Noor Davis (born December 15, 1994) is a former

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. He played

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and was signed by the

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in 2017 as an

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. In 2011, he was awarded the

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for the top linebacker in high school, as well as being named to the first-team of the

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and participated in the 2012

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. Davis graduated with a Bachelors and Masters from

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. In 2019, Davis joined the

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Front Office working in Player Personnel, after working in Sales Leadership with the Silicon Valley start-up

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. Davis currently works with the

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as Associate Director, Sports Administration. Davis began his career with the

in 2020 as the first Fellow in the history of the conference, working directly under Commissioner

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. He is pursuing his

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while simultaneously working with the

Early years

A native of Leesburg, Florida, Davis attended

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for most of his high school career before transferring just before his senior year to Leesburg High School, where he won the 2011

, was an Under Armour All-American linebacker and captain of the 2012 19-U US National Football Team. Regarded as a four-star recruit, Davis was ranked the No. 2 linebacker and No. 25 overall prospect by ''

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'' and the No. 4 outside linebacker in his class by ''

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''.

College career

After redshirting his first year at

in 2012, Davis went on to play in 37 games throughout the course of his career (2012-16), amassing 67 total tackles, 2 interceptions, 2 TFL and 3 kick returns for 43 yards. Davis was named to the Academic All-

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team in 2016. Davis earned four letters as a Linebacker for the Cardinal football team during a span in which the program made three appearances in the

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(winning two) and won three

titles. Davis recorded 5 solo tackles in the

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vs. the

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Professional career

Minnesota Vikings

Davis signed with the

as an undrafted free agent on July 28, 2017. He was waived by the Vikings on September 2, 2017.

Personal life

Davis' father, Chris played two years in the NFL, while his uncle,

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is an NFL Hall of Famer. Davis' mother is Jana Davis and his brother is Gabriel Davis.

References

External links

Stanford Cardinal bio
1994 births Living people Players of American football from Los Angeles American football linebackers Stanford Cardinal football players Minnesota Vikings players {{Linebacker-1990s-stub