and No. 14 in the nation with 5.6 solo tackles per game
- Made nine stops at Tennessee with seven solo stops
- Notched 11 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and broke up two passes against South Alabama
- Made five stops and 2.0 sacks in win at Minnesota
- Made a career-high 17 tackles at NIU with 10 solo stops
- Forced a fumble against Akron
Previous School
- Appeared in 20 career games at Kansas from 2018-20 with nine starts
- Earned All-Academic Big 12 team (2nd) honors in 2019 and was twice named to the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll
- Was third among Jayhawk defenders in 2019 with 57 tackles
- Made 27 stops in 2020 in just four games, which was tied for sixth among the KU defense
- Spent the 2017 season at Hartnell College (Salinas, Calif.) where he made 55 tackles and notched two interceptions
High School
- Helped lead the St. Vincent Pallotti Panthers to a 10-2 record and a MIAA Conference title in 2016
- Played under head coach Ian Thomas at St. Vincent Pallotti HS
- Forced seven turnovers from his free safety position in 2016.
Personal
- Son of Lachelle Redd and Damon Ferguson
- Has two brothers; Damon Ferguson Jr., and Deonte Ferguson
- Also has two sisters; Lache Dabney and Layah Redd
- Father, Damon, lettered in track at Central State
- Graduated from Kansas with a degree in communications
- Grad work is in psychology
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