Jordan Davis shares how he was carried off field following final practice in Athens

Star defensive lineman Jordan Davis knows that the National Championship game on Monday night will be his final game with the Georgia Bulldogs. Davis is set to become a first round NFL Draft pick after the season. With the end of his collegiate career rapidly approaching, Davis recalled the final days of practice for Georgia before leaving Athens.

Davis was just trying to take it all in, and he hopes that the Bulldogs can wrap up his career on a high note with a national title.

“Yeah, I’m going to miss practice a lot,” Davis said when reflecting on his career at Georgia. “I was just thinking about that. Yesterday I was, like, man, this is my last practice in this facility. So I was just taking time and writing, like, a little message in my locker for the next person to see, whoever that might be.

“But it’s definitely a bittersweet moment. Grateful to be in this position playing for a national championship. But it’s also sad that it’s my last go-around. But at the end of the day, you just have to leave the nest. I can’t be here forever. I’m grateful for the time I had here. The University of Georgia has been so great to me and my family. I thank them.”

Georgia had to uphold a senior tradition by carrying Davis off of the practice field

For Georgia, the Bulldogs have a tradition where the seniors are carried off the field by the rest of the defensive line. After Georgia wrapped up its final practice in Athens, the tradition continued.

“As for senior traditions, the D line had to carry the seniors off on the field yesterday at practice,” Davis added. “So it was me, Vonte and Julian Rochester. So we had about like four people each trying to carry us off the field. Each position group, they had to carry the seniors off. So that’s kind of like the tradition that the seniors have each year.”

Carrying Davis off the field is no easy task, as he comes in at 340 pounds. He is a big body that opposing teams have trouble keeping under wraps, but Davis said that his Georgia teammates had no problems getting him off the field after practice.

“It had to be like three or four people,” Davis said. “It’s like two people grabbed my legs, one got my back. It was pretty – I would say it was pretty easy for them. They didn’t have a hard time, from what I saw.”