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| Position | Defensive end | ||||||||||
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| Born | (1994-03-01)March 1, 1994 (age 31) Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||
| Listed weight | 280 lb (127 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school | Red Bank(Red Bank, Tennessee) | ||||||||||
| College | Chattanooga | ||||||||||
| NFL draft | 2017: undrafted | ||||||||||
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Keionta Leron Davis (born March 1, 1994) is an American former professionalfootball player who was adefensive end for theNew England Patriots of theNational Football League (NFL). He playedcollege football for theChattanooga Mocs.
Accumulating 10.5 sacks, 44 tackles, 10 pass breakups, and a blocked field goal in his senior season (2016) for theUniversity of Tennessee at ChattanoogaMocs football team, Davis was named Defensive Player of the Year of theSouthern Conference by the league's coaches. Davis graduated with a degree in business.[1]
After a stellar four-year career at Chattanooga and considered to be one of the topFCS prospects in the country, Davis was originally forecasted to be picked in the mid-rounds of the2017 NFL draft, however he was diagnosed with abulging disc at theNFL Combine, causing him to go undrafted.[2]
Davis signed as an undrafted free agent with theNew 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 theLos Angeles Rams 13–3 inSuper Bowl LIII.[6][7]
Davis was waived/injured on August 25, 2019. He reverted toinjured 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]
