Eagles trade Jordan Davis to Jaguars, Digi Mart USA News: In a blockbuster move a day before the trade deadline, the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday traded 26-year-old defensive tackle Jordan Davis, one of their team captains, to the Jacksonville Jaguars for a 2027 first-round pick and a 2029 second-round pick, the team announced.
The Eagles signed Davis to a massive contract extension worth $78 million over three years just eight months ago, making him the 10th-highest-paid interior defensive lineman in the NFL. Davis was one of the key pieces of the top-ranked 2024 Super Bowl-championship defense.
Davis is coming off his best game of the season, with a sack, two tackles for loss, a QB hit and three tackles in the Eagles’ loss to the Giants. However, after a Pro Bowl-caliber season in 2025, he had a disappointing season overall, with just half a sack, no tackles for loss and two QB hits in the first eight weeks of this season.
Last year, Davis had 4½ sacks, six pass deflections, nine tackles for loss and six QB hits in a season many believed was worthy of a Pro Bowl nod. He also clinched the Week 3 win over the Rams with a blocked field goal and touchdown return.
Davis is the first Eagles first-round pick that Howie Roseman has traded since Carson Wentz was sent to the Commanders after the 2020 season.
“We are extremely grateful to Jordan for his contributions to our team on the field and in the Philadelphia community since we drafted him five years ago,” the Eagles said in an unattributed statement. “He has been a key contributor to our team culture and on-field success, which included two Super Bowl appearances and a World Championship in 2024.
His growth and development as both a player and a leader are a testament to his hard work and character. We wish Jordan nothing but continued success.”
The move clears the way for the Eagles to keep Moro Ojomo, who would not have been affordable had Davis remained in Philadelphia. It was expected the Eagles would either trade Ojomo before Tuesday’s trade deadline or lose him in free agency in the spring.
Now they can keep him, along with Jalen Carter, Davis’s college teammate and best friend. The Eagles signed Carter to a four-year, $152 million deal in July.
With Davis now in Jacksonville, the Eagles have Carter, Ojomo, Byron Young and Ty Robinson on the interior defensive line. Through nine games, Davis played 84 percent of the defensive snaps, Ojomo 60 percent and Young 27 percent, while Robinson played 10 percent.
The Eagles now hold seven first- or second-round picks in the next two drafts. They have two first-round picks in 2027, their own and the Jaguars’, and two in 2028, their own and the Patriots’ from the A.J.
Brown deal. They also have their own second-round pick in 2027 and two in 2028, their own and the Ravens’ from the Cam Jurgens deal.
It is not surprising that Roseman is willing to trade players for picks, given that the Eagles are 2-7 with a seven-game losing streak and in last place in the NFC East. Still, the Davis trade was unexpected, since he is only 26, a natural leader, signed through 2029, and has been very productive at times in his four NFL seasons.
In 73 games with the Eagles, Davis has 9½ sacks, 11 pass breakups, 17 tackles for loss, 15 quarterback hits, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and 193 total tackles. He also had two sacks, two tackles for loss and two QB hits in the 2024 postseason.
Davis has also been as durable as any Eagle in recent years. He is the only Eagle to start all 60 regular-season games since opening day 2022.
Only Davis, Jake Elliott and Kelee Ringo have played in all 60.
