Background
Davis is the son of Robert Davis and the late Karen Davis. He was born in Laurel, Mississippi.
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Education
Davis attended Laurel High School where he played football, basketball and ran track. Academically, he graduated in the top-25 of his class with a 3.0 Grade Point Average.
Career
He played college football at the University of Memphis, and signed with the Washington Redskins as an undrafted free agent in 2014. Davis was raised in the Queensburg community of Laurel, Mississippi. He started playing pee wee football under the coaching of Coach Howard.
In football, he led Laurel to the Mississippi state 4A championship in 2007 after passing for over 2,600 yards and rushing for 926 yards, totalling 44 touchdowns.
In his junior and senior seasons, he started at cornerback on defense and quarterback on offense. In track & field, Davis competed in events ranging from the triple jump to the shot put during his junior and senior seasons.
At the 2008 USM Invitational, he took 4th in the triple jump event with a mark of 13.7 meters (44 ft, 6 in). Davis played the safety position at Memphis for three years.
In 2012, he was converted to the linebacker position for his senior year.
Davis tallied 150 tackles, 4 forced fumbles, 3 interceptions, and 2.5 sacks in his 4 years at Memphis. Washington Redskins
After going unselected in the 2013 NFL Draft, Davis had a try-out at the Seattle Seahawks rookie mini-camp. He was not offered a contract and was not signed by any other team in the 2013 season.
While not playing football, Davis became a graduate assistant coach at Memphis University.
The Washington Redskins signed Davis on April 10, 2014 after not playing football for a year. While placed as a reserve strong safety, he established himself on special teams in the preseason.
The events of Davis" life before making an NFL roster, were filmed for an NFL Network series, "Undrafted". Davis was the only one out of 6 undrafted prospects to be signed to an NFL 53-man roster.
Despite making the active roster by the final roster cut day, the Redskins waived him on August 31 after Duke Ihenacho was claimed off waivers.
The Redskins placed Davis on the practice squad the next day. He was waived on October 7, but re-signed with their practice squad the next day. He was added to the active roster on October 26, 2014.
On September 4, 2015, Davis was waived with an injury settlement for final roster cuts before the start of the regular season.
New Orleans Saints
Davis signed with the New Orleans Saints" practice squad on October 19, 2015. He was promoted to the active roster on October 24.
He was waived on November 3. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
On November 10, 2015, Davis signed with the practice squad of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
On November 17, 2015, he was released.
He was re-signed to the practice squad on November 25, 2015. On December 1, 2015, he was released from practice squad. Seattle Seahawks
On December 8, 2015, Davis signed with the Seattle Seahawks.
On December 15, 2015, Davis was waived.
Indianapolis Colts
On December 16, 2015, the Indianapolis Colts claimed Davis off of waivers from Seattle. Davis has one daughter, Carsyn, who was born in August 2014.
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Membership
Davis has also been a member of the New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Seattle Seahawks.
