The rookie Davis has a big smile, a soft heart, and a mother who's protective and has a strong bond with her 6-foot-6, 341-pound son.
Eagles introduce first-round draft pick Jordan Davis during a press conference at the Nova Care Center, Friday, April 29, 2022Jordan Davis’ mother said she plans on moving to Philadelphia to live with or near her son — a final decision has yet to be made about cohabitation, Shay Allen said — to help shield the good-natured Eagles top draft pick from exploitative outside forces.
“I want him to have a strong foundation where he is and get acclimated with the fans and the city and what he’s got to do,” Allen said after Davis’ introductory news conference at the NovaCare Complex. “Because that’s a lot for a 22-year-old.” What ultimately sealed the deal for the Eagles, though, was their observations of Davis during their visits to Athens and then their pre-draft meetings with the soft-spoken giant that revealed he was anything but a man-eater off the field.
Basketball was his primary activity, aside from playing video games, and football didn’t enter the picture until the summer before his sophomore year. Davis was always above-average size, but when the growth spurts kicked in, his mother couldn’t keep up with his expanding appetite. Davis said having a Mallard Creek alum like D.J. Humphries — now an offensive tackle with the Cardinals — recount his road to the NFL on return visits to the school made him believe that he, too, could take that path. There were other mentors and role models that helped him eventually secure scholarship offers and ultimately choose Georgia.“As I went along in college, it really clicked,” Davis said. “I was like, ‘I can go really far in this.
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