Player Bio
| HT/WT: 6-3, 330 lbs |
| Birthplace: Plaquemine, LA |
| Age: 31 |
| School: LSU |
| Experience: 10 |
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2026 Defensive
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| Regular Season | 12 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Top Davon Godchaux News
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Saints' Davon Godchaux: Injures groin on MNF
Godchaux exited Monday night's game against the Falcons with a groin injury.
He's officially questionable to return, but the game is already well out of reach for New Orleans. Prior to his injury, Godchaux logged one tackle (zero solo). Colby Wooden and Khristian Boyd are next in line for snaps at defensive tackle.
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Saints' Davon Godchaux: Production dips in 2025
Godchaux recorded 43 tackles (14 solo) and one forced fumble while playing in 17 regular-season games in 2025.
Godchaux was traded from the Patriots to the Saints after logging at least 56 tackles in four straight seasons. He also played over 600 defensive snaps during each year with New England, but he played just 454 with New Orleans in 2025. Godchaux signed a restructured two-year, $11 million contract after being traded to the Saints last offseason. The 31-year-old figures to serve as the team's starting nose tackle once again in 2026.
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Saints' Davon Godchaux: Being dealt to New Orleans
The Patriots agreed Monday to trade Godchaux to the Saints in exchange for a 2026 seventh-round pick, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports.
Godchaux heads to New Orleans with one year remaining on the two-year, $18 million extension he inked with New England last offseason. The veteran defensive tackle hasn't missed a regular-season game since 2020, and he's notched more than 60 tackles in three of the last four seasons. He'll operate as a key run stopper within the Saints' defensive front for the 2025 campaign.
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Patriots' Davon Godchaux: Finishes 2024 with 67 tackles
Godchaux played in all 17 regular-season games in 2024 and finished with 67 tackles (43 solo) and one pass defense.
Godchaux has played in every single regular-season game since joining the Patriots in 2021 and led the defensive front in tackles in 2024. His 67 combined tackles were his most since 2019 when he played for the Dolphins (75). Godchaux signed a two-year, $18 million contract extension with the Patriots in July of 2024, and the veteran nose tackle out of LSU is expected to lead the defense in 2025 under incoming head coach Mike Vrabel.
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Patriots' Davon Godchaux: Logs eight tackles in Week 17
Godchaux finished Saturday's 40-7 loss to the Chargers with eight tackles (five solo).
Godchaux and Sione Takitaki finished Saturday's game with the third-most tackles on the Patriots behind Jahlani Tavai (10) and Kyle Dugger (nine). It was Godchaux's highest-tackling game since Week 6 against the Texans, and through 16 regular-season games he's tallied 63 tackles (22 solo) and one pass defense. The Patriots will host the Bills in Week 18, and Buffalo is expected to rest its starters as it has locked up the No. 2 seed in the AFC heading into the postseason.
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Patriots' Davon Godchaux: Active in loss
Godchaux tallied eight tackles (four solo) in the Patriots 41-21 loss to the Texans in Week 6.
Godchaux's tackle total was tied for first on the Patriots' defense. He was on the field for 45 defensive snaps (73 percent), which marked his highest percentage through six weeks. The nose tackle will look to continue providing a presence in the trenches in Week 7 when New England takes on the Jaguars in Jacksonville.
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