As a senior, he was a key part of the school's championship team, receiving third-team All-American and second-team All-Big Eight honors.
[1] He was considered a powerful blocker in the team's record-setting wishbone offense and also served as a long snapper.
In the divisional playoffs against the Minnesota Vikings, when John Fitzgerald hurt his right elbow and had trouble snapping the ball in the shotgun formation,[2] Davis took over the center duties in the last minutes of the game with a 14-10 deficit.
Roger Staubach proceeded to hit Drew Pearson on a sideline route to convert a 4th-and-16 play and then both connected again on the famous Hail Mary pass.
On November 3, 1978, he signed with the San Francisco 49ers and got a chance to play in 7 regular season games.