LOOK: Micah Parsons gives major praise to Georgia DL Jordan Davis after NFL combine performance
Jordan Davis is a massive physical specimen at 6-foot-6, 341 pounds and played a major role in helping the Georgia Bulldogs historically great defense win his team a national title in January.
On Saturday, the Georgia big man caught the social media world — and everyone in attendance — on fire after posting a ridiculous 4.82 seconds in the 40-yard dash.
Dallas Cowboys superstar Micah Parsons, who was the unanimous selection for Rookie Defensive Player of the Year wasted no time in chiming in after seeing the Bulldogs big man’s eye-popping performance.
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While Davis is expected to be a hot commodity for a team looking for a physical presence who can anchor a defensive line, the former Georgia star has made it clear he’s ready to take his game to the next level and Saturday’s NFL Combine performance stunned everyone watching.
“Everyone knows I’m a run stopper but I’ve been working hard on my rush” NFL.com’s broadcast team said after talking with Jordan Davis.
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Daniel Jeremiah, who is touted as one of the top talent evaluators and is on hand with the NFL.com crew said “I just got a text from a general manager that said ‘wow with three exclamation points about Jordan Davis.”
In his official draft analysis, it’s clear the narrative around Davis entering the draft was focused on his ability to stuff the run.
Here’s what NFL draft analyst Lance Zuerlein said about Jordan Davis as a NFL prospect:
“Beefy, mountainous nose tackle with the size, power and will to clog the drain and alter the offense’s desire to run between the tackles. Davis has anchor and quick-shed talent to eviscerate single blocks and successfully occupy double teams, allowing linebackers to thrive in pursuit of ball-carriers. He plays upright, lacking agility and reactive quickness to mark up a stat sheet with any consistency, but that’s not what he’s asked to do.”
The final line from Zuerlein is telling and exactly what the Bulldogs’ big man is attempting to defy.
“Davis won’t be as effective against outside-zone teams and won’t offer much rush, but he could become one of the league’s best run-pluggers as soon as he takes the field.”
Jordan Davis racked up the hardware this season
Jordan Davis was the 2021 winner of the Outland Trophy, given annually to college football’s top interior lineman, and the Chuck Bednarik Award, given annually to college football’s best defensive player. He was also a consensus first-team All American and a unanimous All-SEC selection. The Georgia defensive linemen was also a finalist for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy and for the Lott IMPACT Trophy.