Linebacker Demario Davis has agreed to a two-year contract extension with the New Orleans Saints through the 2025 campaign, the team announced on Monday. Davis is an executive vice president and general manager for the team, Mickey Loomis.
The New York Jets originally selected Davis, 6-2, 248-pound veteran of 12 years in the NFL, in the third round (77th overall) of the 2012 NFL Draft, out of Arkansas State. The native of Brandon, Mississippi, has participated in 181 regular season games with the Jets (2012–15 and 2017), Cleveland Browns (2016), and Saints (2018), starting 180 of them. In those games, he has racked up 1,335 tackles (860 solo), 43.5 sacks, three interceptions, 55 passes defensed, four forced fumbles, eight fumble recoveries, and 24 special teams stops. Davis has surpassed the century mark in seven consecutive seasons and ten of the last twelve campaigns. He is one of just three active players with at least 1,300 career stops.
Being a six-time defensive team captain, Davis has started all 98 regular season games with the Saints. During that time, he has led the team in tackles with 675 stops (431 solo), 29.0 sacks, two interceptions, 38 pass breakups, three forced fumbles, and three fumble recoveries. Since joining the team as an unrestricted free agency in 2018, Davis has led New Orleans in tackles in each of his six seasons with the organization. He is also just the second Saint to achieve 100 stops in six consecutive seasons.
Following a season in which he started all 17 games, Davis recorded a team-high 121 tackles (74 solo), 6.5 sacks, 12 stops for loss to rank second on the team, four passes defensed, one forced fumble, and one fumble recovery. Davis also became the first Saints linebacker to be named to two consecutive Pro Bowls since Jonathan Vilma (2010). For the sixth straight season, Davis was chosen for the Associated Press All-Pro (second-team) roster.
Off the field, Davis has been chosen twice (2020 and 2022) as the team’s nominee for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year award in recognition of his substantial community service work with his Devoted Dreamers Foundation in both his native Mississippi and New Orleans.
