DJ Davidson

Originally a 5th-round (147th pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2022.

TRANSACTIONS:

• Originally a 5th-round (147th pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2022.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

• Davidson played in 37 games with 28 starts in 4 seasons at Arizona State…Recorded 137 tackles (62 solo), 16.0 tackles for loss, 5.0 sacks, one fumble recovery and 6 passes defensed.
• In 2021, was one of 2 Sun Devil defenders to start all 12 games…Selected 2nd-team All-Pac 12 after finishing 5th on the team with career-high totals of 57 tackles (5th on the team, including 21 solo) and 16.0 tackles for loss…Also had a half-sack, one fumble recovery and 4 passes defensed…Named the Curley Culp outstanding defensive linemen…Collected a season-high 7 tackles (3 solo) vs. Washington and Oregon State…Had a season-best 1.5 tackles for loss vs. USC…Contributed a half-sack vs. BYU…Recovered a fumble vs. Southern Utah.
• In 2020, started all 4 games in a Sun Devils season that was shortened by the pandemic…Recorded 19 tackles (9 solo)…Had 1.5 stops for loss and 1.0 sack, both vs.  UCLA…Notched 7 tackles (2 solo) vs. Arizona.
• In 2019, played in 13 games with 12 starts at nose tackle…Collected 51 tackles (26 solo), and 4.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks and one pass defensed…Had 2.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks vs. Sacramento State…Recorded a career-high 7 tackles while adding a tackle for loss in back-to-back weeks on the road against Utah and UCLA…Made at least one tackle in all 13 games, finishing with 4 or more in 8 games.
• As a redshirt freshman in 2018, played in 8 games and tallied 10 tackles (6 solo), 3.5 stops for loss, 2.0 sacks and one pass defensed…Produced 10 tackles (6 solo), 2 for loss and 2.0 sacks in his collegiate debut vs. UTSA…Tied his season high with 4 tackles, one for a loss, vs. Stanford…Missed 5 games with an ankle injury.
• Redshirted in 2017.

PERSONAL:

• First name is DeVonta…Married to Alexis…Graduated with a degree in criminal justice in May 2021…Played in the 2022 East-West Shrine Bowl…Played at Desert Ridge High School in Mesa, Ariz., where he was a 2015 first-team all-state selection by the Arizona Republic after anchoring one of the state's strongest defenses…As a senior, played in 13 games and led his team to the state championship game by recording 67 tackles, 19.5 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks, 4 forced fumbles, and 2 fumble recoveries, including one returned 33 yards for a touchdown vs. Chandler High School…As a junior, finished with 57 tackles, 4.0 sacks and 2 forced fumbles…Also lettered in basketball and wrestling.