Will Davis

Height:
6-0
Weight:
227
Class:
Senior
High School:
Carroll

CAREER HONORS
• 2013-16 First Team Academic All-Big 12
• 2016 NFF Campbell Trophy Semifinalist
• May 2016 Kansas State Graduate (Accounting and Finance)

CAREER (Click Here for Career Stats): A four-year letterwinner who played in 51 career games, including 17 starts at linebacker... Also a key member of multiple special teams units... A three-time First Team Academic All-Big 12 performer, including his senior season when he was a semifinalist for the Campbell Trophy... Helped 2016 Senior Class earn a 32-20 record and two bowl victories.

2016 (Click Here for Game-by-Game Stats): Played in 12 games, including a start against Texas... Tied his season high with two tackles against both Stanford and Missouri State, while he had a half TFL against the Cardinal and one against the Bears... Also had a tackle against Kansas... A First Team Academic All-Big 12 performer who was also a semifinalist for the Campbell Trophy.

2015 (Click Here for Game-by-Game Stats): Played in all 13 games with starts in each of the first 10 contests... Set a new career high with 54 tackles on the year, which ranked fourth on the team... Also broke up two passes and recorded his first-career interception... Set a career high in tackles with nine at UTSA, while batting down a 4th-and-goal pass... Also batted down a goal-line pass against Louisiana Tech... Interception came at Oklahoma State deep in K-State’s territory to halt a potential Cowboy scoring drive... Totaled eight tackles at Texas... Picked up First Team Academic All-Big 12 honors.

2014 (Click Here for Game-by-Game Stats): Appeared in all 13 games, including six starts... Recorded 35 tackles on the year, including two for loss and a fumble recovery against Stephen F. Austin... Carded a career-high eight tackles at TCU, while he had six at both Iowa State and Baylor... Also had a TFL against Kansas... Earned First Team Academic All-Big 12 honors.

2013 (Click Here for Game-by-Game Stats): Played in all 13 games, making 16 tackles... Tied for third on the team with six special teams stops... Carded a career-best five tackles in consecutive games against Iowa State and Texas Tech... A First Team Academic All-Big 12 performer.

2012: Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL: Led Carroll to an undefeated state championship in 2011 under head coach Hal Wasson... Had 176 tackles, including 115 solos, 10 sacks, six knockdowns, two forced fumble and two fumble recoveries... Named the Texas Class 5A Defensive Player of the Year by the Texas Sports Writers Association and Padilla Poll... A team captain and Defensive MVP in 2011 and also was named the Defensive MVP of the 2011 state title game... Earned 2011 first team all-state honors from Fox Sports, Old Coach and 5A Texas Football... Named all-area by the Dallas Morning News and Old Coach... Regarded as one of the state’s top recruits by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Dallas Morning News, Dave Campbell’s Texas Football and Lemming... Totaled 308 tackles, 25 for a loss, and 14.0 sacks in his final two seasons... Led Carroll to a combined 37-6 record in three seasons... Also an academic all-state scholar and a member of the National Honor Society.

PERSONAL:William Tyler Davis was born November 4, 1993, in Dallas, Texas... Son of Barry and Leigh Davis... Has two siblings, Lindsay and Jackson... Graduated with a degree in accounting and finance from Kansas State in December 2015.