[1][2][3] Born in Skibbereen, County Cork, Davis first played competitive Gaelic football at St Fachtna's De La Salle College.
Davis made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he was selected for the Cork minor team.
After being chosen on the Munster inter-provincial team for the first time in 1987, Davis was a regular on the starting fifteen for a number of years.
His media career began with RTÉ in 1995, where he acted as a co-commentator and studio analyst with the flagship programme The Sunday Game.
He no longer follows the game with the same enthusiasm, telling the Irish Examiner in 2020: "I watch quite a bit of football, but in fairness I wouldn't as au fait as I used to be with all the players on the Antrim and Carlow panels, for instance.