Allen and the Douglas family have remained close since Eric and Jordans time at Mallard Creek. JORDAN DAVIS: I definitely think the key to a successful team is a cohesive team. GROWING UP, Jordan Davis was obsessed with mythology. 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. Noteworthy: The 6-foot-1 senior guard finished with a game-high 23 points and seven rebounds to lead Long Beach . I always love the opportunity to play in Jacksonville, definitely missed it, but we can only focus on whats going on to the next season. When you have no off-season, it really burns you out. He transferred as a sophomore in hopes of better academic opportunities, and when he registered for classes, the registrar quickly noted his size. He would cry he didnt want to lift. There's serious Heisman buzz for Davis now, too -- not because of the numbers on his stat sheet, which are pedestrian, but from the sheer spectacle of his play. The season opened with a game against Clemson, a top-five matchup between two powers, played in Charlotte. The Georgia Bulldogs have offered a scholarship to standout LB Carter Jones. "Jordan has the ability to be a three-down player, but his true value really comes in helping us win first down and maximize second-and-long," Scott said. But Jordan did not start until his senior year, because he had so much talent in front of him. Can a guy who plays less than half the time really be the best player in college football? It's fun. That Davis has arrived at this moment is still a surprise, even to him. He pushes me to be better than who I am. Davis appeared in every game throughout 2019 and started eight contests. Theyre usually the fastest, most athletic prospects in the country and potential game-changers for programs. In the office, head football coach Michael Palmieris wife, Katherine, caught a glimpse of Davis size and insisted he meet her husband. JORDAN DAVIS: I cant really say for sure. 2023 WWB Holdings, LLC. Hes also a kid that I could kick back and have fun with. Still, he loved it. @Queen_City_News pic.twitter.com/G4SLEy2wjP, Gabe McDonald (@GabeMcDonald_) July 18, 2022. In mid-September, however, Davis had put on some extra weight. No defensive player of any position has finished in the top three in voting since Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o in 2012. "I was in such a rush to get on the field and just do something," Davis said. 2018:Football Writers Assn. Joseph Santoliquito In high school, he hid in bathroom stalls to avoid weightlifting, and at Georgia, he considered abandoning football amid early struggles. A year later, Davis started eight games and became a fixture on the D-line. He went to Georgia. So the main focus is just playing football. Q. Basketball was his first love Growing up, Davis wasn't really interested in football because basketball was his. Just doing the right things. That was definitely a big miss, and we missed a pretty good chunk of the summer, but just getting back, that was the more important thing because my home is in Athens. It gives us an opportunity to use our platform for profit, but in terms of me, I havent touched it. As Davis got older, Galloway would joke with him that he made one play the summer of his sophomore year and didnt make another until he was a senior. Come on.'". The school has only been in existence for 14 years, but has won three state titles during that span. He could fetch water, serve as the equipment manager, "put Band-Aids on knees, if he had to." He can do it. Q. His highlight plays have gone viral, the mammoth defender bull rushing three O-linemen at once. JORDAN DAVIS: Going through that process, I had to do a lot of thinking, but it was a relatively easy decision. going to bring to that position this year? It took all three of them to slow his path. I want to make sure the defense is locked in and having fun. It just gives me a grateful feeling. "That's one of the most impressive plays I've ever seen," said South Carolina coach Shane Beamer, who went viral himself when he was asked why his team struggled against Georgia's defensive front. Davis was always large for his age. 5. Coach, run it to my damn side, Douglas echoed. 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. I definitely think that it does have some influence, but I feel like our culture in Georgia is we want to keep the main thing. "As big as he is and moving the way he does, it's hard to believe until you're out there with him seeing it every day.". Davis even helped Georgia recruit another defensive tackle from North Carolina before his rookie season with the Eagles. They scolded, and Davis sulked. 3 Paul VI 63 Jordan Divens 2 min read It wasn't until late in his senior season that the coaching staff moved him to defense full time. Related: Dan Lanning offers high praise for Jordan Davis. Davis' commitment did not have much fanfare. If Davis were to script his mythology, the journey ends with a national championship, a gift to the Dawgs faithful who've suffered through four decades of frustration, hoping that one day a hero would arrive and deliver them to the promised land. He would show flashes here and there, but he had no further vision of where football could take him. We wanted to put an emphasis on getting vaccinated. I definitely think its a real big impact this off-season because I feel myself more energy, being able to sustain more. Davis' junior season was more glimpses of potential than true progress. JORDAN DAVIS: The game at all didnt factor in my decision coming back. This story was originally published September 17, 2021, 5:00 AM. St. John's (29-2) was paced by a balanced effort in the win as Davis finished with a team-high 21 points, seven rebounds and three assists, while top 50 junior Donnie Freeman finished with 16 . 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. Hes basically a larger version of the late Jerome Brown, an oversized guy with a room-capturing personality to match. Jordan Davis, Georgia. [3][4][5] As a sophomore, he had 18 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks. He has become a salesman for Madaleno's program. Im a snacker. Just excited to have everybody and get things running again. She just so happened to be married to Mallard Creek's football coach, Mike Palmieri. Journey of a lifetime. He was a nose tackle on the court. ("He's got moves for a big man," Barnett said. "I offered him. Davis said. They say if you do what you love, then you never work a day in your life. Hell technically be a junior for the 2021 season. IT WAS JUNE 2016, and Davis had just one season of JV football under his belt at Mallard Creek. Ill ask him to make an opening comment about the season, and then well take your questions. Schumann returning to Georgia, FSU AD: Lagging ACC revenue 'has to change', Harbaugh: Corum to miss spring to rehab knee, The new law changing service academy football, and the coaches pushing back, Realignment chatter: How the Pac-12 holds the key to it all, Connelly on transfer trends: What last season can teach us about 2023, College football's assistants and coordinators to watch in 2023. DAVIS WAS AT an Atlanta Braves game a few weeks ago, and fans soon recognized him. Hes a five-time Associated Press Sports Editors award honoree and has earned recognition from the Mississippi Press Association and the National Sports Media Association. I saw him chasing people down from behind at Georgia. Listing for: Bildungszentrum Hermann Hesse. Davis wasn't interested. Palmieri, however, had other plans for that weekend. Allen just wanted him off the couch. They snapped the ball and before T.J. could get out of his stance, Jordan swam him so fast and hit the running back in the backfield. 424 prospect in the 2018 recruiting class. "I was like, 'Man, I can't do this anymore.'". 1, LSU safety with Georgia ties enters transfer portal, A look at Georgia football's receivers for the 2023 season, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Davis was hardly the star of the camp. 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So I want to be an inspiration for the kids not only at my high school, but the high schools around the Charlotte area. Davis is now a hulking 6-foot-6, 340 pounds. Dies geschieht in Ihren Datenschutzeinstellungen. Reese thinks back to a 2015 semifinal game at East Forsyth High School during Douglas junior year. I said, Hey guy, when we transfer to Mallard Creek, I dont know what youre going to do, but youre going to need to get out of this house while Im at work, Allen recalled jokingly. Coach Palmieri put Jordan in on the defensive line in the North Mecklenburg game. His favorite stories were the Percy Jackson novels, about a boy who discovers he's part god then goes on mystical quests, saving cursed lands and defeating ferocious beasts, ultimately restoring honor to a community that had long been condemned to a life as outcasts. It doesnt matter really who were playing, it just matters what we do. Q.Ill follow up on the whole nutrition thing with Collier and all that. JORDAN DAVIS: Honestly, Ive been working with Collier (Perno), our nutritionist, and we havent even been talking about weight, weve been talking about body fat content, or BMI, BMI index. Jordans personality started to come out and he began building confidence. This guy is a really good player,''' Smart said. Hes definitely well acclimated to the culture. So Ill go in the kitchen and grab Swedish Fish, some Nerds Ropes. We wanted to make it a choice for others. 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. Coach Smart, I crack jokes with him. But that wouldn't capture Davis' real story. So, it's a crazy experience. But they also put their arms around him and reminded him he belonged, even if he never made a play on the field. Now, he was joking during practice, dancing in the locker room. I thought I'd be an under-the-radar player. Davis who wasnt made available for this story is next in line of those dominant prep stars as a projected first-round pick in next springs NFL draft. Personal: Full name: JORDAN X. DAVISmajor: Religionrecipient of the Roger F. and Michael A. Kahn Football Scholarship. He wouldnt say anything to you, though I remember Jordan in his sophomore year seeing the potential he had. NFL draft questions for teams in the top 10: Will the Colts trade up? A lot of dedication. Fast forward. But there is one obvious blemish on Davis' Heisman rsum. "They have 100 five-stars," he quipped, "and a defensive lineman who weighs 340 pounds and runs better than everybody on this call.". The main thing is something that we always go back to, and its more than NIL. Im all for it. 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. And just like driving around in Athens, it seemed like a ghost town. He had a sack against Hough and began doing a dance, and you see how happy Jordan was. Leaving him and leaving his team was going to be hard for me. The junior defensive tackle has never shied away from his weight issue and has now turned it into a motivating factor. Listed on 2023-02-20. Even then, as a. "I hadn't seen a big kid like him have the ability to go over bags, move and bend like that," Scott said. And so it makes sense to assign some supernatural explanation for Davis' performance. A post shared by Jordan Davis (99) (@jordandavis.99). 16 defensive tackle in the class of 2018, as well as the No. Smith followed with a speed option to the same side. Galloway was sitting on his living room sofa. 1. Davis is her prized pupil. "They'd bounce off, and he'd get called for a foul.". JORDAN DAVIS: Its great to have D.K. July 23, 2021 HOOVER, Ala. -- He drove by Bank of America Stadium almost every day back in high school. Jordans senior year is when he took off. When I first started playing football in high school, my main mission was to get to college. Eric was like a matador, Eric Sr. said. Im banging on the stall, yelling at him, Get out of there Jordan, come on lets go! Its nice to see Jordan come from that, a caring, great young man, and ferocious on the field, evolve from someone who really didnt want to play football to what he is today.. My main focus is just playing because you cant get an NIL deal if youre not good at football. Allen assured Jordan would play football that fall. When he began buying in, he really took off. Per Schefter,. Flying off the line as a whistle sounded, Davis threw a swim move and slipped past Gibson. Davis had played basketball at Hopewell High School, before Allen took him and transferred him into Mallard Creek, a 4AA North Carolina state powerhouse, where he was introduced to head football coach Mike Palmieri and defensive line coach Galloway. Georgia Bulldogs defensive lineman Jordan Davis is returning to the University of Georgia for another season. But, yeah, I havent really done anything. Compounding Davis inexperience was a talent-laden Mallard Creek program that produced Arizona Cardinals tackle D. J. Humphries and Cincinnati Bengals tight end Thaddeus Moss. He played basketball at Hopewell High School before transferring to Mallard Creek High School as a junior, where he began to play football. Charlene had second-graders at the time. The contract included a $9.55 million signing bonus. Baseball. He stuck with it through camp and into the school year, but still, he was miserable. He wanted to go to college, but he knew his mom couldn't afford it without assistance. "I was working two jobs," Allen said, "and he was eating me out of house and home.". I told Charlene, Dont make me go out on that field because (Eric) hurt my baby, Allen said laughing. That night, Allen informed her son he was going to football practice the next day. That's the thing about the hero's journey. DawgNation Daily simply doesnt see another Jordan Davis at defensive line on the Georgia roster. He begged teachers to let him sit in on tutoring sessions and, when that failed, hid in bathroom stalls, sometimes for up to an hour before coaches eventually found him. Adding to his clandestine quest was the problem of the bathroom being about 70 yards down from where the Mallard Creek weight room was. Jordan X. Davis (born January 12, 2000) is an American football defensive tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). Saturday should be the final edition of the annual meeting between high school teammates as Douglas already graduated and Davis is all but certainly headed to the NFL this spring. Just going in the offseason, having a big game like that, does it give you extra motivation going into the season? And there was his dog, a pit-terrier mix named Izzy he had adopted, and she had torn up the couch. "People always say, 'Why doesn't J.D. Palmieri was on the rooftop of a local corner bar on Thursday night for the first round of the draft. 2020:Second-team All-America selection by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA)started at nose tackle in seven of 10 contests and finished with 16 total stopscredited with four tackles and a QB pressure in victory over Auburnthree solo tackles in Peach Bowl win over Cincinnati included a QB sack for -3 yardsalso deflected a second-quarter Bearcat field goalhad two solo stops in win over Tennesseehad one assisted tackle in season-opening win at Arkansasfour assisted tackles vs. Alabamamissedthree games (UF, MSU, USC) because of injurynamed to Pre-season All-SEC First Team, as chosen by media members covering the leaguenamed one of three team captains for the Tennesseegame. Jordan Davis, left, and Eric Douglas played prep football together at Mallard Creek High School before their careers at South Carolina and Georgia, respectively. He's nicknamed "Godzilla," and his coach, Kirby Smart, doesn't disagree. Asked during SEC Media Days in June whether there were any offensive lineman hed be wary of during the upcoming season, Davis dug back into the yearbook. At one point, Davis pinches both ends of a strip steak and gently places it onto a sizzling skillet, "like you're laying a baby to sleep," he narrates. Mallard Creek was headed toward its third consecutive state title. Defensive tackle Jordan Davis, who was selected No. Douglas, by contrast, played football his entire life. It never worked. We just had to attack him, man, Douglas told The State through a laugh. 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. Jordan can be a pass rusher. I never even thought I'd get recognized. Definitely missed it in the previous season with COVID and everything. Jordan Davis objective was simple: Get to the bag. In high school, he hid in bathroom stalls to avoid weightlifting, and at Georgia, he considered abandoning football amid early struggles. Now, he's thinking of switching back to communications. Mallard Creek had a genuine prospect. They went grocery shopping, Madaleno teaching Davis how to pick out healthier options to have at his house. So I definitely think that we have that decision to do that. Just having that connection is nice. Dominic Lovett has the ability to contribute right away Copyright University of Georgia Wire 2023. Only one problem remained: Davis still believed he was a basketball player. Honestly, the only person Im looking forward to playing is my old high school teammate Eric Douglas, he said. His first game on the defensive line came for the JV team, and Palmieri remembers the opposing center was so rattled by Davis' size, he snapped the ball over the QB's head nearly a dozen times. The fact that Quavo was talking about NIL just shows you how tremendous this thing is and how easy it is to get deterred from the main goal. I want to be not only healthy for football, I want to be healthy for life. He devoured books about ancient Greece and studied the Egyptians. Im confused by it, honestly. I don't know. He ended up a three-star recruit, and the coach who had first offered him a scholarship was his best option. Q.Kirby said that with the name, image, and likeness stuff, he got a text from Quavo saying dont be thirsty. I go into football, and I have fun every day. He began to look forward to workout sessions. He dazzled at the NFL Combine, when he ran an incredible 4.78-seconds in the 40-yard dash weighing 341 pounds. "My job isn't to play third down. Q.I know Mallard Creek is a pretty big school there football-wise. Davis took cooking classes. But the next day, Davis returned. Palmieri said nearly two years passed at Mallard Creek before he heard Davis say much of anything off the football field. 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. "And then he got here and was a little bit out of shape and struggling.". Please check your email for a confirmation. He still downloads TED Talks on everything from ancient civilizations to modern religion. It's just that Davis never figured he was the hero in this story. Men's Sports. Job specializations: Sales. The Eagles picked two Georgia Bulldogs in Jordan Davis and linebacker Nakobe Dean. Whats an optimum weight you like to play at, and what are some of the personal goals you have for yourself this season? Jordan has a personality to deal with things when times get tough. Jordan Davis was a celebrity. He was frustrated. New High School jobs added daily. Each member of Mallard Creeks coaching staff has vivid memories of Douglas and Davis. Davis arrived on campus at close to 380 pounds. Here are three things to know about Georgia defensive tackle Jordan Davis. "That was my Super Bowl," Davis said. You being from Charlotte, how much did that first game of this coming season factor into your decision to come back, and how much are you sort of looking forward to playing Clemson in that first game? Davis played AAU ball, and his mother, Shay Allen, would sit in the stands and hear the other parents speculate. Eric and those guys fed off of that.. And what kind of advice do you think is important to keep in mind throughout this process? * 3 QB pressures vs. four teams (recent: Michigan, 2021). That was the turning point for Davis. In 2020, Davis emerged as a force in the middle of Georgia's defensive front, and the unit blossomed into one of the most ferocious in the country. Still, he loved playing, and he had signed up for an AAU camp in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. "But his mind just wasn't mature yet. Even if he comes off as a reluctant hero, this might have always been his destiny. It was just hard. Even now, playing in the SEC, surrounded by world-class athletes, Davis stands out. Next was future South Carolina center Eric Douglas, now in his fifth year in Columbia and an anchor on the Gamecocks offensive line. It's a winding path, filled with obstacles big and small. So how does Davis improve from last season, where he was a lynchpin for one of the top defenses in the country? Davis was always a quiet kid. Everybody was just inside. What were some of those things that you considered? Florida is always an exciting time, especially playing in the Jacksonville stadium at neutral ground. The final line of defense was T.J. Moore, whod spend three years at Florida before transferring to Charlotte this past offseason. Davis was always different, bigger and stronger and somehow still faster than nearly everyone his age. Looking back, how different do you think the outcome of that Florida game would have been if youd been available and J.T. Jordan Davis wasn't always the big kid in school, but then he hit his growth spirt and sixth grade and rose to 6-foot-2 or 6-foot-3 by the time he reached high school. Weeks passed. Davis fouled out most games. I have to really sit back and be like, you know, Im really grateful for this opportunity and Im really grateful that things are getting back to normal because were able to have a normal season. play third down?'" He told Allen the team had breakfast and lunch provided by the school, which served as a good sales pitch. Shon Galloways eyes would invariably narrow. Jordan Davis has had a special year. 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