It’s not the most common name and it has caused some to pause a moment as they try to sort out it’s pronunciation but rest assured, with his dominating play on Calgary’s defensive line, the name Ja’Gared Davis is becoming well known.

The first-year defensive end out of Southern Methodist has been making the most out of the opportunity of playing bookend with Charleston Hughes, collecting three sacks in Calgary’s game against the Toronto Argonauts at BMO Field, adding to his other three sacks, 28 defensive tackles, two forced fumble and a touchdown.

His disruptive performance against the Double Blue caught the attention of his teammates and earned him Monday’s defensive game ball.

“I was just using my speed,” says Davis in his Texas drawl. “I knew all week I just had to come out and just do the game plan, I had to get (the O-linemen) off the line of scrimmage and keep them guessing.”

From there, Davis made Drew Willy’s life miserable, constantly flushing the Toronto quarterback from the pocket or forcing him to rush a throw.

However, No. 95 is quick to share the spotlight with his teammates on the defensive line and credits their hard work for the unit’s overall success.

“We’ve seen ourselves grow by leaps and bounds, even when some games we’d come out with one sack and some games we might come out with three,” he says. “Sometimes we might come out with none, but we always kept leaning on each other and kept buying in with each other and kept picking each other up saying, ‘we got it.’ ”

And got it they have. Calgary now sits tied with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats for first in the CFL in quarterback sacks with 41 after Monday’s six-sack performance.

“We just took it upon ourselves to come out and just buy into the system and just create havoc up front all night,” says Davis.

Adding a game ball to his collection that includes his first CFL touchdown – a scoop and score in Week 13 against the Ottawa RedBlacks – is great but Davis and his line mates are wanting a much grander memento before they will call this season a success, one that will ensure Canadian football fans remember their names forever. A Grey Cup.

To achieve that goal, Davis says it will continue to require a full effort to the 2016 season’s last whistle.

“We’re all playing fast and we’re playing physical and we’re playing smart,” he says. “We’re playing everything in between the lines and we’re creating pressure.

“Coach Mace and Coach Claybrooks have been coaching that all year – the proof is in the pudding. We buy in and we get results.”