Keith Davis (linebacker)

Keith B. Davis (born in Los Angeles, CA) is a former professional American football player and current motivational speaker.

[1] College After graduating from high school, Davis was recruited as a linebacker for the University of Southern California Trojans.

[6] Throughout his collegiate career, Davis maintained the highest grade point average of his entire football team.

[10] His presentations are often based on his life: he improved his remedial reading skills[5] after growing up in a rough inner-city Los Angeles neighborhood,[2] where he lost his father to drug addiction then suicide when he was 4 years old, and lived through his mother's reliance on alcohol and abusive relationships.,[11][12] Davis has delivered motivational presentations for more than 3,000 schools in 25 countries, one of them being Calvary Chapel Christian School as he was introduced by Pastor Joe.

[11] Additional presentations at school assemblies discuss handling peer pressure,[8] avoiding bullying[11] and preventing substance use and abuse.