Defensive line, Arizona State, 2018–⁠21

D.J. Davidson

Number: No. 98
Height: 6′5″
Weight: 320 lb
Class (2021): Junior
Hometown: Mesa, AZ
Born: Sep 19, 1999

D.J. Davidson played defensive line at Arizona State (2018–⁠21). The New York Giants took Davidson in round 5, No. 147 overall in the 2022 NFL Draft.

Best season: 57; Tackles, 2021 (Arizona State, 8–⁠5)
Drafted: No. 147; Round 5, 2022 NFL Draft (New York Giants)

2sacks, career highvs. UTSA, 2018

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

7–⁠68–⁠52–⁠28–⁠5

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD	Hur
2018	Arizona State	10	6	3.5	2	1	0
2019	Arizona State	51	26	4.5	1.5	1	2
2020	Arizona State	19	9	1.5	1	0	0
2021	Arizona State	57	21	6	0.5	4	1
Career		137	62	15.5	5	6	3

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2018	Arizona State	98	DL	Yr 1
2019	Arizona State	98	DL	Yr 2
2020	Arizona State	98	DL	Yr 3
2021	Arizona State	98	DL	Jr. (Yr 4)	6′5″	320

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2021 Arizona State 12 games, 57 tackles, 0.5 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Sep 2	vs.Southern Utah	W 41–⁠14	6	3	2	0	1
Sep 11	vs.UNLV	W 37–⁠10	2	0	0	0	0
Sep 18	atBYU	L 17–⁠27	4	1	0.5	0.5	1
Sep 25	vs.Colorado	W 35–⁠13	4	1	1	0	0
Oct 2	atUCLA	W 42–⁠23	7	2	0	0	0
Oct 8	vs.Stanford	W 28–⁠10	2	1	1	0	0
Oct 16	atUtah	L 21–⁠35	2	2	0	0	0
Oct 30	vs.Washington State	L 21–⁠34	4	2	0	0	0
Nov 6	vs.USC	W 31–⁠16	6	2	1.5	0	2
Nov 13	atWashington	W 35–⁠30	7	3	0	0	0
Nov 20	atOregon State	L 10–⁠24	7	3	0	0	0
Nov 27	vs.Arizona	W 38–⁠15	6	1	0	0	0

2020 Arizona State 4 games, 19 tackles, 1 sack

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks
Nov 7	atUSC	L 27–⁠28	3	1	0	0
Dec 5	vs.UCLA	L 18–⁠25	5	3	1.5	1
Dec 11	atArizona	W 70–⁠7	7	2	0	0
Dec 19	atOregon State	W 46–⁠33	4	3	0	0

2019 Arizona State 13 games, 51 tackles, 1.5 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Aug 29	vs.Kent State	W 30–⁠7	2	0	0	0	0
Sep 6	vs.Sacramento State	W 19–⁠7	5	4	2.5	1.5	0
Sep 14	atMichigan State	W 10–⁠7	4	1	0	0	0
Sep 21	vs.Colorado	L 31–⁠34	4	2	0	0	0
Sep 27	atCalifornia	W 24–⁠17	4	1	0	0	1
Oct 12	vs.Washington State	W 38–⁠34	2	1	0	0	0
Oct 19	atUtah	L 3–⁠21	7	1	1	0	0
Oct 26	atUCLA	L 32–⁠42	7	7	1	0	0
Nov 9	vs.USC	L 26–⁠31	4	1	0	0	0
Nov 16	atOregon State	L 34–⁠35	5	3	0	0	0
Nov 23	vs.Oregon	W 31–⁠28	1	1	0	0	0
Nov 30	vs.Arizona	W 24–⁠14	3	2	0	0	0
Dec 31 ✦	vs.Florida State	W 20–⁠14	3	2	0	0	0

2018 Arizona State 5 games, 10 tackles, 2 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Sep 1	vs.UTSA	W 49–⁠7	4	4	2	2	0
Sep 22	atWashington	L 20–⁠27	1	0	0	0	0
Sep 29	vs.Oregon State	W 52–⁠24	0	0	0	0	1
Oct 6	atColorado	L 21–⁠28	1	0	0.5	0	0
Oct 18	vs.Stanford	L 13–⁠20	4	2	1	0	0

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Drill	Combine 2022	Combine or pro day 2022
Height	6′3⅜″
Weight	327 lb
Arm length	33″
Hand size	10⅛″
Wingspan		80⅝″^W
40-yard dash		5.22 s
10-yard split		1.83 s^W
Vertical jump	28″
Broad jump		7′11″
Bench press	23 reps
3-cone drill	7.85 s
20-yard shuttle	4.72 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

4 seasons, 30 games with a stat; latest team: New York Giants.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Sacks
2022	New York Giants	4	3	0
2023	New York Giants	11	10	0.5
2024	New York Giants	9	20	2
2025	New York Giants	6	8	0
NFL career		30	41	2.5

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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