The Houston Texans are re-signing key rotational defensive tackle Khalil Davis, according to NFL reporter Aaron Wilson.
2024 will be Khalil Davis’ fourth year in the NFL and it will be his second year with the Houston Texans. Davis has never spent more than one year with an NFL team since coming into the league in 2020.
Khalil Davis’ 2023 year with the Houston Texans was his most productive yet
Before finding a role as a rotational piece with the Houston Texans under head coach DeMeco Ryans, Khalil Davis hadn’t contributed much as an NFL player.
Davis spent the first year of his NFL career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He only played in two games with Tampa Bay and recorded just two tackles and two quarterback hits before heading over to the Indianapolis Colts.
Davis found himself out of the league in just three short years, but he found redemption with the Houston Texans and rookie head coach DeMeco Ryans.
In the last two years, Davis only played in one single game and didn’t record a single stat. This changed in 2023 when Davis was able to find a role on the Houston Texans and play in 15 games. He had 32 tackles, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery and two pass deflections. Davis was able to show love to his alma mater, the Nebraska Cornhuskers, for the first time in 2023.
THROW THOSE BONES KHALIL DAVIS 🏴☠️
— Barstool ‘Skers (@BarstoolHusker) August 11, 2023
Davis explained in a Sports Illustrated article that confidence was the key to his redemption as an NFL player.
“You have to trust the process and trust yourself,” Davis exclusively told Texans Daily. “The biggest thing is confidence in yourself. If you don’t have confidence in yourself, how are you going to be able to show that? I just believe I could do it.”
Houston Texans fans are happy to re-sign Khalil Davis
Khalil Davis became a fan-favorite in short order during his first productive year in the NFL. Many Houston Texans fans are happy to have a contributor like Davis back on the roster for another year.
Good pick up
— Jmac713 (@Joshua70343852) March 9, 2024
Davis was really good last year.
— Jonathan “Topher” Symmank (@Topher2point0) March 9, 2024
khalil a dog too,
— Dom (@domaniqq) March 9, 2024
Let’s goooo
— lane (@topshelfpoison) March 9, 2024
Davis is still just 27-years-old with just three years of NFL-level wear-and-tear on his body. His story of redemption means that he has a lot to prove with the opportunities he is given in the NFL.
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