Marshall University Athletics
2017 Football Roster
Roster
Keion Davis
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Fairburn, Ga.
- High School:
- Langston Hughes
R-JUNIOR SEASON (2017): Played in all 13 games, including five starts … Dazzled as a running back and kick returner … Led the team in carries (179) and finished second in rushing yardage (812) … Rushed for six touchdowns … Tied for third on the team in scoring (48 points) … Also scored two touchdowns on kickoff returns … Named to the Conference USA all-conference second team as a kick returner … 18 returns for 548 yards … Long return of 99 yards … Averaged 30.4 yards per return … Again led the team in all-purpose yardage (1,494 yards) … Averaged 114.9 all-purpose yardage per game … Earned C-USA Special Teams Player of the Week honors after returning three kickoffs for 196 yards and two touchdowns against Miami (Ohio) … Returned the opening kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown … Added a 97-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in the second quarter … Rushed eight times for 74 yards against No. 23 N.C. State … 26 rushing yards vs. Kent State … 20 carries for 93 yards and one touchdown in a win at Cincinnati … First 100-yard rushing game at Charlotte (23 carries for 122 yards) … 16 carries for 73 yards vs. ODU … Two rushing touchdowns in a win at Middle Tennessee … Rushed for 85 yards vs. FIU, including season long of 59 yards … 40 rushing yards and a touchdown at FAU … 41 rushing yards and a touchdown vs. WKU … Saved best game on the ground for the New Mexico Bowl, where he rushed 18 times for 141 yards and a touchdown … Eclipsed 100 yards in all-purpose yardage in seven games … Had 201 all-purpose yards vs. Miami (Ohio) … Averaged 6.9 yards per touch … Ranked No. 9 in C-USA in rushing yards per game and No. 7 in rushing yards … Led C-USA by averaging 30.44 yards per kickoff return … Ranked seventh nationally in average yards per kickoff return … One of 16 players with at least two kickoff returns for a touchdown on the season … Ranked No. 49 nationally in all-purpose yardage per game … One of four players with at least 800 rushing yards and 500 kickoff return yards.
R-SOPHOMORE SEASON (2016): Played in nine games with four starts at running back … Dynamic kickoff returner … Led the team in rushing attempts (113), rushing yards (469) and rushing touchdowns (six) … Became the sixth different season rushing leader under Doc Holliday, joining Martin Ward, Tron Martinez, Kevin Grooms, Essray Taliaferro and Devon Johnson … Gained all of his rushing yardage in the first eight games of the season … Season high rushing performance came against Charlotte (90 yards) … Scored touchdowns against Akron, Pittsburgh, Florida Atlantic (two), Charlotte and Southern Mississippi … Returned 26 kickoffs for 603 yards and a touchdown … 99-yard kickoff return for a touchdown at North Texas nearly tied for the longest in school history … Only the third player in school history with at least a 99-yard return … Ended the season with 150 touches for 1,128 yards – an average of 125.3 all-purpose yards per game … Ranked No. 10 in Conference USA in all-purpose yardage … Only player in Conference USA with at least 400 rushing yards and 600 kickoff return yards … 90 rushing yards vs. Charlotte was a career high … Two-TD game against FAU was a career first … Tied for No. 15 in Conference USA in rushing touchdowns … Also added 11 receptions out of the backfield … Caught four passes for 52 yards against Akron … Added a 12-yard receiving touchdown in the fourth quarter against nationally ranked Louisville.
R-FRESHMAN SEASON (2015): Carried 77 times for 331 yards and two touchdowns … First carry came vs. Norfolk State … Eight carries for 31 yards and a touchdown vs. Norfolk State … 11 rushes for 59 yards at FAU … 42 rushing yards and a touchdown at Charlotte … 14 carries for 58 yards against Middle Tennessee … Eight carries for 51 yards vs. FIU … Season best 73 rushing yards on 10 carries vs. Connecticut in the bowl game.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2014): Redshirted.
HERD FILE: Born August 11 … Rated a 2-star prospect out of high school … Also had offers from Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Indiana, Louisville, Mississippi State and South Alabama … Had 213 carries for 1,652 yards and 24 touchdowns, and 13 catches for 180 yards and three touchdowns in 12 games for Langston Hughes in 2013 … Had 197 carries for 1,068 yards and 12 touchdowns, and five catches for 50 yards and two touchdowns for Langston Hughes in 2012 … Also a shooting guard on the basketball team in high school … Business major.
