Jaguars Acquire Jordan Davis From Eagles for First and Second Round Picks

The Philadelphia Eagles agreed on Monday evening, November 9, to trade defensive tackle Jordan Davis to the Jacksonville Jaguars for a 2027 first round pick and a 2029 second round pick. The Eagles announced the deal themselves, less than 24 hours before the NFL trade deadline. ESPN's Adam Schefter reported the same terms.

Davis is a team captain and a Super Bowl champion. The Eagles drafted him in the first round in 2022, 13th overall, out of Georgia.

Why the price was so high

Jacksonville paid a first round price for a player Philadelphia had just committed to. In March 2026, about eight months ago, the Eagles signed Davis to a three year, 78 million dollar contract extension that runs through the 2029 season. The deal includes about 65 million dollars in guarantees, and at the time it made Davis the 10th highest paid interior defensive lineman in the NFL.

His production backed the money up. In the 2025 season Davis recorded 72 tackles, 4.5 sacks, 22 quarterback pressures and six passes defensed. Across his time in Philadelphia he helped the Eagles win three NFC East titles, two NFC Championships and Super Bowl LIX.

The Eagles thanked him in their announcement. "We are extremely grateful to Jordan for his contributions to our team on the field and in the Philadelphia community since we drafted him five years ago," the team said. "We wish Jordan nothing but continued success."

A rare Roseman trade

Davis is the first Eagles first round pick that general manager Howie Roseman has traded since Carson Wentz after the 2020 season. Roseman usually keeps his first rounders. This time he took draft capital instead, and a lot of it.

After the deal, the Eagles hold two first round picks in 2027, two first round picks and two second round picks in 2028, and multiple second round picks in 2029. Schefter reported that the trade positions Philadelphia to hold 10 selections in the first two rounds of the next three drafts.

Why Jacksonville paid it

Davis was the third defensive player Jacksonville acquired on Monday. The Jaguars also landed safety Jessie Bates III from Atlanta and defensive tackle Davon Godchaux from New Orleans. The three moves answer one problem: top run stopper DaVon Hamilton is lost for the season, and Jacksonville moved to replace him on the day before the deadline.

The standings explain the urgency. Jacksonville is 6-2 and leads the AFC South. Philadelphia is going the other way. The Eagles lost 19-11 to the Giants on Sunday, November 8, their seventh consecutive defeat, and fell to 2-7. Davis played 38 of Philadelphia's 67 defensive snaps in that game and recorded his first sack of the season.

So one team bought for a playoff run and the other sold at the bottom. The Jaguars get a team captain in the middle of their defensive line, signed through 2029. The Eagles get the picks to rebuild with, and they get them from a contender that expects its 2027 first rounder to land late in the round.