OLB · New York Jets · #56

Demario Davis

RILB1

College: Arkansas State
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 239 lb
Experience: 15th season

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Season

Tackles

45▼ 95 vs '25

35th of 123 LBs

Stops

18▼ 65 vs '25

54th of 123 LBs

Yards per run tackle

5.4▲ 1.3 vs '25

118th of 123 LBs

Missed tackle rate

9.8%▲ 0.9 vs '25

81st of 123 LBs

Coverage

28 targets

67.9 cmp% · 6.4 y/tgt · 0 int

Ranks compare against the 123 qualifying linebackers on the 2026 leaderboard.

Week-by-week

Tackles by game, dashed line = 2025 per-game average

2026 game log

	Usage		Tackling				Pass rush			Coverage
Game	Defensive snapsSnaps played on defense (Pro Football Reference snap counts).	Snap shareShare of the team's defensive snaps played, in the games the player appeared in.	TacklesSolo plus assisted tackles.	StopsTackles (solo or shared) that end a play the offense failed on, i.e. one with negative EPA. From play-by-play.	Tackles for lossTackles behind the line of scrimmage.	Missed tacklesMissed tackles (Pro Football Reference).	SacksSacks (half sacks count 0.5).	QB hitsHits on the quarterback.	PressuresHurries, QB hits and sacks combined (Pro Football Reference).	Targets allowedPasses thrown at the defender in coverage (Pro Football Reference).	Completion % allowedCompletions allowed per target in coverage.	Yards per target allowedReceiving yards allowed per target in coverage.	InterceptionsInterceptions made.	Passes defendedPasses broken up or intercepted.
Wk 1 @ TENW	50	100.0	8	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	5	40.0	4.0	0	1
Wk 2 vs GBL	59	100.0	3	3	1	2	0.0	0	0	3	66.7	7.7	0	0
Wk 3 @ DETL	65	100.0	10	3	1	0	1.0	1	2	6	66.7	10.5	0	0
Wk 4 @ CHIL	93	100.0	10	2	1	0	1.0	1	1	4	100.0	6.8	0	0
Wk 5 vs CLEW	68	100.0	4	2	0	0	0.0	1	1	3	100.0	2.3	0	0
Wk 6 @ NEL	68	100.0	7	3	0	1	0.0	0	0	5	80.0	7.8	0	1
Wk 7 vs MIAL	65	100.0	3	2	0	2	0.0	0	1	2	0.0	0.0	0	2
Season	468	100.0	45	18	3	5	2.0	3	5	28	67.9	6.4	0	4

How he compares

2026 linebackers who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average

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Contract

signed 2026 with Jets

$22Mover 2 years

Avg. per year: $11M
Guaranteed: $15M 68%
2026 cap hit: $5M 1.5% of the cap
Signed: 2026
Runs through: 2027

2026 · now

2027

Year 1 of 2 ·

Career by season

Career rates are weighted by volume, not averaged across seasons

	Overall			Tackling				Pass rush			Coverage
Season	GamesGames played.	Defensive snapsSnaps played on defense (Pro Football Reference snap counts).	Snap shareShare of the team's defensive snaps played, in the games the player appeared in.	TacklesSolo plus assisted tackles.	StopsTackles (solo or shared) that end a play the offense failed on, i.e. one with negative EPA. From play-by-play.	Tackles for lossTackles behind the line of scrimmage.	Missed tackle rateMissed tackles as a share of tackle attempts (Pro Football Reference).	SacksSacks (half sacks count 0.5).	QB hitsHits on the quarterback.	PressuresHurries, QB hits and sacks combined (Pro Football Reference).	Targets allowedPasses thrown at the defender in coverage (Pro Football Reference).	Passer rating allowedNFL passer rating on throws into the defender's coverage, computed from completions, yards, touchdowns and interceptions allowed.	InterceptionsInterceptions made.	Passes defendedPasses broken up or intercepted.	Forced fumblesFumbles forced.	Defensive touchdownsTouchdowns scored on defense.
2026	7	468	100.0	45	18	3	9.8	2.0	3	5	28	97.2	0	4	0	0
2025	17	1,081	98.3	140	83	6	8.9	0.5	2	5	41	109.9	0	3	2	0
2024	16	1,092	97.3	133	71	5	7.5	2.0	2	5	54	80.6	1	7	0	0
2023	17	1,075	97.1	114	71	11	8.4	6.5	11	15	46	90.1	0	4	1	0
2022	17	1,132	100.0	101	63	9	8.4	6.5	8	10	49	86.6	1	6	0	0
2021	16	1,037	98.6	96	55	13	7.9	3.0	10	10	59	82.2	0	7	0	0
2020	16	1,032	98.7	119	59	10	7.0	4.0	12	16	54	106.3	0	5	0	0
2019	16	984	92.7	108	66	10	4.3	4.0	9	15	72	75.8	1	12	0	0
2018	16	877	85.1	106	62	11	11.3	5.0	11	15	67	111.6	0	4	2	0
2017	16	1,116	100.0	131	79	12	–	5.0	15	–	–	–	0	3	0	0
2016	16	787	70.7	97	54	7	–	2.0	5	–	–	–	0	2	1	0
2015	16	847	80.7	86	51	7	–	2.0	9	–	–	–	0	2	0	0
2014	16	1,006	98.9	91	50	4	–	3.5	5	–	–	–	0	5	0	0
2013	16	1,048	95.1	103	56	5	–	1.0	5	–	–	–	1	1	0	0
2012	11	–	–	36	13	1	–	0.0	0	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
Career	229	13,582	93.6	1,506	851	114	8.1	47.0	107	96	470	92.8	4	65	6	0