Akeem Davis

Akeem Davis

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Davis with the Washington Redskins in 2014
No. 35 Indianapolis Colts
Position: Safety
Personal information
Date of birth: (1989-12-25) December 25, 1989
Place of birth: Laurel, Mississippi
Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight: 200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school: Laurel High School (Laurel, Mississippi)
College: Memphis
Undrafted: 2013
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Roster status: Active
Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2015
Tackles: 13
Pass deflections: 0
Interceptions: 0
Forced Fumbles: 2
Player stats at NFL.com

Akeem Davis (born December 25, 1989) is an American football safety for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the University of Memphis, and signed with the Washington Redskins as an undrafted free agent in 2014. Davis has also been a member of the New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Seattle Seahawks.

Early years

Davis is the son of Robert Davis and the late Karen Davis. He was born in Laurel, Mississippi. Davis was raised in the Queensburg community of Laurel, Mississippi. He started playing pee wee football under the coaching of Coach Howard. Davis attended Laurel High School where he played football, basketball and ran track. 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. Academically, he graduated in the top-25 of his class with a 3.0 GPA.[1]

In track & field, Davis competed in events ranging from the triple jump to the shot put during his junior and senior seasons. He ran the lead leg on the 4A state champion 4 × 200m relay squad in 2008, helping them capture the state title at 1.28.90 minutes.[2] At the 2008 USM Invitational, he took 4th in the triple jump event with a mark of 13.7 meters (44 ft, 6 in).[3]

College career

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.[4]

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
Ht Wt 40-yd dash 10-yd split 20-yd split 20-ss 3-cone Vert Broad BP
6 ft 0 in 201 lb 4.37 s 1.54 s 2.49 s 4.27 s 7.05 s 39 1/2 in 10 ft 6 in 19 reps
All values from Pro Day[5]

Washington Redskins

After going unselected in the 2013 NFL Draft, Davis had a try-out at the Seattle Seahawks rookie mini-camp.[6] 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.[7] The Washington Redskins signed Davis on April 10, 2014 after not playing football for a year.[8] While placed as a reserve strong safety, he established himself on special teams in the preseason.[9][10] 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.[11][12] He was waived on October 7, but re-signed with their practice squad the next day.[13] He was added to the active roster on October 26, 2014.[14]

On September 4, 2015, Davis was waived with an injury settlement for final roster cuts before the start of the regular season.[15]

New Orleans Saints

Davis signed with the New Orleans Saints' practice squad on October 19, 2015.[16] He was promoted to the active roster on October 24.[17] He was waived on November 3.[18]

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

On November 10, 2015, Davis signed with the practice squad of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.[19] On November 17, 2015, he was released. He was re-signed to the practice squad on November 25, 2015.[20] On December 1, 2015, he was released from practice squad.

Seattle Seahawks

On December 8, 2015, Davis signed with the Seattle Seahawks.[21] On December 15, 2015, Davis was waived.[22]

Indianapolis Colts

On December 16, 2015, the Indianapolis Colts claimed Davis off of waivers from Seattle.[23]

Personal

Davis has one daughter, Carsyn, who was born in August 2014.[24]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.gotigersgo.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/davis_akeem00.html
  2. ↑ http://ms.milesplit.com/meets/34309/results/66890
  3. ↑ http://ms.milesplit.com/meets/29681/results/62963
  4. ↑ C-USA Player Spotlight: Memphis LB Akeem Davis
  5. ↑ http://www.nfldraftscout.com/ratings/dsprofile.php?pyid=106710&draftyear=2013&genpos=SS
  6. ↑ Boyer, Zac (April 10, 2014). "Undrafted rookie Akeem Davis signs with Redskins". WashingtonTimes.com. Retrieved 2014-08-30.
  7. ↑ Khurshudyan, Isabelle (August 6, 2014). "Safety Akeem Davis draws on experience as a graduate assistant". WashingtonPost.com. Retrieved 2014-08-30.
  8. ↑ Walker, Andrew (April 10, 2014). "Redskins Sign Safety Akeem Davis". Redskins.com. Retrieved 2014-08-30.
  9. ↑ Jones, Mike (August 28, 2014). "Redskins safety and special teamer Akeem Davis sees opening, aims to catch coaches’ eyes". WashingtonPost.com. Retrieved 2014-08-30.
  10. ↑ Walker, Andrew (August 29, 2014). "Akeem Davis Hopes His Time Is Now". Redskins.com. Retrieved 2014-08-30.
  11. ↑ Keim, John (August 31, 2014). "Redskins add Ihenacho; Akeem Davis to PS". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2014-08-30.
  12. ↑ Jones, Mike (September 1, 2014). "Redskins sign S Akeem Davis, LB Chaz Sutton to practice squad". WashingtonPost.com. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
  13. ↑ Tandler, Rich (October 7, 2014). "Redskins waive two players, promote one". CSNWashington.com. Retrieved 2014-10-07.
  14. ↑ Jones, Mike. "Redskins add Akeem Davis to 53-man roster". Washington Post. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  15. ↑ Jones, Mike (September 4, 2015). "Redskins begin making final roster cuts". WashingtonPost.com. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
  16. ↑ Erickson, Joel. "Saints sign safety Akeem Davis to practice squad". Black & Gold. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  17. ↑ "Saints promote DBs Davis, Seamster; cut WRs Morgan, Graham". ESPN.com. October 24, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  18. ↑ "Saints add 2 players, waive 2". WashingtonTimes.com. November 3, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
  19. ↑ Smith, Scott (November 10, 2015). "McFadden Returns to Bolster Safety Position". Buccaneers.com. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
  20. ↑ "Buccaneers Sign Two to Practice Squad". Buccaneers.com. November 25, 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-26.
  21. ↑ "Seattle Seahawks Sign TE Anthony McCoy, S Akeem Davis; Waive TE Chase Coffman". Seattle Seahawks. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
  22. ↑ "Seahawks bring back TE Chase Coffman, waive RB DuJuan Harris among other roster moves". 710Sports.com. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
  23. ↑ "Colts claim safety Akeem Davis off of waivers from Seahawks". Stampede Blue. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
  24. ↑ Czarda, Stephen (March 6, 2015). "Akeem Davis Enjoying Watching His Daughter Grow". Redskins.com. Retrieved 2015-03-08.

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