Agreed to terms with the New Orleans Saints, 4/27/25…A five-year letterman at Wake Forest who finished his college career ranked third in school history with 25.5 total sacks and second in career tackles-for-loss with 51.0. As a senior in 2024, started all ten games he played in and finished with 33 tackles (17 solo), club-best 11.5 stops for a loss, team-high 5.5 sacks, six quarterback hurries and one forced fumble. Credited for at least a partial sack in five games throughout the season…Recorded a season-high seven tackles against North Carolina, also recording 2.5 sacks and a career-high 3.5 stops for loss and a forced fumble…Started in all 12 games during the 2023 season for the Deacs and finished the season with 49 tackles, 25 solo tackles, team-high 17.0 tackles-for-loss, club-best 7.5 sacks, a team-high ten QB hurries, two pass breakups and one forced fumble. Ranked 32nd in nation and fifth in the ACC for sacks. Ninth in country and second in ACC for tackles-for-loss…Recorded a career-high in sacks (3.0) in the win against Old Dominion…Voted as an All-ACC Honorable Mention member by the coaches and media, when he saw action in all 13 games during the 2022 season, helping lead the team to its seventh consecutive bowl game and back-to-back bowl wins with a victory over Missouri in the Gasparilla Bowl. Finished the season with 33 tackles (18 solo) while also having a team-high 14.0 tackles for loss and a team-high 7.0 sacks to go along with a forced fumble and fumble recovery. Recording 14.0 tackles-for-loss were tied for fifth in the ACC, while Davis tied for seventh in sacks. Tallied at least 1.0 tackles-for-loss in the final eight regular season games. Over the final four games of regular season, collected 8.0 tackles for loss and 5.0 sacks…In ACC win over Syracuse, notched 3.0 stops-for-loss…Vs. nationally-ranked North Carolina, tallied two sacks…Earned second-team Freshman All-America by The Athletic in 2021, when he played in 13 games during the historic season that included ACC Atlantic and Gator Bowl titles...Finished with 34 tackles, 5.5 sacks, 8.5 stops for loss and a forced fumble...Set single-game highs with nine tackles, 1.5 sacks, and 2.5 stops for loss in first ever start vs. Old Dominion...Named Week One ACC Co-Rookie of the week...Played in two games as true freshman, racking up three tackles…Rated a four-star defensive end by 247Sports and the No. 13 WDE in nation coming out of Shiloh (Snellville, Ga.) HS, where he collected 159 career tackles...The no. 28 prospect in Georgia by 247Sports...2019 team captain and Defensive Player of the Year in Georgia Region 8-7A...Named first-team All-County, first-team All-Region as a senior and was twice named Gwinnett County Player of the Week…Finished with 86 tackles, 11 sacks and two touchdowns. One of the TDs was a fumble recovery in the end zone against Wheeler. Recorded 12 tackles, three sacks and one fumble recovery for a TD in a win over Lithonia. Named the defensive player of the game against Grayson with nine tackles and one forced fumble…In 2018, had 63 tackles and six sacks with one TD...Played in the Rising Seniors Bowl...Second-team All-Gwinnett County selection In 2017, when he had 43 tackles…Member of the A/B Honor Roll...Goes by nickname J.D…Graduated with a bachelor's degree, major in communications and minor in entrepreneurship…Born Dec. 18, 2001 in Atlanta, Ga.
