Troy Davis (running back)
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Born: | Edmonton Eskimos | September 14, 1975
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2007 | Toronto Argonauts |
Career highlights and awards | |
NCAA
CFL
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CFL All-Star | 2004 |
CFL East All-Star | 2002–2004 |
Career stats | |
Attempts | 150 |
Rushing yards | 446 |
Receptions | 36 |
Receiving yards | 237 |
Troy Davis (born September 14, 1975) is an American former professional
Early years
Davis was born in
He became the first Dade County football player to ever rush for 2,000 yards.[2]
He had offers to play at Florida and Florida State among others but eventually chose Iowa State.[3]
College career
Davis attended Iowa State University, and played for the
In 1996, Davis was selected as the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year.[5] He was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American at running back in 1995 and 1996.[6]
Davis finished fifth in voting for the Heisman Trophy in 1995.[7] In 1996, he narrowly finished second to winner Danny Wuerffel. He won three out of four Heisman regions, but lost badly in the South region.[8] He was also nosed out for the Doak Walker Award by another Big 12 running back, Byron Hanspard of Texas Tech.[9] Hanspard edged Davis for the award despite Hanspard earning a 0.00 grade point average during his final season playing for Texas Tech.
He did however win the Jim Brown Award and the Chic Harley Award given to the top running back and best college football player respectively.[10]
He was inducted into the Iowa State Hall of Fame in 2007.[11]
Davis was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2016.[1]
College statistics
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Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
Season | Team | GP | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |||||
1994 | Iowa State | 9 | 35 | 187 | 5.3 | 0 | 6 | 35 | 0 | |||||
1995 | Iowa State | 11 | 345 | 2,010 | 5.8 | 15 | 14 | 159 | 1 | |||||
1996 | Iowa State | 11 | 402 | 2,185 | 5.4 | 21 | 13 | 64 | 0 | |||||
Career | 31 | 782 | 4,382 | 5.6 | 36 | 33 | 258 | 1 | ||||||
Reference:[12] |
Professional career
Davis elected to forgo his senior season of eligibility and declared for the
During his three seasons with the Saints Davis started 11 games and rushed for 446 yards on 150 attempts.Davis left the Saints after the 1999 season and was drafted by the Birmingham Thunderbolts of the XFL, but was cut in training camp.[15]
Davis then signed with the
NFL statistics
Rushing | Receiving | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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Season | Team | GP | GS | Att | Yds | Avg | YdsG | Lng | TD | Rec | Yds | Lng | TD | Fum |
1997 | NO | 16 | 7 | 75 | 271 | 3.6 | 16.9 | 20 | - | 13 | 85 | 18 | - | 3 |
1998 | NO | 14 | 2 | 55 | 143 | 2.6 | 10.2 | 14 | 1 | 16 | 99 | 19 | - | 1 |
1999 | NO | 16 | 2 | 20 | 32 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 7 | - | 7 | 53 | 20 | - | 1 |
Career | 46 | 11 | 150 | 446 | 3.0 | 9.7 | 20 | 1 | 36 | 237 | 20 | - | 5 | |
Reference:[19] |
CFL statistics
Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
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Season | Team | GP | Att | Yds | Avg | YdsG | Lng | TD | Rec | Yds | TD |
2001 | HAM | 18 | 96 | 527 | 5.5 | 29.3 | 75 | 6 | 14 | 122 | - |
2002 | HAM | 18 | 230 | 1,143 | 5.0 | 63.5 | 74 | 6 | 27 | 221 | 1 |
2003 | HAM | 18 | 227 | 1,206 | 5.3 | 67.0 | 34 | 5 | 40 | 458 | - |
2004 | HAM | 18 | 324 | 1,628 | 5.0 | 90.4 | 58 | 10 | 40 | 250 | - |
2005 | HAM | 176 | 792 | 4.5 | 44.0 | 54 | 3 | 25 | 142 | - | |
2005 | EDM | 64 | 359 | 5.6 | 19.9 | 30 | 2 | 17 | 157 | - | |
2006 | EDM | 18 | 190 | 1,060 | 5.6 | 58.9 | 44 | 4 | 67 | 546 | - |
2007 | TOR | 18 | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 1.3 | 10 | - | - | - | - |
Career | 144 | 1,313 | 6,739 | 5.1 | 46.8 | 75 | 36 | 230 | 1,896 | 1 | |
Reference:[20] |
Personal life
Davis is the brother of Darren Davis, who played running back at Iowa State beginning in Troy's final season until 1999. Darren ran for over 1,000 yards in three consecutive seasons before ending his career second in career rushing yards behind his older brother.
See also
- List of college football yearly rushing leaders
References
- ^ a b Troy Davis at the College Football Hall of Fame
- ^ "Run to Glory: Troy Davis enters Register Hall of Fame". The Des Moines Register.
- ^ "Football: The legend that almost wasn't, how Troy Davis overcame a tough freshman year to become an All-American".
- ^ "Troy Davis To Enter College Football Hall Of Fame".
- ^ "2016 Big 12 Football" (PDF). big12sports.com. 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 May 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
- ^ "Consensus All-America Teams (1990-1999) - College Football at Sports-Reference.com".
- ^ "1995 Heisman Trophy Voting - College Football at Sports-Reference.com".
- ^ "1996 Heisman Trophy Voting - College Football at Sports-Reference.com".
- ^ "Doak Walker Award - SMU".
- ^ "Past Honoreess :: Touchdown Club of Columbus".
- ^ "Former Cyclones great Troy Davis returns to Ames". The Des Moines Register.
- ^ "Troy Davis College Stats - College Football at Sports-Reference.com".
- ^ "1997 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
- ^ "Troy Davis- Hall of Fame Class of 2007 - Iowa State Athletics".
- ^ "Where Are They Now? The 1999 Saints - Part One".
- ^ "The All-Rivalry Team: Davis/Bennett - Hamilton Tiger-Cats".
- ^ "Lumsden confident he'll return from injury". 5 July 2009.
- ^ "ARGOS AND COMMUNITY WARM UP TO WINTERS". 23 May 2008.
- ^ "Troy Davis Stats - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- ^ "Troy Davis College & Pro Football Statistics - Totalfootballstats.com".