Jordan Davis modeled his game after John Henderson. Now he’s a Jaguar.
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Jessie Bates, Davon Godchaux, and Jordan Davis are Jaguars.
The future is looking bright.
But let’s take a look in the rearview mirror for a moment and go back to the 2022 NFL Combine.
A 22-year-old Davis was coming off a unanimous All-American, national championship season at Georgia (while playing next to Travon Walker). He was a month away from becoming the 13th overall pick of the 2022 NFL Draft.
When a reporter asked him which NFL players he modeled his game after, Davis chose a name familiar to every football fan in Duval County.
YES!
— Sam Monson (@SamMonsonNFL) March 4, 2022
Jordan Davis brings up John Henderson as a guy he models his game on.
@PFF_Steve , ADJUST THE RANKINGS! pic.twitter.com/IansQnmUHF
“One person that I really honed in [on] was John Henderson, from the Jacksonville Jaguars,” Davis said.
“Very old name, and not a lot of kids say that nowadays, but he’s just one of those guys when I first started watching football that I was drawn to. He’s one of those guys that I studied. We’re compatible in stature and size.
“In my eyes, he’s one of the greats.”
Davis is uniquely built, even for an NFL defensive lineman. He measured in at 6’ 6” (98th percentile among DTs according to MockDraftable) and 341 pounds (96th percentile) at the combine. Other humans have that frame; very few have the explosiveness to match it. Davis also clocked a 4.78-second 40-yard dash (97th percentile) and a 123” broad jump (99th percentile).
For comparison, Henderson stood at 6’ 7” (98th percentile) and recorded a 4.87-second 40-yard dash (90th percentile).
Using PCA to find play comps for some of the combine standouts. Jordan Davis is definitely an outlier, and the top two comps are Ra'Shede Hageman and John Henderson pic.twitter.com/ulwopL1WCB
— Pavel Vab (@Pavel_Vab) March 6, 2022
Through the first four and a half seasons of his pro career, Davis hasn’t panned out to be a Henderson clone. He’s collected 9.5 sacks and 86 solo tackles in 73 career games. Meanwhile, Henderson had 22 sacks and 245 solo tackles in his first 80 career games.
Unfortunately, Henderson played long enough ago that I can’t use any advanced statistics to tell you why Big Jordan could still be the modern version of Big John. But the comparison won’t end any time soon. Davis will be expected to help deliver the ring that long evaded Henderson, Marcus Stroud, DaVon Hamilton, and other DT franchise legends.
Jacksonville has always been known for its standout running backs. Now that Davis is here, the defensive tackle position could be the bigger reason that the Jaguars are celebrated.