Jordan can be a pass rusher. When he went to Georgia, it was the same thing. Q.Im also from around the Charlotte area. Weeks passed. "I'm excited about Jalen," Davis said. He will be there, Allen declared. He was out of shape and unprepared, but he was also enormous and could move like a tailback. Q. [3][4][5] As a sophomore, he had 18 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks. Jordan Davis, DL Height: 6'6 Weight: 340 Class: Senior School: Georgia A former three-star recruit out of Mallard Creek High School in Charlotte, North Carolina, Davis was the 29th. In the 2022 NFL draft, the Philadelphia Eagles selected Davis with the No. Douglas side-stepped away from the hole as Alexander raced down the field for a score. During the summer prior to his transfer from Hopewell High School to Mallard Creek as a sophomore, Davis mother, Shay Allen, came home from teaching summer school to a nearly empty pantry. This fall though, you might want to pay more attention to the 330-pound former 3-star defensive lineman at the center of the Georgia defense as opposed to the eight former 5-stars on Georgias defense. He committed to play college football at Georgia, turning down offers from Clemson, Florida, Miami (Florida) and North Carolina. I would stand in the hallway, and I dont know why Jordan kept going into the same bathroom, so I would go get him. [8][9] Davis had his best season as a senior with 32 tackles, 2 sacks, and a rushing touchdown. Gabe McDonald documented Davis return to Mallard Creek: A heros welcome here at Mallard Creek HS as former Maverick Jordan Davis (@jordanxdavis99) makes his return to his alma mater. The contract included a $9.55 million signing bonus. All of us are funny. Three-star Mallard Creek High School defensive tackle recruit Jordan Davis committed to the Georgia Bulldogs on Nov. 16, 2017. Palmieri, however, had other plans for that weekend. Jordan Davis objective was simple: Get to the bag. As he revealed during our Quick Chat, he is. First starting out, I was on JV, and now playing for the Philadelphia Eagles. Together, Douglas and Davis helped form one of the more formidable offensive and defensive fronts in the last decade of North Carolina high school football, or the trench mob as Reese later dubbed them. Finally, a whistle blew the drill dead. Baseball. So I took him under my wing.". Journey of a lifetime. When I first started playing football in high school, my main mission was to get to college. When you can sustain more, then you can play more. Just going in the offseason, having a big game like that, does it give you extra motivation going into the season? Quinton Bohanna, Kentucky. As a senior, he was an every-down player, but I think its funny the same criticisms that hes facing now about conditioning, his stamina, his weight, he faced the same coming out of Mallard. The school has only been in existence for 14 years, but has won three state titles during that span. It is one of 80 institutes in the Max Planck Society (Max Planck Gesellschaft). The pressure was gone. We need to know the brother beside us. I never even thought I'd get recognized. I sure am glad he and Eric are on the same team, Charlene recounted through a chuckle. When you recruit as well as Georgia has in recent seasons, theres a lot of attention and emphasis on the 5-star recruits the Bulldogs are chasing. Georgia had a school-record nine players drafted over the weekend in the 2021 NFL Draft, three of whom . I just kind of picked (football) up, tried it, liked it, Davis said. Related: Dan Lanning offers high praise for Jordan Davis Davis has come a long way from his high school days . Jordan X. Davis (born January 12, 2000) is an American football defensive tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). Davis has a sweet tooth, but Madaleno found some low-sugar Swedish Fish that are now a favorite of his. "I probably wasn't going to make it anywhere averaging four points a game," Davis said. We have this little bio-pod (phonetic) thing we do every two weeks, biweekly. Here was a way to pay for college, to change the trajectory of his life. What were some of those things that you considered? *** 2021 ChuckBednarik Award Winner *** Davis is legend there thanks to his success and incredible personality. Davis was hardly the star of the camp. It's just that Davis never figured he was the hero in this story. It came with a smile and a knowing nod. So I want to be an inspiration for the kids not only at my high school, but the high schools around the Charlotte area. But Davis is the best player on the best unit on the best team in the country, so he's building a compelling case. Can a guy who plays less than half the time really be the best player in college football? Jordan is a big, nice kid. A year later, Davis started eight games and became a fixture on the D-line. Per Schefter,. He was a nose tackle on the court. There wont be any gauntlet drills on Saturday in Athens. Q. Just wondering, Kirby was talking about the meeting you guys had, talking about vaccinations. What are your thoughts on the head coach kind of having that relationship with someone? As a kid, though, it's all he wanted to do. Jordan Davis tried making himself invisible, slipping into the shadows and sliding unseen through the Mallard Creek High School boy's bathroom door. [20] He was activated on December 3. He can be a water boy, he can be whatever. , All the time hell say, Ma can you believe I almost didnt play football? Allen told The State. (Tony Walsh/UGAAA), Dan Lanning offers high praise for Jordan Davis. DawgNation Daily simply doesnt see another Jordan Davis at defensive line on the Georgia roster. It never worked. As for being motivated, thats another story. One, how did that prepare to you play in the SEC, and what are some of the linemen in the SEC that you have to be mindful of this season? Kiper's new Big Board rankings for the 2023 NFL draft: Top 25 prospects, How Michigan State's Mel Tucker used his NFL background to master the college transfer portal, Inside Nick Rolovich's downfall at Washington State over the COVID-19 vaccine, The story behind Michigan football's turnaround, in the locker room and on the field. In his final year at Georgia, Davis received the Chuck Bednarik Award and the Outland Trophy. I love that man like a brother. At that time, Jordan may have still been on the border of whether he wanted to play football. "I was so ready to go back home," Davis said. Davis arrived on campus at close to 380 pounds. He was a giant who could bend and twist like someone half his size, so the world decided he should play football. Q. Internship position. 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I just wanted to savor the moment because I feel like I didnt really savor my last season or past seasons because I was so rushed. ATHENS Georgia All-American Jordan Davis stood tall before the media on Monday, embracing what he referred to as a "bittersweet" feeling while discussing Senior Day on Saturday. Jordan Davis is not a mythical hero, but far from ancient Greece, in another Athens, he can become one. He played college football at Georgia, where he was a part of the team that won the 2022 College Football Playoff National Championship while being named the Chuck Bednarik Award and Outland Trophy winner as a senior in 2021. When I got to college, my main mission was to get to the NFL and graduate. In mid-September, however, Davis had put on some extra weight. Davis was projected as a high 2021 NFL draft pick, but he is returning to. Everybody, every fan in Dawg Nation wants us to win, but you just have to you know, he was right in saying that. Davis played an instrumental part in Georgias elite defense last season. ", "We had conviction and video footage of him running through bags and doing up-downs and bending, and I'm like, 'Man, people are missing out. Looking back, how different do you think the outcome of that Florida game would have been if youd been available and J.T. Davis and Douglas have grown since their days cracking shoulder pads along the fields at Mallard Creek. Allen just wanted him off the couch. But, yeah, I havent really done anything. I look at a lot of my game film my freshman year, sophomore year and I feel like I played too loose, Davis said. That Mallard Creek roster was littered with future Division I prospects was more a norm than once-in-a-generation luck. Dont ever doubt Jordan Davis. The legend of Georgia's Jordan Davis is growing, The Turnover Luck Index: Rating every 2022 team, from USC to Rutgers, Kiper's updated NFL mock draft: Who's moving up for a QB? 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Just excited to have everybody and get things running again. 2021: AP & Coaches All-SEC 1st Teamfinalist for the 2021 Bronko Nagurski Trophy and for the Lott IMPACT Trophyone of four permanent team captains, as voted by teammatesplayed in all 15 games, starting at DL in 14, and finished with 32 total tackles5.5 of those were for lost yardage, including 2.0 QB sacksnamed to the Mid-Season All-America Team by The Sporting Newsseason-high five stops in win at #18 Auburnhad three tackles, including a QB sack and another tackle for lost yardage in win over Clemsonalso added a QB pressurenamed one of three team captains for the South Carolina gameassisted on a QB sack vs. the Gamecocks that resulted in a safetyhad a 1-yard TD rush in the first quarter of win over CSUpre-season All-America 1st team pick by Phil Steele, 2nd team by Associated Press and Walter Campalso preseason All-SEC 1st team selection by the leagues 14 head coaches, Phil Steele and attendees at SEC Media Days. We had to show him how to put pads on, remembered Galloway, now the head coach at Garinger High School in Charlotte. First came a quarterback keeper toward the left side. I want to tighten up my technique and keep the power and strength that I also have naturally and push the pocket.. It gives us an opportunity to use our platform for profit, but in terms of me, I havent touched it. I only saw I lived at the dorm at the time, and I only saw two people over the course of quarantine since everybody got back. He remembers Davis more as a basketball player, who had no background in football. 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"But then it was time for us to get on the field, and he goes to a whole different mode. "But his mind just wasn't mature yet. Georgia's defense has been otherworldly thus far, allowing just four touchdowns in seven games. Jordan is the type of kid that if you doubt him, hes really going to turn it up on you. Palmieri laughed at how difficult it was early on in getting Davis into the weight room. He started in communications, switched to marketing, then landed on religion for a while, driven by his obsession with mythology. There was a camp at North Carolina the same weekend, and a host of college coaches would be on hand. DAVIS WAS AT an Atlanta Braves game a few weeks ago, and fans soon recognized him. In the office, head football coach Michael Palmieris wife, Katherine, caught a glimpse of Davis size and insisted he meet her husband. * 1.0 QB Sacks vs. five teams (recent: Clemson, 2021) Hes basically a larger version of the late Jerome Brown, an oversized guy with a room-capturing personality to match. This is the role Davis likes best -- the cheerleader, the mentor, the guy who reminds everyone that, no, this isn't work. He would cry he didnt want to lift. Context needs to be added to Georgia's Jordan Davis returning to Athens for a fourth season. "I was in such a rush to get on the field and just do something," Davis said. We worked him in slow, got him in the weight room and brought him along. He was named an All-American in 2020 and had an even bigger season in 2021. It kind of just clicked. "They'd bounce off, and he'd get called for a foul.". So the main focus is just playing football. What type of dedication did it take personally, I guess, for you to say, okay, Im going to go into the nutrition room as often as I do, Im going to achieve all these goals I have in order to get to the condition and the body weight that you thought was optimal? "I was in tears.". He has Georgia on the precipice of a College Football Playoff run, and he has perhaps the most cynical fan base in college sports believing that the football gods have at last delivered them a hero who will lead them to that mythical national championship. I have to switch that. 5 OT in N.C. He expected to play early, but instead he was struggling more than he ever had. Teams. We want to play. I want to make sure the defense is locked in and having fun. Both cracked half smiles as their respective white and red helmets rest at their feet. 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