Keionta Davis
{{Short description|American football player (born 1994)}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2023}}
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| name = Keionta Davis
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| current_team =
| number = 51, 58
| position = Defensive end
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|3|1}}
| birth_place = Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.
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| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 4
| weight_lbs = 280
| high_school = Red Bank {{avoid wrap|(Red Bank, Tennessee)}}
| college = Chattanooga
| undraftedyear = 2017
| pastteams =
- New England Patriots ({{NFL Year|2017}}–{{NFL Year|2019}})
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| statlabel1 = Total tackles
| statvalue1 = 6
| statlabel2 = Sacks
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| statlabel3 = Forced fumbles
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| statlabel4 = Fumble recoveries
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Keionta Leron Davis (born March 1, 1994) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Chattanooga Mocs.
College career
Accumulating 10.5 sacks, 44 tackles, 10 pass breakups, and a blocked field goal in his senior season (2016) for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Mocs football team, Davis was named Defensive Player of the Year of the Southern Conference by the league's coaches. Davis graduated with a degree in business.{{Cite news |title=Keionta Davis profile |publisher=Chattanooga Mocs football |url=https://gomocs.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3110 |access-date=September 4, 2018}}
Professional career
After a stellar four-year career at Chattanooga and considered to be one of the top FCS prospects in the country, Davis was originally forecasted to be picked in the mid-rounds of the 2017 NFL draft, however he was diagnosed with a bulging disc at the NFL Combine, causing him to go undrafted.{{Cite news |date=August 21, 2018 |title=Keionta Davis, healthy again, is seeing his hard work pay off with playing time |publisher=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/patriots/2018/08/20/keionta-davis-confident-his-time-has-come-with-patriots/CYw9qnYfMmJ3zqD0JnyA7L/story.html |access-date=September 4, 2018}}
=New England Patriots=
Davis signed as an undrafted free agent with the New England Patriots on August 11, 2017.{{Cite news |date=August 13, 2017 |title=Patriots' Keionta Davis:Signs with New England |publisher=CBSsports.com |url=https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/football/news/patriots-keionta-davis-signs-with-new-england/ |access-date=September 4, 2018}} He was placed on the team's injured reserve on September 2, ending his season.{{Cite news |date=September 2, 2017 |title=2017 NFL roster cuts: Patriots place rookies Antonio Garcia, two more players on non-football reserve lists |publisher=PatsPulpit.com |url=https://www.patspulpit.com/2017/9/2/16247974/2017-nfl-roster-cuts-new-england-patriots-rookies-antonio-garcia-keionta-davisnon-football-injury |access-date=September 4, 2018}}
Davis impressed in his second training camp and preseason with the Patriots, earning him a spot on the team's 53-man roster.{{Cite news |date=September 1, 2018 |title=2018 Patriots roster cuts: New England keeps Keionta Davis and Ted Karras on its 53-man roster |publisher=PatsPulpit.com |url=https://www.patspulpit.com/2018/9/1/17810046/2018-new-england-patriots-roster-cuts-keionta-davis-ted-karras-53-man-roster |access-date=September 4, 2018}}
In 2018, the Patriots made it back to the Super Bowl and defeated the Los Angeles Rams 13–3 in Super Bowl LIII.{{Cite web |date=February 4, 2019 |title=Keionta Davis: "That's my hometown, That's my City" repping Chattanooga ahead of SBLLLL |url=https://wdef.com/2019/02/04/keionta-davis-thats-hometown-thats-city-repping-chattanooga-ahead-sbllll/}}{{Cite web |last=Shpigel |first=Ben |date=February 4, 2019 |title=Patriots Win in Lowest-Scoring Super Bowl Ever |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/03/sports/patriots-super-bowl.html |access-date=October 31, 2023 |website=The New York Times |language=en-US}}
Davis was waived/injured on August 25, 2019. He reverted to injured reserve the next day.{{Cite web |last=Buchmasser |first=Bernd |date=August 26, 2019 |title=Maurice Harris and Keionta Davis clear waivers, revert to the Patriots' injured reserve list |url=https://www.patspulpit.com/2019/8/26/20834184/maurice-harris-keionta-davis-clear-waivers-revert-to-new-england-patriots-injured-reserve-list |access-date=August 27, 2019 |website=PatsPulpit.com}}
Davis re-signed with the Patriots on a one-year contract on March 17, 2020.{{Cite news |date=March 17, 2020 |title=Patriots' Keionta Davis: Re-signs with Patriots |work=CBSSports.com |url=https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/football/news/patriots-keionta-davis-re-signs-with-patriots/ |access-date=April 15, 2020}}
On April 26, 2020, the Patriots waived Davis.{{Cite web |date=April 27, 2020 |title=Patriots release DL Keionta Davis and DB Obi Melifonwu |url=https://www.patriots.com/news/patriots-release-dl-keionta-davis-and-and-db-obi-melifonwu |website=Patriots.com}}
References
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External links
- [https://gomocs.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3110 Chattanooga Mocs bio]
- [https://www.patriots.com/team/players-roster/keionta-davis/ New England Patriots bio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606052317/https://www.patriots.com/team/players-roster/keionta-davis/ |date=June 6, 2019 }}
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Category:People from Red Bank, Tennessee
Category:Sportspeople from Hamilton County, Tennessee
Category:Players of American football from Tennessee
Category:American football defensive ends
Category:American football linebackers