height_ft finalyear debutyear statvalue draftround birth_date draftyear number college statlabel name weight_lb birth_place nfl position highschool height_in article_title draftpick
6 1994 1988 27.5 1 75 1 8 july 1965 1988 70 illinois sacks fumble recoveries games played scott davis 280 joliet , illinois dav746329 defensive end plainfield -lrb- il -rrb- central 7 scott davis -lrb- american football -rrb-
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scott davis -lrb- american football -rrb-

scott davis -lrb- born july 8 , 1965 -rrb- is a former nfl player .
he played defensive end .
he played for the los angeles raiders from 1988 -- 1991 , 1994 .
he attended plainfield high school where he lettered in track , basketball and football .
davis was inducted into the plainfield athletic hall of fame .
davis was a high school parade all-american in football .
davis attended the university of illinois on a full scholarship and played football for the fighting illini .
davis became a team captain for the illini in 1986 .
he earned honorable mention all-america and first team all-big ten honors in 1987 when he recorded 10 quarterback sacks , a total that was the school record at the time .
his career total of 23 sacks was also a school record and as of 2015 sits second on the illinois all-time list .
davis also ranks seventh on the university of illinois career tackles-for-loss list with 35 .
in 2008 davis was selected as one of the 10 greatest defensive linemen in illinois history and was honored along with fellow former illini honorees during halftime of a big ten network nationally televised game at memorial stadium .
davis played in the rose bowl and peach bowl while at the university of illinois and in the hula bowl and ricoh japan bowl as a college senior all-star prior to being drafted by the raiders in 1998 .
davis has ventured in philanthropy , and commercial/residential real estate development since his years with the raiders .
residing in chicago , il for most of his retirement not far from his hometown of joliet , il as well as traveling to arizona and many other states for real estate development and leisure .
