| Years at Northeast: | 1949-50 |
| Sports: | Football/Men's Basketball |
| Occupation: | Student-Athlete |
The West Memphis, Ark., product was selected as the first team captain for the Tigers as a sophomore during the 1950 campaign. Northeast won its second straight Mississippi Valley Conference championship that year with Davis as its on-field leader.
Davis and the Tigers tied a school record with three shutouts versus Senatobia Junior College (34-0), Martin (Tenn.) College (37-0) and Fulton Junior College (41-0) in 1949.
Only two other Northeast squads have posted a trio of shutouts in one season, including Horace McCool’s 1956 group that posted a program-best 10 victories.
The 6-2, 178-pound defensive end starred alongside future Tiger head coach and NJCAA Hall of Famer W.B. “Bill” Ward during Northeast’s inaugural campaign. The Tigers went 5-5 under the tutelage of Woody Johnson during the regular season to claim the league crown.
Northeast accepted an invitation to participate in a playoff game against Union (Tenn.) University in Corinth following its final scheduled contest. The Tigers battled the Bulldogs to a 20-20 tie in their first-ever postseason appearance.
Doug Hamley took the reigns of the team in 1950 and led Northeast to a 6-2-2 record. Davis guided the Tigers to a 2-1-2 mark in their final five contests with nice wins over Pearl River Junior College and Sunflower Junior College.
Davis was also a member of the 1949-50 men’s basketball squad that won the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region 7 championship in Lake Charles, La., and finished as the runner-up to City College of Los Angeles (Calif.) in the national championship tilt.
He was named Mr. Northeast Mississippi Junior College for the 1951 graduating class and later served our country in the United States Army.