He resides in Windermere, Florida, with his wife Lisa, a University of Tennessee law school graduate.

He has a son, Parker, who played basketball at Rollins College, and is now in graduate school at Georgetown, and a daughter Taylor, who founded the clrlosangeles.com candle brand.

Davis played quarterback, defensive back, and kicker for the high school football team.

[6] Davis accepted a football scholarship from the University of Tennessee, in part because it was the school where one of his childhood heroes, Condredge Holloway, had played.

[1] Davis was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Dallas Cowboys after the 1987 NFL draft on April 30.

He was an assistant coach at the University of the Pacific for one season (1989), worked for the Southeastern Conference and was hired as the director of the United States Olympic Training Center.

Davis also worked at radio station 740 The Team in Orlando, Florida, co-hosting Clarke and Davis, a morning show, along with local sportscaster Pat Clarke (along with various special guests including "The Pastor" Sean Fitzgerald, Glenn Dehmer and Steve Gunter) from July 2000 until July 2002.

He has also been a frequent commentator on The Golf Channel, appearing on program's such as Viewer's Forum and the Grey Goose 19th Hole.

[21] In basketball, Davis worked as a sideline reporter for CBS's coverage of the 2001 and 2002 NCAA Men's Tournaments.

[22] Davis joined the NFL on Fox postgame show in October 2008, appearing with Jimmy Johnson and Terry Bradshaw.

In 2014, Davis joined Bob Papa to provide game commentary at Super Bowl XLVIII for NFL Films' World Feed.

In 2015, Davis returned full-time to the NFL on FOX joining Thom Brennaman and Tony Siragusa.

[25] Starting with the 2017 NFL season, Davis became part of Fox's number 2 team with Kevin Burkhardt and Pam Oliver.

In 2020, Davis returned to CBS to replace Dan Fouts as the network's number 2 game analyst paired with Ian Eagle.