DJ Davidson

Experience: 4 years

Height: 6-5

Age: 25

Weight: 320 lbs

College: Arizona State

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YEAR	TEAM	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	PDEF	INT	TDS	YDS	AVG	LNG
2025	New York Giants	12	7	5	2	0	1
2024	New York Giants	12	20	9	11	2	0
2023	New York Giants	15	10	3	7	0.5	2
2022	New York Giants	5	3	1	2	0	0
TOTAL		44	40	18	22	2.5	3	0	0	0	0	0

YEAR	TEAM	G	FUM	LOST	OWN FR	OPP FR	TD
2025	New York Giants	12
2024	New York Giants	12	0	0		2	0
2023	New York Giants	15
2022	New York Giants	5
TOTAL		44	0	0	0	2	0

Biography

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

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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

In his first 2 NFL seasons, Davidson played in 20 games with 2 starts…Totals include 17 tackles (8 solo), a half-sack, 2 passes defensed, one quarterback hit, and one tackle for loss.
In 2023, played in 15 games with 2 starts…Inactive vs. Dallas (9/10) and at Buffalo (10/15)…Contributed 13 tackles (6 solo), a half-sack, 2 passes defensed, one quarterback hit, and one tackle for loss…Split a 6-yard sack with Leonard Williams, the first of his career, at San Francisco (9/21)…Had 2 solo tackles at Dallas (11/12)…Made his first career start and had 2 tackles (one solo) vs. New England (11/26)…Started at Philadelphia (12/25) and made one unassisted tackle.
As a rookie in 2022, played in the first 5 games of the season for the Giants and made 4 tackles (2 solo)…Contributed 2 tackles (one solo) in his NFL debut at Tennessee (9/11)…Made one tackle vs. Carolina (9/18) and one solo stop vs. Chicago (10/2)...Tore his ACL at Green Bay (10/9) and was placed on season-ending injured reserve on Oct. 11.

COLLEGE:

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…Named the Curley Culp outstanding defensive linemen…In 2020, started all 4 games in a Sun Devils season that was shortened by the pandemic…Recorded 19 tackles (9 solo)…In 2019, played in 13 games with 12 starts at nose tackle…Collected 51 tackles (26 solo), 4.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks and one pass defensed…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…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.

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