Mississippi State defensive lineman Jordan Davis suffers season-ending knee injury

Mississippi State will have to move forward without one of its top defensive linemen.

Defensive end Jordan Davis, who suffered an injury during the Bulldogs’ scrimmage this past weekend, has a torn ACL and will miss the 2021 season, sources told On3. An MRI confirmed the injury.

Davis, a former Alabama signee, joined Mississippi State last year after two seasons at Copiah-Lincoln Community College (Miss.) and had appeared set for a breakthrough year this season. He posted 22 tackles in nine games as a reserve in 2020.

Now, the Bulldogs will likely turn to UCF transfer Randy Charlton, who was already expected to be a big part of the team’s defensive line rotation, to step into that spot as a first-team defensive end.