He played college football for the USC Trojans, earning first-team All-American honors and winning the John Mackey Award as the nation's top tight end in 2007.

As a high school junior, Davis considered attending Ohio State University because it was the first program to offer him an athletic scholarship.

His senior season resulted in many other offers, with USC winning out with a combination of weather, location, coaches, quality players and a style of offense that suited Davis; he conversed the matter over with fellow recruit Dwayne Jarrett before they both decided to join the Trojans.

[3] Davis graduated from Robert S. Rogers High School in Toledo, OH, a semester early to start spring training with the Trojans.

[4] Tired of the recruiting process that accompanies top prospects, Davis secretly left Ohio to enroll at USC.

[4] His freshman year, Davis contributed as a reserve to the eventual-national champion 2004 USC Trojans football team, playing in nine games and catching four passes behind fellow tight ends Dominique Byrd and Alex Holmes.

However, because of repeated incidences of tardiness, reporting late after trips back to Ohio, Davis was not allowed to travel with the Trojans to the BCS National Championship Game in 2005 Orange Bowl.

During the 2009 season, in a Week 7 game vs. the Philadelphia Eagles, Davis caught his first touchdown and recorded a career-high 7 catches for 78 yards.

Davis was playing first-string tight end for most of this game due to an injury to starter Chris Cooley.

In Week 14, Davis and teammate, Trent Williams, were suspended for four games after repeatedly failing league drug tests.

[22] Before Davis could test the upcoming free agent market for the 2014 season, he was suspended indefinitely by the NFL for violating their substance-abuse policy.

During the September 17, 2013 ruling, Judge Laura Cordero wrote that Chaka "has established by a preponderance of evidence that Defendant Fred Davis assaulted and battered her."