JORDAN DAVIS: Good evening, everybody.
Q. What's these last 20 hours been like for you?
JORDAN DAVIS: It's been crazy. The whole experience, just the fact that I'm even here right now is still surreal. Hasn't hit me yet. Doesn't feel like it's hit me. Definitely excited to be here. Grateful to have my family here. And it's just a wonderful opportunity.
Q. We've heard about your mom being an Eagles fan. What was her reception and reaction in the past however many hours?
JORDAN DAVIS: Well, I don't know if you want to ask her personally, she's right there, but I'm sure she's super stoked. She's not going to be overly excited. She's going to keep it cool. I'm sure she's super proud and excited for me. To be doing it for her favorite team makes you want to go harder.
Q. What's the story about becoming an Eagles fan?
JORDAN DAVIS: Huge fan of Donovan McNabb. So that could say how long she's been an Eagles fan, because Donovan McNabb been through a minute ago. But she's been a huge Eagle fan ever since I can remember.
Q. It's a broad question, but when you look back at your time at Georgia, what are some of your biggest lessons you take there that?
JORDAN DAVIS: The people. Developing relationships, the locker room, what it takes to be a championship caliber team. Takes a lot of blood, sweat, and tears, and I'm grateful to have that experience at Georgia to learn from and also carry those memories that I have from Georgia to a place like Philly.
Q. We talked to you yesterday, you talked about how the way you played, the way you're used in school, you were selfless and you were doing things for the team, maybe not getting the stats that you could have otherwise. Did that take some getting used to to kind of have that role and give up yourself, sacrifice your own performance to do what the team needed?
JORDAN DAVIS: Not really, I always had that. When I first got to Georgia, my main mission was to get on the field and play, and whatever that took or whatever I had to learn, I was willing to do it.
That was one of the things I learned at Georgia, that's one of the things we take pride in Georgia as a defensive line unit, being selfless members of the team. I always say two on me, somebody's free, and when you have a mindset and play like that, it's -- everybody's pulling in the same direction. There's no individuality in the team. I don't want to be the individual, I want to be a team player.
Q. Sounds like it took you some time to start playing football. What convinced you to finally play?
JORDAN DAVIS: I don't know. I just kind of picked it up, tried it, liked it. It was a challenge. It was one of those sports where I had to learn my way up. First starting out, I was on JV, and now playing for the Philadelphia Eagles. So it's a crazy experience. Journey of a lifetime. Took a long time in the making. A lot of dedication.
Q. That was in high school?
JORDAN DAVIS: High school, tenth grade.
Q. Have you always been bigger than your peers?
JORDAN DAVIS: I was kind of around even in the pack until I hit a couple growth spurts. I mean, obviously now I'm above the pack. So not really sure when that happened.
Q. When you made the move into football, when did it click for you that this might be my future? When did you know?
JORDAN DAVIS: So when I first started playing football in high school, my main mission was to get to college. When I got to college, my wish was to get to the NFL and graduate. When the NFL comes knocking, have a great career at Georgia, and I just wanted to take advantage of this opportunity I had at hand.
And it kind of clicked. I hit school, I was like I can do this as a career, I could do what I love every day as a career. And they say if you do what you love, then you never work a day in your life. So I guess that's why it clicked.
Q. Have any of the players on the team reached out to you, Fletch or Hargrave?
JORDAN DAVIS: Jalen Hurts reached out to me last night. He was excited and ready to work. I sent back, I said: Ring chasing. Because that's what we're doing.
Obviously, he's been at Bama, he knows what it takes a win a National Championship, as do I. To be able to do that in the NFL takes a lot of dedication, a lot of work. I'm willing to learn under him and learn under other guys on the team and soak it all in.
Q. In looking at your game footage at Georgia, before every game I noticed that you spend a moment with your mom and pray. Why did you do that and how did that help you?
JORDAN DAVIS: Keeping God first. I wouldn't be here without Him. None of us would be here without Him. I'm a huge believer. It's just one of those things that it comes, comes with tradition and it just gives you that little boost of the confidence before each game. You might call it a superstition, some people might, but I just feel like I don't have my best games unless I pray.
Q. Back when you're playing basketball back in high school, do you feel like you took any lessons from that time and incorporated into your football game?
JORDAN DAVIS: Definitely. Any sport you play will definitely bring lessons. Doesn't matter if you're tennis or what, you can always learn something from a sport.
But definitely the experiences, you have a tight-knit, you can only have so many people on a basketball team, and it kind of prepares for you the football team. So you know how to work with a small group and a large group.
Yeah, I mean, team sports, you always have a lesson to learn. Each year is different, but it's the same message, same tone. You want to have that chemistry with your teammates.
Q. How much fun was it for you to have your first round pick in the NFL, share it with four of your teammates as well?
JORDAN DAVIS: Definitely, it's an amazing feeling. We've been talking about this day for a long time. We had a goal at Georgia we wanted to win a National Championship and go to NFL. For us five and the ones that's going to be called today and tomorrow, it's just a testament of how hard we worked for this moment.
And especially last night, those four guys that went alongside me, we put a lot of dedication. Those are guys that you talk to almost every day and have that bond with them because you grinding so hard, you want to achieve that common goal, so you always hang around each other because birds of feather flock together.
Q. Yesterday you mentioned how the Eagles scheme, there's some similarities between that and the Georgia one. Can you get more specific in some of those similarities?
JORDAN DAVIS: Definitely. Well, I think only thing that's different with the scheme is just the terminology, the words that's being used. I think the adjustment will be very smooth, especially in regards to the playbook and just learning and just whatever I need to do, they can teach me.
I want to play between the tackle, so that's what I've been doing at Georgia, just line up -- people call me a nose guard, but I really had the same duties as everybody else that played D tackle.
Q. DJ Oreo?
JORDAN DAVIS: DJ Oreo, yeah, I wanted to be a DJ when I was little. I used to think the turntables looked like little Oreos spinning. So I was like, oh, shoot, DJ Oreo, ones and twos, but it was when I was way -- I was way young, like a kid.
Q. How were you as a DJ?
JORDAN DAVIS: Room for improvement as always. I'm a little bit better now. My turntables are at my friend's house, but I still get on it from time to.
Q. Do you have an ideal weight you like to play at?
JORDAN DAVIS: Definitely 330s. 330s I believe is the perfect weight for me.
Q. Where are you in that relation?
JORDAN DAVIS: 345.
Q. Jordan, it was bound to be a big night in your life as well, regardless, heading into it. But what was your reaction when you found out that the team had traded up?
JORDAN DAVIS: Tells you how much they really wanted you. And I came here in my top 30 visit, it was one of three teams that I visited, and just the feeling that you know these people, you talk with them, and you have that prior experience with them, in person, just to know that they wanted you as bad and they had big plans for you.
They knew that you were going to add value to the team, it makes you feel really special and really wanted. I also said I wanted to go where I'm wanted, and I definitely think that Philadelphia is the place to be.
Q. Why the three visits?
JORDAN DAVIS: Three visits, I guess just what I was scheduled for. I didn't choose them. It was really my agency. I guess they contacted.
Q. Who were the other two?
JORDAN DAVIS: Baltimore, Dallas.
Q. So were those the three that you thought it was going to be, one of those three ways, or what are the teams --
JORDAN DAVIS: Definitely. I think out of those three that was the like the highest -- I mean, that was three visits, so I can -- but, yeah, I definitely thought one of those three teams was going to pick up, and obviously I got picked up by the Philadelphia Eagles.
Q. Did you think it was going to be Baltimore at 14?
JORDAN DAVIS: Yeah, I definitely thought whoever was going to be first was going to pick me up. It just happened to be glad -- I'm glad you all made the jump.
Q. Your youth, basketball was a priority. You mentioned DJ'ing. I understand video games were a part of that. And I know you were asked earlier when it clicked for you, but when mentally do you feel like football became something that you were passionate about? Was it being successful on the field? Was it a mentor showing you something? Was there something in particular that all of a sudden made you love the sport?
JORDAN DAVIS: Definitely growing up, coming from high school, I went to Mallard Creek, and you have guys like D.J. Humphries. I was just talking to him yesterday. I was like I remember you came to school, you talked to me, you're telling me about your experiences and your trials and tribulations, and I was just really inspired. I always remembered that.
As I went along, college really clicked, I was like I can go far in this. Took a lot of work, dedication. But if you put your mind to it, you can achieve it. And I'm glad I had that opportunity to do that yesterday, last night. And one thing to get to the NFL, it's another thing to stay there.
Q. Any contact with D.J. during the process, just to understand how it'd be to get drafted and play in the NFL?
JORDAN DAVIS: Yeah, I mean, he hit me, and then he was just telling me his experience. He said, Hit me anytime you need something. And I'll definitely take advantage of that.
And I'm just ready to -- that's why I'm really excited to meet the guys in our unit, defensive line, like Javon Hargrave and Fletcher Cox, those guys that have been in league for a very long time and very productive and do their thing. And I just want to soak up all the information I can.
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