Corey Davis

Corey Davis is a football strong safety for the New Orleans Saints football team.
==High school career==
Davis attended Gateway High School in Monroeville, PA. Davis was the high school basketball team's junior varsity starting point guard in his freshman season before catching the eye of head football coach Tom Nola. Nola thought Davis would be a good fit at SS because of his tall build and his athletic ability. Davis ended up agreeing to play football on the condition of being a varsity starter, though he continued to pursue his basketball dream as well. Davis had a decent year in his first year starting, catching the eyes of some scouts with 4 forced fumbles, an interception, and 35 tackles in his sophomore season. Nola commended Davis for his good work both academically and on the football field, noting that Davis had room to improve but would definitely play better in the next year. Davis had a much improved 2014, recording the same stat of 4 forced fumbles; however, he also recovered 4 (including one returned for a touchdown), but Davis truly made his mark as a ballhawk, recording 8 interceptions, including two returned for touchdowns. Davis shot up scouts' boards after this performance, reaching #4 on BLUEchip's list of prospects. However, still wanting to play basketball, Davis noted that he wanted to stay local but also wanted an offer to play basketball from the school he would go to. Most schools dropped from consideration at that point, besides Pitt - basketball coach Jamie Dixon admired his scrappiness at the PG position and football coach Jumbo wanted a ballhawk on the level of Davis. Davis then became the earliest top 10 recruit to commit, deciding early to head to Pitt, noting that "it's close to home and I can play my two favorite sports. What more could I want?"
 
==College career==
===Pitt===
Following Davis' commitment, coach Jumbo said that Davis would start immediately in his freshman year on campus, jumping over presumed starter John Edwards. He started all 4 years, and notably was the MVP of the 2018 Russell Athletic Bowl.
 
===Statistics===
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Season 	Defense 	Defense 	Defense 	Defense 	Defense 	Defense 	Defense 	Defense 	Defense 	 	 	 	
Season 	GP 	GS 	Tackles 	Int 	Sacks 	FF 	FR 	TD 	Safeties 	 	 	 	
2016 	13 	13 	15 	4 	0.0 	1 	0 	0 	0 	 	 	 	
2017 	13 	13 	18 	2 	0.0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	 	 	 	
2018 	13 	13 	52 	3 	0.0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	 	 	 	
2019 	14 	14 	27 	4 	0.0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	 	 	 	
NCAA Career Totals 	53 	53 	112 	13 	0.0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	 	 	 	
==Professional Career==
===Pre-draft=== 
Davis was generally considered the top strong safety in the 2020 NFLHC Draft. He was projected as a first round pick.
===Draft===
Davis was selected with the 25th pick of the 2020 NFLHC Draft by the New Orleans Saints. He was the first strong safety taken, and the only one that was selected in the first round. 
===Pro Career===
====Statistics====
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Year 	Team 	Games	Starts	Defensive	Defensive	Defensive	Defensive	Defensive	Defensive	Defensive	Defensive	Rating
Year 	Team 	Games	Starts	Tackles 	INT 	Sacks 	FF 	FR 	Blocks 	TD 	Safeties 	Rating
2020 	NO 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0.0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	81
Career	Career	0 	0 	0 	0 	0.0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	
 
Category:Pittsburgh Panthers Players
Category:Strong Safeties