In 2019, Davis' freshman season at Louisville, he appeared in 45 games (making 35 starts) and batted .280/.345/.386 with three home runs and 23 RBI.

[6] For the 2021 season, Davis hit .370/.482/.663 with 15 home runs and 48 RBI while registering 31 walks and 24 strikeouts over fifty games.

[13][14] Davis made his professional debut with the Rookie-level Florida Complex League Pirates on August 3, homering in his third at-bat of the game.

[19] After batting .342/.450/.585 with five home runs and 22 RBI over 22 games with Greensboro, he was promoted to the Altoona Curve of the Double-A Eastern League in early May.

[24] Over 59 games for the season, Davis batted .264/.380/.472 with ten home runs and 42 RBI, almost exclusively playing catcher.

[28] On June 18, after 10 games in Indianapolis in which he batted .286/.432/.514, the Pirates announced that Davis would be promoted to the major leagues for the first time the following day.

He was subsequently slotted into the lineup batting seventh as the starting right fielder in the team's game against the Chicago Cubs.