Jordan Davis

Four-year arc in Philly: from 11-game rookie role to a full 18-game workhorse with 36 tackles in 2025.

The 13th overall pick in 2022 has grown into the role year by year. 2025 is the breakout: his 36 solo tackles doubled his 2024 single-season high of 18, and he posted career highs in every defensive category — TFL (10), sacks (4.5), QB hits (6), and pass defenses (6).

Why it matters. Steady improvement capped by a 2025 breakout shows Davis evolved from a rotational piece into the Eagles' full-time interior anchor — the foundation for a dominant front.

10 TFLs in 2025 — most by any Eagles true nose tackle in this decade.

Hitting 10 tackles for loss as a true 0/1-technique is the kind of number usually reserved for 3-techs and edge players. Davis combined it with 4.5 sacks and 6 QB hits, giving him a 15.5-pressure season out of the heaviest spot on the line.

For context: his 2022 rookie year produced zero sacks and one TFL. By 2025 his single-season sack total (4.5) was 50% higher than his previous career best (3.0 in 2024), while his TFL count jumped from 5 to 10.

Why it matters. Double-digit TFLs from the nose tackle spot confirm Davis isn't just a two-gap space-eater absorbing blocks — he's disrupting plays behind the line, which is rare for players at 340 pounds.

Pass defenses jumped from 1 → 1 → 3 → 6 — the affect-the-throw stat that doesn't usually show up for nose tackles.

Six batted/disrupted passes in 2025 is more than he had in his first three seasons combined (5). Pair that with 6 QB hits and you have a nose tackle who is now affecting the throw on a real share of pass downs — not just absorbing double teams.

Why it matters. A nose tackle affecting six throws in 2025 means offenses can't simply ignore him in pass protection — that changes run-pass planning against the Eagles front.

76 combined tackles in 2025 — more than any other DL from the 2022 NFL Draft class, including Hutchinson (53) and Karlaftis (46).

Davis's 76 combined tackles (solo + assisted) in 2025 lead every player from the loaded 2022 DL draft class — more than Aidan Hutchinson (53), the DPOY candidate who plays pass rush. The comparison flips the script: the nose tackle who absorbs double teams every play is touching the ball more than the stars of his draft class.

The reason is Davis's position: a true 0/1-technique has every run play flow through him. His 40 assisted tackles in 2025 alone (more than most DTs have combined) are the invisible stat that makes the whole Eagles front work.

Why it matters. The nose tackle doesn't chase sacks — he clogs the middle so everyone else can. Davis leading his entire draft class in ball involvement proves that unglamorous statistic is, in fact, the most valuable one.

Davis led the entire Eagles DL in combined tackles in 2025 (76) — nearly double the next player's total (Ojomo, 40).

Every player on the Eagles' 2025 defensive front had a specific role. Carter (13 QB hits) and Williams (6.5 sacks, 13 QB hits) are the pass rushers. Ojomo is the versatile disruptor. Davis is the engine: his 76 combined tackles — nearly double the next man's 40 — are what let everyone else operate freely.

The Eagles were among the league's top run defenses in 2025. Davis's nose tackle dominance is the structural reason why.

Why it matters. Interior defensive line is the only position where tackle volume IS the stat — it proves how many run plays had to go through one player. Davis's 76 is the clearest measure of why this Eagles front is built differently.

4.2 combined tackles per game in 2025 — up from 1.8/game in 2024. A 133% surge in run-stop involvement.

The jump from 1.8 combined tackles/game in 2024 to 4.2 in 2025 is not gradual development — it's a gear shift. His 2024 dip made the 2025 surge look even more dramatic: Davis went from the quietest year of his career to the loudest in a single offseason.

The 76 combined tackles in 2025 include 40 assisted tackles — the hidden stat for a nose tackle doing his job correctly. Assisted tackles are how you measure a player who forces blockers off their assignments so teammates can clean up. Davis's 40 assists in 2025 alone exceeded his previous career single-season best.

Why it matters. A 133% spike in tackle-involvement rate from one season to the next — at a nose tackle position — signals a player who fundamentally changed how they're being used and what they're capable of.