Former Commanders' first-round pick released again
Washington's 2021 first-round pick was released by his latest team on Thursday.
The Washington Commanders selected linebacker Sonny Styles with the No. 7 overall pick in last week's 2026 NFL Draft. Styles was the first linebacker Washington selected in the first round since 2021.
Do you happen to remember who that linebacker was? If you said Jamin Davis, you'd be correct. Davis lasted only three-plus seasons with the Commanders before he was released on October 22, 2024.
Since then, Davis has spent time with four different organizations, most recently with the Las Vegas Raiders , who released him on Thursday. Davis, 27, initially signed with the Raiders' practice squad in October, before he was promoted to the active roster in November. After the season, he agreed to a reserve/future contract with Las Vegas.
Considered by many to be a reach in the 2021 NFL Draft, former head coach/head of football operations Ron Rivera selected Davis in part because he was a phenomenal athlete and partly because Davis' family had a military background, like Rivera's. "I'm very partial to guys like that because I played with a lot of guys who have that family background," Rivera said in 2021, via Kyle Stackpole . "He's a solid young man who's very bright and very intelligent.