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Full nameJacob Davis
PositionFull-back
NationalityUSA
Age24
Date of birth3 Jan 2002
BirthplaceRochester
Height178 cm
Shirt number#17
ClubSporting Kansas City
Full-backalso played MID
28
Appearances
0
Goals
1
Assists
1872
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Sporting Kansas City.

Injury-affected season

Missed 4 of Sporting Kansas City's ~34 games this season through 4 injury absences (hamstring, ankle). He still appeared 28 times — a solid return given how little of the season he was available. His rating is judged mainly on the games he was fit to play.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Major League Soccer280118726.89
CONCACAF Champions League2001646.6

Scout report

Project playerFull-back

J. Davis is a 24-year-old full-back at Sporting Kansas City, rated 39.3 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 164th of 513 on scout potential in the Major League Soccer. An emerging talent, he has been a regular starter this season (69.3% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.22 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Davis.

Judged on this season alone, Davis graded 15 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 61st of 101 of the 101 full-backs in the Major League Soccer, on 2 clean sheets and 3.221 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 39 → 15). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 39, top 28% of the 101 full-backs in the Major League Soccer. At 24 Davis is in his prime years, and a market index of 7.4 reflects that trajectory.

Read the appearance count in context: Davis missed 4 games through injury (hamstring, ankle) out of roughly 34 this season. The 28 he did play is a solid return on the time he was fit, and his ratings are weighted toward those games rather than the ones he sat out injured.

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Past his 2024/25 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2024/25Trending down
Current potentialTop 28% full-backs · Major League SoccerCurrent season61st of 101 full-backs · Major League Soccer61st-best full-back in the Major League Soccer164th in the Major League Soccer · potential28th-highest potential full-back in the Major League Soccer
39.3
Ratingi
28th of 101 full-backs
14.9
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
69.3%
Minutes
a regular starter
3.22
Def. actions / 90
moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Sporting Kansas City finished 15th of 15 · a relegation-threatened side

3.22
Def. / 90
42
Tackles
22
Interceptions
2
Clean sheets

3.22 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 28 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (15th of 15) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 0 goals and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 69.3% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

  • Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 39.3, Davis carries the 28th-highest potential of the full-backs in the Major League Soccer (top 28%), and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Sporting Kansas City finished 15th of 15) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.22 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among full-backs in the Major League Soccer with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0
Shots on target3
Shots14

Passing

Assists1

Possession

Successful dribbles21
Dribble success72.4%
Fouls won14

Defending

Tackles42
Interceptions22
Blocks3
Fouls committed30

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards7
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.