Falcons DE Marlon Davidson placed on COVID-19/reserve list
By Sydney Hunte
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The Atlanta Falcons will be without the services of defensive end Marlon Davidson as they host the Detroit Lions at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Sunday.
The team announced on Thursday that Davidson had been placed on the COVID-19/reserve list. Davidson didn’t play in the Falcons’ loss to the San Francisco 49ers on Dec. 19 due to a non-COVID-related illness.
Davidson, who is in his 2nd season, has played in 10 games and recorded 19 tackles and a sack in 2021. He has also intercepted a pass, which was returned for a touchdown. As a rookie in 2020, he only managed to play in 3 games while making 8 stops, while spending time on the reserve/COVID list that year, too.
The Falcons’ 2nd round pick in 2020 was an All-SEC 1st-team selection in 2019 after making 11.5 tackles for a loss and recording 6.5 sacks as a senior with the Tigers. So far, though, he’s not made quite the same impact at the professional level, with his latest addition to the reserve/COVID list marking another setback in his young NFL career.
Sydney is an Atlanta-based journalist who has covered everything from SEC and ACC football to MLS, the U.S. men's national soccer team and professional tennis. His work has appeared on such platforms as SB Nation, Cox Media Group and FanSided.
