page_title: Carl Davis (American football)
section_title: 2015
hierarchical_section_title: Carl Davis (American football) / Professional career / Baltimore Ravens / 2015
caption_attribution_description: English: Carl Davis, a player on the National Football League.
context_page_description: Carl Davis is an American football defensive tackle for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League. He played college football at Iowa.
context_section_description: The Baltimore Ravens selected Davis in the third round (90th overall) of the 2015 NFL Draft, after unexpectedly falling in the draft. He was the fifth defensive tackle selected, behind Danny Shelton (No. 12, Browns), Malcom Brown (No. 32, Patriots), Eddie Goldman (No. 39, Bears), and Jordan Phillips (No. 52,  Dolphins). The Baltimore Ravens were originally targeting Florida State's P. J. Williams (No. 78, Saints), Virginia's Eli Harold (No. 79, 49ers), and UNI's David Johnson (No. 86, Cardinals) with their third round selection, but chose Davis as he was the best talent available. Although the Baltimore Ravens did not have a pre-draft visit or private workout with Davis, they did meet with him during the Senior Bowl and NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. On May 8, 2015, the Baltimore Ravens signed Davis to a four-year, $2.95 million contract that includes a signing bonus of $625,084.
  He competed with Brandon Williams and Christo Bilukidi throughout training camp for the vacant starting nose tackle position left by the departure of Haloti Ngata to the Detroit Lions during free agency. Head coach John Harbaugh named Davis the backup starting nose tackle to Williams to begin the regular season.
  He made his professional regular season debut in the Baltimore Ravens' season-opener against the Denver Broncos and recorded three combined tackles and a pass deflection in their 19-13 loss. On September 27, 2015, Davis earned his first career start at defensive tackle and defended a pass during their 28-24 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. He started the next two games at defensive tackle, in place of Timmy Jernigan who had an injured knee. Davis was a healthy scratch for Weeks 12-14 despite having a strong start to his rookie season and being the first member of the Ravens' 2015 draft class to start.
  In 13 games of his rookie season, Davis produced 11 tackles and 2 passes defended.
caption: Carl Davis in 2015
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