Mike Davis – # 1
Postion: Wide Reciever
Height: 6-2 Weight: 193
Experience: Sr. – 3L
Hometown: Dallas, Texas Last School: Skyline
By Steve Habel
AFTER WAVERING on his decision to jump to the NFL, ‘Magic’ Mike Davis will return for his final year with the Longhorns. Davis had 57 catches for 939 yards and [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level2)] seven touchdowns last season and caught 11 passes longer than 30 yards — good for No. 3 in the Big 12. He had just three games in 2012 where he averaged fewer than 10 yards per catch.
With the Longhorns moving to an up-tempo offense this season, Davis should become the featured deep-ball threat in an offense committed to putting more points on the board.
“Mike can be a great player,” head coach Mack Brown said. “He’s talented, he can catch, he’s tough and he’s smart. Mike has to be the go-to receiver on our team.”
Davis is a two-time member of the Biletnikoff Award watch list and was a second-team All-Big 12 selection in 2012. He ranks seventh on both the Texas career receptions list (149) and career receiving yards chart (2,026) and owns seven career 100-yard receiving games (tied for sixth in school history).
Davis posted a Texas freshman single-season record 47 receptions for 478 yards (No. 3 on the freshman single-season list) and two touchdowns in 2010. He’s one of only three players in school history to register multiple 100-yard receiving games as a freshman.
If Davis has a huge year — and he came back to do just that —Texas will reap the rewards, as he’s one of the most important players on the team.
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