Player facts
- Team
New York Jets- Position
- Linebacker
- Number
- 56
- Born
- Jan 11, 1989 (age 37)
- Birthplace
- Brandon, MS, USA
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 239 lbs
- College
- Arkansas State
- Experience
- 15 seasons
- Status
- Active
Stats
2026 Defense
| TOT | SOLO | AST | SACK | FF | FR | YDS | INT | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | PD | STF | STFYDS | KB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season | 36 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Last 5 Games | 36 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 1573 | 971 | 602 | 47 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 113.5 | 195 | 0 |
Recent games
| Tackles | Fumbles | Interceptions | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Opponent | Result | TOT | SOLO | AST | SACK | FF | FR | INT | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | PD | KB |
vs  CLE | W 17-12 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
@  CHI | L 23-12 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
@  DET | L 31-24 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
vs  GB | L 20-17 OT | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
@  TEN | W 23-10 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Last 5 games. Click a game for its box score.
About
Demario Davis (born January 11, 1989) is an American professional football linebacker for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Jets in the third round of the 2012 NFL draft. He played college football for the Arkansas State Red Wolves. Davis has also played for the Cleveland Browns and New Orleans Saints.
From Wikipedia’s article on Demario Davis, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.1
Background
Early life and college
Davis' mother gave birth to him when she was 16, and his father was a career enlisted soldier in the US Army and combat veteran. Davis attended Brandon High School in Brandon, Mississippi, where he was a three-sport athlete in football, basketball, and track. In football, he played mostly wide receiver as sophomore and junior, helping lead the team to its 14th playoff appearance in the last 16 years with a 7–5 record. As a senior, he recorded 81 tackles, six interceptions and one sack, while also receiving over 30 passes for 386 receiving yards with four scores. He was also a starter on the Brandon basketball team and competed as a high jumper with the varsity track & field team. He was named to the Clarion Ledger All-Metro team in football.
Davis played college football for the Arkansas State Red Wolves. He recorded a team-leading 80 tackles as a sophomore and earned various all-conference honors in his junior and senior years.
Personal life
Davis is a devout Christian. His cousin was former NFL quarterback Steve McNair. Davis married in 2012 and has five children, 4 girls and one boy, with his wife Tamela. During the 2019 season, Davis was fined $7,000 by the NFL for wearing a headband in Week 3 with the words "Man of God" on it, though the fine was later repealed.
Davis's devotion to community service has earned him recognition as the New Orleans Saints’ nominee for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award in 2020, 2022, and 2025. Along with his wife Tamela, he founded the Devoted Dreamers Foundation and launched the Devoted Dreamers Academy, a youth leadership and development program designed to equip students with tools for success through education, mentorship, character building, and life skills. Additionally, Davis has worked with the 18th Ward to launch a leadership development program to work in teams to fix real world problems in the New Orleans area.
From Wikipedia’s article on Demario Davis, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full article.1
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Sources
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- 1WikipediaDemario Davis on Wikipedia
- 2Wikimedia CommonsPhoto of Demario Davis