#14 Drake Davis Season 2023
One of the most athletic players perhaps to ever wear an LSU football uniform … Could have gone to college on football, basketball or soccer scholarship … Poised for a breakout season in 2018 … Has outstanding ball skills and tremendous jumping ability … Speaks fluent German among his many talents … Has played in 19 games with one start.
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2017)
Played in all 13 games and earned his first career start against Chattanooga … Totaled three receptions for 135 yards and a pair of touchdowns for the season … Caught his first career touchdown of 36 yards against the Mocs … Also finished with a pair of receptions for 98 yards, including an 87-yard touchdown, against Syracuse.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2016)
Played in six games with no starts … Caught one pass for 19 yards … Reception came in home-opener against Jacksonville State … Returned a kickoff for four yards against Jacksonville State … Other action came against Missouri, Ole Miss, Arkansas, Texas A&M and in the Citrus Bowl vs. Louisville.
HIGH SCHOOL
Big, strong, vertical threat at the receiver position … Consensus four-star recruit per Rivals, ESPN, Scout and 247Sports … Ranked as the No. 19 receiver nationally and the No. 16 player in Louisiana according to Rivals … Invited to participate in the 2016 Under Armour Game … Named to the USA Today All-USA High School All-America Team in 2015 as an all-purpose back … Hauled in 11 receptions for 431 yards and seven touchdowns as a senior at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida … Averaged 39.2 yards a catch as a senior … Also returned two kickoffs for touchdowns and scored a rushing TD at IMG … Averaged 46.3 yards on six kickoff returns with a long of 90 yards … Prepped for a year at The Dunham School in Baton Rouge before transferring to Fort Union Military Academy (Va.) for his junior season … Finished his prep career at IMG Academy … Also standout basketball and soccer player in high school … Was once ranked as one of the top junior soccer players in the United States … Coached by Kevin Wright at IMG Academy.
PERSONAL
Parents are Stephanie Davis and Lester Earl … Born Dec. 14, 1996 … Majoring in interdisciplinary studies … Father, Lester, and uncle, Louis Earl, both played basketball at LSU.
DRAKE DAVIS’S CAREER HIGHS
Points scored: 6, Two times (Last: Syracuse, Sep 23, 2017; First: Chattanooga, Sep 9, 2017)
Touchdowns: 1, Two times (Last: Syracuse, Sep 23, 2017; First: Chattanooga, Sep 9, 2017)
Receptions: 2 vs. Syracuse, Sep 23, 2017
Receiving yards: 98 vs. Syracuse, Sep 23, 2017 (2 receptions)
Receiving TDs: 1, Two times (Last: Syracuse, Sep 23, 2017; First: Chattanooga, Sep 9, 2017)
Long reception: 87 vs. Syracuse, Sep 23, 2017
DRAKE DAVIS’S CAREER KICK RETURN HIGHS
Kick returns: 1 vs. Jacksonville St., Sep 10, 2016
Kick return yards: 4 vs. Jacksonville St., Sep 10, 2016
Long kick return: 4 vs. Jacksonville St., Sep 10, 2017