Jarrad Davis

Enters his rookie season with the Lions after being selected in the first round (21stoverall) in the 2017 NFL Draft.

MANE FACTS

• Pronunciation: Jared

TRANSACTIONS

• Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the first round (21stoverall) of the 2017 NFL Draft.

PRO

2018: Posted his first-career 2.0 sack game and tied a team-high six tackles with two tackles for loss at the San Francisco 49ers on Sept. 16, 2018.

• Led the team in tackles (four) in their victory over the New England Patriots (9/23).
• Led the team with 11 tackles (nine solo) and one quarterback hit against the Cowboys in Week 4 (9/30), his second-highest tackle total of his career.
• Recorded eight tackles (five solo), one quarterback hit and a career-high two pass defenses against the Green Bay Packers (10/7).
• Led the team in tackles with seven (six solo) against the Miami Dolphins (10/21). Also notched a sack, which brings Davis to a career-high 3.0 sacks on the season.
• Tied with DB Quandre Diggs for a team-leading eight tackles against the Seahawks (10/28).
• Recorded six solo tackles and one tackle for loss against the Bears in Week 10 (11/11).
• Posted six solo tackles and 1.0 sack against the Panthers in Week 11 (11/18), extending his single-season high to 4.0 sacks on the year.
• Recorded three total tackles and one fumble recovery against the Bears on Thanksgiving Day (11/22), his first fumble recovery since his first-career NFL game in 2017. His fumble recovery returned for 21 yards marked the longest fumble recovery return by a Lions linebacker since 2003.
• Posted five total tackles and one quarterback hit against the Rams in Week 13 (12/2).
• Tallied eight total tackles (seven solo), 1.0 sack, two tackles for loss, one quarterback hit and one pass defense at Arizona (12/9/18). He and LB Devon Kennard became the first set of Lions linebackers to each record 5.0+ sacks in a season since Michael Cofer and Chris Spielman did so in the 1989 season. It was also his fourth game with six tackles and 1.0 sack. He joined Broderick Thomas (1994) as the only players in franchise history to record 75-plus tackles and 5.0-plus sacks through Week 14 of a single season.
• Notched nine tackles (six solo) and one tackle for loss against Buffalo in Week 15 (12/16). He totaled seven tackles in the first quarter, the most tackles a Lions player has had in the first quarter of a game since Ernie Sims had eight in 2006. This also marks the second-highest total by any player in the NFL this season. Davis also became the first Lions player in team history to record 85-plus tackles and 5.0-plus sacks by Week 15 of a single season.
• Produced five tackles (three solo) against the Vikings in Week 16 (12/22), marking his 12th game with at least five tackles in the 2018 season. His five tackles helped him reach 93 tackles on the season, marking his second-straight season with at least 90 tackles.
• Produced his fifth game of the 2018 season with six-plus tackles and 1.0 sack at Green Bay (12/30), where he finished with seven tackles (five solo), 1.0 sack, one quarterback hit, two tackles for loss and one pass defense. His 1.0 sack on the day extended his career-high to 6.0 on the season, while he and Devon Kennard became the first set of Lions linebackers to each produce 6.0-or-more sacks in a single season. This also marked the Lions' first shutout win since 1996.

2017: Recorded a team-high nine tackles and recovered a fumble in his rookie debut against Arizona in Week 1 (9/10). Became the first Lions rookie to record a team-high in tackles during the season-opener since Ernie Sims had 10 (tied team high) against Seattle September 10, 2006.

• Totaled six tackles, one quarterback hit, and first career sack in Week 2 at New York Giants (9/18).
• Inactive in Weeks 3 and 4.
• Recorded eight total tackles, two TFLs, and a pass defense in Week 5 against Carolina (10/8).
• Led the team with eight total tackles in Week 6 at New Orleans (10/15). Recorded one quarterback hit.
• Totaled two tackles in Week 8 against Pittsburgh (10/29).
• Led the team with eight total tackles in Week 9 at Green Bay (11/06).
• Totaled four tackles and a pass defense in Week 10 against Cleveland (11/12).
• Totaled four tackles in Week 11 at Chicago (11/19).
• Recorded seven tackles in Week 12 against Minnesota (11/23).
• Totaled eight tackles in Week 13 at Baltimore (12/3).
• Tied his single-game career-high with nine tackles in Week 14 at Tampa Bay (12/10). Also recorded one sack, two quarterback hits, and his first-career forced fumble.
• Recorded six total tackles in Week 15 against Chicago (12/16).
• Totaled five tackles and one tackle for loss in Week 16 at Cincinnati (12/24).
• Led the team with a career-high 12 total tackles in Week 17 against Green Bay (12/31) marking the first time he recorded 10+ tackles in a game. Davis also picked off a pass against the Packers, becoming the first Lions linebacker to record at least 1 Int, 1 FR and 1 FF in a season since LB Chris Claiborne in 2001 (2 Int, 1 FF, 1 FR). He is the first rookie to achieve this in a season since DT Ndamukong Suh in 2010 (1 Int, 1 FF, 1 FR).

COLLEGE

A two-year starter and key member of the Florida Gators linebacker corps, recorded 201 total tackles, 5.5 sacks, two forced fumbles and one interception in four seasons.

2016: Finished second on the team in total tackles for the second consecutive season despite missing four games due to injury. Started in nine games and recorded 60 tackles, six tackles for loss, two sacks and four pass defenses.

• One of five finalists for the Butkus Award, presented annually to the nation's top college linebacker.
• Earned Second Team All-SEC honors by the league's coaches.
• Named to the SEC Football Community Service Team.

2015: Played in 14 games (12 starts) and finished second on the team with 98 total tackles. Also posted the third-most tackles for loss (11) while adding 3.5 sacks, four pass defenses and one interception.

2014: Posted 23 total tackles on the season. Saw action in nine games with one start at linebacker before an injury forced him to miss the final three games of the season.

2013: Made an impact primarily on special teams as a true freshman. Appeared in all 12 games and started in one contest at linebacker.

• Named the team's Most Valuable Special Teams Player.
• Recorded a season-high seven tackles (six solo) in his first career start at linebacker against Georgia Southern.
• Named to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.

PERSONAL

Attended Camden County High School (Kingsland, Ga.).

• Helped Camden County to an 11-2 record and the quarterfinals of the Georgia Class 6A state playoffs during his senior season.
• Finished his final year of high school with a team-leading 114 tackles (69 solo), five tackles for loss and three forced fumbles.
• In 2011, finished the year with 61 tackles, 15 tackles for loss, two sacks and two forced fumbles.