JACKSONVILLE, Florida -- Defensive end Ryan Davis was a bit of a misfit when he entered the NFL in 2012.He was a good player at Bethune-Cookman College, winning MEAC Defensive Player of the Year honors as a senior in 2011, but he had that label that prospects hate: tweener. NFL teams weren’t sure if he projected as a defensive end or an outside linebacker, but they were sure that he wasn’t big enough to move inside.
The Jacksonville Jaguars took a chance on Davis, signing him after he went undrafted, and in three years he has used the fact that he didn’t fit at one position to carve out a role as a pass-rushing specialist. He has become one of the defense’s better players, and if he can duplicate the success he had in 2014 he might be able to secure the thing of which undrafted players dream: a multi-year contract.
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