MAGIC MIKE – ROUND UP

JUNIOR WIDE receiver Mike Davis reported for football player check-in Aug. 5 as “Magic.” “Mike is your given name?” said the woman behind the desk. “No, Magic is my name.” The Longhorn Network’s ….

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“All Access” show captured the sideways glances that ensued and the final compromise: Davis checked in as Magic Mike. “I see it as a new image,” Davis said. “If my name is Magic, I have to make magic plays.’’

He picked up the Magic moniker as a baby. He had a propensity for sky-hooking his Pampers into the garbage can. His dad — who played basketball — started calling him Magic. “They thought I was going to be special,” Davis adds. Davis displayed his magic on the field as a freshman, and fans saw bursts of it again during his sophomore campaign.

He still led the teams in receptions in 2011, but instead of burning brightly he flickered with inconsistency. “My mind slipped away from me [last year],” he said. “I want to play with passion. I want to show everyone that I’m back and ready to do this.” And everybody is ready to accept the new Magic, even head coach Mack Brown, though that wasn’t the case in the spring.

Back in February, Davis went to Brown to request that Magic Davis be put on the back of his jersey. Brown quickly said no. Now? “He calls me Magic sometimes,” Davis said.

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