{"id":84604,"date":"2020-04-10T09:00:19","date_gmt":"2020-04-10T13:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/?p=84604"},"modified":"2025-09-25T12:01:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T16:01:10","slug":"raekwon-davis-2020-nfl-draft-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2020\/04\/10\/raekwon-davis-2020-nfl-draft-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"Raekwon Davis 2020 NFL Draft Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Raekwon Davis Overview<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Position: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Defensive line<br \/>\n<\/span><b>Height: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6\u20196\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><b>Weight:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 311 lbs<br \/>\n<\/span><b>Arms: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">33 \u215e\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><b>Hands: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">11\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><b>School: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alabama<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>NFL Combine Performance Data<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>40 Yard Dash: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5.12 seconds<\/span><b><br \/>\n<\/b><b>Three Cone Drill: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7.95 seconds<br \/>\n<\/span><b>Bench Press: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">24 reps<br \/>\n<\/span><b>Vertical Jump: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">28\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><b>Broad Jump: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">111\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Raekwon Davis 2020 NFL Draft Profile\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While playing for Mississippi\u2019s Meridian High School, Davis became one of the Nation\u2019s top defensive tackle recruits. Davis\u2019 impressive senior season in which he tallied 55 tackles along with 8.5 sacks earned him a playing spot in the Army All-American Bowl as well as solidified his four-star status. Davis received numerous high profile offers from schools such as Miami, Georgia, Florida State, LSU, and Florida before choosing to play for Alabama.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a true freshman in 2016, Davis saw immediate playing time and appeared in seven games for the Tide. However, as a 2017 sophomore Davis burst onto the scene in a huge way for Alabama and finished the year with 69 tackles, 8.5 sacks, and earning First Team All-SEC honors. Davis Followed up his performance with a strong junior season in which he totaled 55 tackles, 1.5 sacks, and earned Second Team All-SEC honors. Davis elected to return for his senior season and produced another solid year, finishing with 47 tackles, half a sack, and again earned Second Team <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secsports.com\/article\/28262132\/2019-all-sec-football-team-announced\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">All-SEC<\/a>\u00a0honors.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Strengths<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Flashes of powerful hands at the point of attack;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Extremely strong with the potential to two-gap;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NFL caliber frame with room to add more size based on defensive scheme;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tremendous length and wingspan allow for a wide tackling radius and gap filling;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Surprising quickness and athleticism for the position with pass rush upside ;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">High ceiling along with size shows promises of a versatile defender.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Weaknesses<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Overall game needs more consistency;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Was once talked about as a high first-rounder but lack of production has hurt his stock;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Height can result in leverage issues and inconsistent pad level;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Has all the physical gifts yet, for some reason, has not reached his potential over the past couple of seasons;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pass rush skills need polishing but again, he has all the potential a defensive tackle could ask for.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>NFL Comparison: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/B\/BrocMi00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Brockers<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Teams With Need at Position: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/browns\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cleveland Browns<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/colts\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Indianapolis Colts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/falcons\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Atlanta Falcons<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/jaguars\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/lions\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Detroit Lions<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/packers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Green Bay Packers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/panthers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carolina Panthers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/steelers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/texans\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Houston Texans<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/titans\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tennessee Titans<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Projection: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mid fourth to early fifth round <\/span><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<h3><b>Bottom Line on Raekwon Davis<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Davis\u2019 potential is off the charts when considering his frame and athletic ability for the position. However, his production has fallen off over the course of his last two seasons with no clear reason as to why. Davis has shown an ability to defend the run and plug gaps at an elite level while also showing flashes of his potential as a pass rusher. Teams will most likely have extremely varying draft grades on Davis as he has the talent and potential of a high round draft pick, but the production of a late rounder. If coaches can get Davis to tap into that potential, he could be the steal of this year\u2019s draft, but that is all contingent on his commitment to developing on the field.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Main photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"ZK4P6mi1QZVzPjqL0EysGA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1209803029\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'ZK4P6mi1QZVzPjqL0EysGA',sig:'I_z32rziWHxbZttIgUrdNfSW22EwB-yvT9d2fe1VrYk=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1209803029',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raekwon Davis Overview Position: Defensive line Height: 6\u20196\u201d Weight: 311 lbs Arms: 33 \u215e\u201d Hands: 11\u201d School: Alabama NFL Combine Performance Data 40 Yard Dash: 5.12 seconds Three Cone Drill: 7.95 seconds Bench Press: 24 reps Vertical Jump: 28\u201d Broad Jump: 111\u201d Raekwon Davis 2020 NFL Draft Profile\u00a0 While playing for Mississippi\u2019s Meridian High School, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3217,"featured_media":84637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1647,54,33760],"tags":[5273,61,40,2030,6030],"class_list":["post-84604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-draft","category-editorials","category-profiles","tag-2020-nfl-draft","tag-football","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-draft-profiles","tag-raekwon-davis"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84604"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":248237,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84604\/revisions\/248237"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}