Craig Davis

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Craig Davis

San Diego Chargers — No. 84
Wide receiver Punt returner
Date of birth: October 2, 1985 (1985-10-02) (age 22)
Place of birth: New Orleans, Louisiana
Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Weight: 207 lb (94 kg)
National Football League debut
2007 for the San Diego Chargers
Career history
College: LSU
NFL Draft: 2007 / Round: 1 / Pick: 30
Teams: San Diego Chargers (2007-present)
Career highlights and awards
No notable achievements
Stats at NFL.com

Craig “Buster” Davis (born October 2, 1985, in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American football wide receiver for the San Diego Chargers in the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Chargers 30th overall in the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at Louisiana State University.

[edit] Early years

Davis was rated the number one wide receiver in Louisiana and a national blue chipper as a senior at O.P. Walker High School. In his final year he caught 82 passes for 1,171 yards and 16 touchdowns leading his school to the 4A state championship game.

He was named an All-American by SuperPrep and ranked the No. 12 wide receiver in the country by Rivals.com. The Orlando Sentinel named Davis as a member of the All-Southern Team, he also made The Times-Picayune 's Top 25 Blue-Chip list and Shreveport Times ' Top 20.

[edit] College career

Davis enrolled in LSU in 2003. He was forced to compete for game time with an extremely talented Tigers receiving corp that helped lead LSU to a BCS National Championship. He caught 7 passes for 63 yards, most of which came in LSU's 49-10 victory over Louisiana Tech.

In Davis' sophomore year the Tigers failed to repeat their success of 2003. In spite of this Davis emerged as the Tiger's receiving leader with 43 catches for 659 yards. He scored his first touchdown in the Tigers 24-7 win over Vanderbilt.

Davis played in 11 of the Tigers games in 2005, starting 5. He ranked third on the squad with 35 receptions, for 559 yards and 2 touchdowns. The high point of his season came in the Chick-fil-a Peach Bowl where he caught 5 passes for 99 yards and a touchdown in a win over Miami.

As a senior Davis doubled as a receiver and a punt returner. He finished the year with 56 catches for 834 yards and four touchdowns. He finished his career with four catches for 50 yards in the Sugar Bowl against Notre Dame in his home of New Orleans.

[edit] Receiving

[edit] NFL career

[edit] 2007 NFL Draft

Davis was drafted by the Chargers 30th overall at the end of the 1st round of the 2007 NFL Draft and was the 2nd LSU receiver selected in the 1st round after Dwayne Bowe who went to the Chiefs at 23.

(* represents NFL Combine)

[edit] San Diego Chargers

Davis is expected to spread the field with his excellent deep speed allowing Antonio Gates, Vincent Jackson, and Ladainian Tomlinson the space to increase their effectiveness in the underneath routes and plays. Due to incumbent starting receiver Eric Parker's toe injury, Davis will be relied upon to help fill the void in his rookie season alongside Vincent Jackson and Malcom Floyd.^[3]

On July 23, 2007, Davis agreed with the Chargers on a 5-year $11 million contract just before training camp. The contract has about $5.5 million in guarantees^[4], if Davis plays out the contract, it is worth $7.83 million with about $3.2 million in incentives.^[5] The contract is about a 9% increase over what 2006's 30th overall pick, fellow LSU alum Joseph Addai, received.^[6].

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