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| Position: | Defensive end | ||||||||
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| Born: | March 1, 1994 Chattanooga, Tennessee | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 280 lb (127 kg) | ||||||||
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Red Bank ( Red Bank, Tennessee) | ||||||||
| College: | Chattanooga | ||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2017 | ||||||||
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Keionta Leron Davis (born March 1, 1994) is a former American football defensive end. He played college football at Chattanooga.
College career
Accumulating 10.5 sacks, 44 tackles, 10 pass breakups, and a blocked field goal in his senior season ( 2016) for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Mocs football team, Davis was named Defensive Player of the Year of the Southern Conference by the league's coaches. Davis graduated with a degree in business. [1]
Professional career
After a stellar four-year career at Chattanooga and considered to be one of the top FCS prospects in the country, Davis was originally forecasted to be picked in the mid-rounds of the 2017 NFL Draft, however he was diagnosed with a bulging disc at the NFL Combine, causing him to go undrafted. [2]
New England Patriots
Davis signed as an undrafted free agent with the New England Patriots on August 11, 2017. [3] He was placed on the team's injured reserve on September 2, ending his season. [4]
Davis impressed in his second training camp and preseason with the Patriots, earning him a spot on the team's 53-man roster. [5] In 2018, the Patriots made it back to the Super Bowl and defeated the Los Angeles Rams 13–3 in Super Bowl LIII. [6] [7]
Davis was waived/injured on August 25, 2019. He reverted to injured reserve the next day. [8]
Davis re-signed with the Patriots on a one-year contract on March 17, 2020. [9]
On April 26, 2020, the Patriots waived Davis. [10]
References
- ^ "Keionta Davis profile". Chattanooga Mocs football. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
- ^ "Keionta Davis, healthy again, is seeing his hard work pay off with playing time". The Boston Globe. August 21, 2018. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
- ^ "Patriots' Keionta Davis:Signs with New England". CBSsports.com. August 13, 2017. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
- ^ "2017 NFL roster cuts: Patriots place rookies Antonio Garcia, two more players on non-football reserve lists". PatsPulpit.com. September 2, 2017. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
- ^ "2018 Patriots roster cuts: New England keeps Keionta Davis and Ted Karras on its 53-man roster". PatsPulpit.com. September 1, 2018. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
- ^ "Keionta Davis: "That's my hometown, That's my City" repping Chattanooga ahead of SBLLLL". February 4, 2019.
- ^ Shpigel, Ben (February 4, 2019). "Patriots Win in Lowest-Scoring Super Bowl Ever". The New York Times. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
- ^ Buchmasser, Bernd (August 26, 2019). "Maurice Harris and Keionta Davis clear waivers, revert to the Patriots' injured reserve list". PatsPulpit.com. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
- ^ "Patriots' Keionta Davis: Re-signs with Patriots". CBSSports.com. March 17, 2020. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
- ^ "Patriots release DL Keionta Davis and DB Obi Melifonwu". Patriots.com. April 27, 2020.
External links
- Chattanooga Mocs bio
- New England Patriots bio Archived June 6, 2019, at the Wayback Machine