Jamin Davis

Career StatsB-

Year	Team	GP	Tkl	Sacks	INT
Career		56	290	8.0	1
2025		2	3	0.0	0
2024		9	18	1.0	0
2023		13

Season	Team	GP	Tkl	Sacks	INT	PD	Grade
2024		9	18	1.0	0	—	C C Around average
2023		13	89	3.0	1	—	B B Top 29%
2022		16	104	3.0	0	—	C C Around average
2021		16	76	1.0	0	—	D- D- Bottom 12%

Grades reflect the player's performance in each season. Header grade shows the current season.

Current Contract

Contract Value Index (CVI)

Jamin Davis delivered the kind of production that earns a B+ Contract Value Index relative to the linebacker pay band. At $1.215M over one year on a rookie-scale deal, Davis represents minimal financial risk for any organization—the contract is essentially a depth-league minimum arrangement that reflects his current market standing following the Raiders' release. However, the gap between that favorable salary and his actual on-field contribution is stark: his 2025 season produced just 3 tackles across 2 games, a microscopic floor that underscores why Las Vegas moved on despite his fifth-year veteran status and first-round pedigree. At 27 years old, Davis sits at a crossroads where his draft capital no longer carries organizational weight; what matters now is whether he can function as a reliable rotational or special-teams linebacker, a role that doesn't require expensive guaranteed money to fill. The media narrative surrounding his release is resigned rather than controversial—this is a clean, unsurprising cut of a player who never ascended beyond depth-piece responsibility despite being selected 19th overall in 2021. The one-year structure and sub-$1.3M annual cap hit make this deal valuable purely from a salary-efficiency standpoint, but that value is only realized if Davis can stick somewhere and actually contribute on gamedays, a proposition the market has largely priced at long odds.

Contracts in the Same Value Band

Other same-position deals the Contract Value Index also places in the B band — a quick read on where Jamin's contract sits relative to comparable money.

Performance Analysis

How Jamin Davis plays at LB earns him a B- performance grade. Davis registers as a below-average starter-to-depth option at the position, a tier that reflects five seasons of rotational linebacker work without ever establishing himself as a consistent franchise-caliber defender. His 2025 season illustrates the problem starkly: across just 2 games, he accumulated 3 tackles, a production rate that underscores both limited opportunity and the modest impact he's generated when on the field. The core weakness remains constant—Davis has never translated his 19th-overall draft pedigree into elite or even consistently above-average production, and his career totals (eight sacks, two forced fumbles, one interception across five seasons) tell the story of a player who maxed out as a backup linebacker in a league where that role doesn't justify first-round capital. At 27 and entering his sixth year, Davis is now operating as a depth piece on the open market rather than a starting or rotational contributor—the Raiders' recent decision to release him, paired with a roster overhaul focused on receiver, tight end, and defensive line rather than linebacker depth, reflects an organization that no longer views him as part of the solution. His pathway forward depends entirely on finding a team willing to absorb a low-investment flier on special-teams or emergency-depth snaps, a far cry from the developmental trajectory a 2021 first-rounder was expected to follow.

How Jamin Compares at the Position

Jamin Davis ranks 96th of 338 graded linebackers by performance. That slots Jamin between Nik Bonitto (B-) just ahead and Isaiah Mcduffie (B-) just behind.

Fan Sentiment

Jamin Davis exits Las Vegas as one of the clearest examples of a failed first-round investment in recent Raiders history, and the public perception surrounding his release has bottomed out accordingly. The media narrative was swift and unanimous — this was a clean break, not a controversial cut, and the lack of any meaningful pushback from analysts or fan communities speaks volumes about how thoroughly Davis exhausted organizational patience despite being a 19th-overall pick in 2021. His on-field production never climbed above rotational linebacker, and the 2025 season — just 3 tackles across 2 games — only reinforced what had become an open secret: Davis never developed into the franchise-caliber defender his draft position demanded, settling instead into a depth role that no contender needs a first-round pick to fill. The Raiders' recent roster activity, a flurry of lower-profile signings at receiver, tight end, and safety, signals an organization moving on quickly and methodically, with no apparent urgency to address linebacker through the open market at this level of investment. For a fanbase already frustrated with a 3-14 season and a long history of questionable draft evaluation at the position, Davis has become a symbol of that structural failure rather than simply an individual disappointment. The narrative today is cold and closed — not angry, not debated, just resigned — and at 27 years old entering his sixth year in the league, the window for Davis to rewrite this story elsewhere is narrow and the football world is largely not watching.