Primary backup at the strong-side linebacker position …versatile athlete with excellent speed … moves well in open space … good open field tackler … also used on special teams as well … previous bowl trips: 2006 Sugar, 2007 Gator, 2008 Fiesta.
2007 (Jr.): played in all 13 games … accumulated 39 tackles, including 23 solo stops … posted a sack, 3.5 tackles for loss, forced a fumble and recovered a fumble … finished with five or more tackles in three games … season-high seven tackles against Mississippi State … four tackles, including three solo stops against Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl … five tackles and assisted on a tackle for loss against Western Michigan … five tackles, including four solo stops and a tackle for loss at Maryland … four tackles, including three unassisted, a sack and a forced fumble against Louisville … four solo tackles at Syracuse … a tackle for loss against Pitt.
2006 (So.): rotated with Ridwan Malik at spur safety ... pair of stops vs. Eastern Washington ... five tackles, two for a loss, in the Maryland win ... four tackles, one for a loss, at East Carolina ... sack and four tackles in win at Mississippi State ... three tackles and a pass breakup vs. Syracuse ... seven-yard sack with three tackles at Louisville ... sprained both ankles in Cincinnati game ... five tackles at Pitt ... leading tackler in Rutgers win with nine ... key fumble recovery on a Georgia Tech kick return to set up WVU’s go-ahead score in the Gator Bowl ...
2005 (Fr.): played on special teams in 2005 as a true freshman.
Prep: helped the Rockledge Raiders advance to the regional semifinals ... 70 tackles, 10 sacks (-86 yards), 8 PBU and a fumble recovery as a senior for Coach Chuck Wood ... Florida Today all-Space Coast ... Class 3A all-state ... Orlando Sentinel Brevard County defensive player of the year ... also all-Space Coast in track ...
Personal: birthday is March 1 ... son of Edith and Booker Davis ... an athletic coaching education major.
