Overview
James Davis is a running back for the Cleveland Browns, who selected him with the 195th overall pick in the sixth round of the 2009 NFL Draft. Davis played four seasons at Clemson University, where he formed one half of a successful running back tandem with C.J. Spiller. Davis initially declared for the 2008 NFL Draft following his junior season, but withdrew his name from consideration before the withdrawal deadline and returned for his senior season. Davis is 5-feet, 11-inches tall and weighs 215 pounds.
Prep Career
Davis rushed for 7,339 yards and 80 touchdowns during his career at Douglass High School in Atlanta, GA. He was the No. 6-ranked running back prospect and No. 42 overall prospect in the class of 2005 according to rivals.com. He made official visits to Virginia Tech and Alabama, but chose Clemson.
College Career
Davis led Clemson in rushing in each of his four seasons, surpassing the 1,000-yard mark as both a sophomore and junior. He was a first team All-ACC selection in both his sophomore and junior seasons. Davis missed only one game due to injury during his four-year career (2005 vs Temple). As a senior, Davis ran for a career-low 751 yards, and was held under 100 yards in 11 of Clemson's 13 games. Despite this, Davis finished his career with 3,881 rushing yards, second to only Raymond Priester on Clemson's all-time list. His 47 career rushing touchdowns broke Travis Zachery's school record and rank second in ACC history, behind only Ted Brown of NC State.
NFL Career
Davis was selected in the sixth round (195th overall) of the 2009 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns. Before the 2009 season, Davis signed a four-year contract with Cleveland.

As a rookie, Davis rushed for 15 yards, while shuffling in and out of the lineup due to a shoulder injury. Before Week 4, Davis was placed on injured reserve, ending his season.
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    Davis Best in ACC Since 2005
    Published: 3/6/2009

    Most Rushing Yards by ACC Player - Since 2005
    Player School Rush yds
    James Davis Clemson 3,881
    Tashard Choice Georgia Tech 3,365
    Branden Ore Virginia Tech 2,776
    Andre Brown NC State 2,539
    Clemson Better Recently
    Published: 12/31/2008

    Clemson vs FBS teams - This Season
    Games 1st 5 Games Last 5 Games
    W-L 1-4 4-1
    PPG 15.6 25.8
    James Davis TD 1 6
    Davis Nearing Record
    Published: 11/29/2008

    Clemson RB James Davis ran for 3 TD and his 49 career TD are just one shy of the school record. He'll have a chance to break it in a bowl game, which the Tigers qualified for with the win.

    Clemson's Offense Struggling
    Published: 10/13/2008

    Clemson was ranked 9th in the AP Poll, expected to have an explosive offense behind Cullen Harper and the RB duo of James Davis and C.J. Spiller.
    Clemson Offense Ranks, 2008 Season
    Total YPG 354.5 73rd
    Rush YPG 141.5 41st
    Pass YPG 213.0 58th
    PPG 26.7 56th
    Davis Nearing School Records
    Published: 10/8/2008

    James Davis is on the verge of breaking two school records. He's currently tied with Travis Zachery for most career rushing TD (41) and is one shy of tying Raymond Priester's career record for 100-yard games (15). His 41 TD is also tied for the third-most in FBS among active players.
    MOST CAREER RUSH TD - Among active FBS players
    Ian Johnson, BSU 49
    Jorvorskie Lane, A&M 44
    James Davis, CLEM 41
    Pat White, WVU 41

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    STATS
    College Stats
    ATT YDS TD
    2005 165 879 9
    2006 203 1,187 17
    2007 214 1,064 10
    2008 171 751 11
    Career 753 3,881 47
    Combine Stats
    40 SPEED4.520
    BENCH17
    VERTICALN/A
    BROADN/A
    CONESN/A
    SHUTTLEN/A
    WONDERLICN/A
    Pro Stats
    Rushing Stats
    YEARTEAM G ATT YDS AVG LNG TD FD FUM LOST
    2009CLE2 9 15 1.7 5 0 0 0 0
    2010CLE4 4 9 2.3 4 0 0 0 0
    2010WSH3 15 51 3.4 14 0 1 0 0
    Career 9 28 75 2.7 14 0 1 0 0
    Receiving Stats
    YEARTEAM G REC YDS AVG LNG TD FD FUM LOST
    2009CLE2 4 5 1.3 2 0 0 0 0
    2010CLE4 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
    2010WSH3 4 45 11.3 28 0 1 0 0
    Career 9 8 50 6.3 28 0 1 0 0
    Return Stats
    YEARTEAM G PR YDS TD FC LNG KR YDS TD FC LNG
    2010CLE4 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 0 0 11
    Career 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 0 0 11
    Passing Stats
    YEARTEAM G CMP ATT PCT YDS AVG TD LNG INT FUM RAT
    2009CLE2 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0
    2010CLE4 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0
    2010WSH3 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0
    Career 9 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0
    Defense Stats
    YEARTEAM G TOT SOLO AST PD SACK FF REC INT YDS TD
    2009CLE2 1 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
    Career 2 1 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
    Scoring Stats
    YEARTEAM G RushTD RecTD RetTD TotTD 2PT PAT FG TotPT
    2009CLE2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    2010CLE4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    2010WSH3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Career 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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