Ray Davis (American football)

Rushing yards:	262
Rushing average:	4.3
Rushing touchdowns:	2
Receptions:	10
Receiving yards:	149
Receiving touchdowns:	1
	Stats at Pro Football Reference

Ray Davis
No. 22 – Buffalo Bills
Position:	Running back
Personal information
Born:	November 20, 1999 (age 25); San Francisco, California, U.S.
Height:	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight:	220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school:	Trinity-Pawling; (Pawling, New York); Blair Academy; (Blairstown, New Jersey)
College:	Temple (2019–2020); Vanderbilt (2021–2022); Kentucky (2023)
NFL draft:	2024 / round: 4 / pick: 128
Career history
	Buffalo Bills (2024–present);
Roster status:	Active
Career highlights and awards
	First-team All-SEC (2023);
Career NFL statistics as of Week 9, 2024
Rushing yards:
Rushing yards:	262
Rushing average:	4.3
Rushing touchdowns:	2
Receptions:	10
Receiving yards:	149
Receiving touchdowns:	1
	Stats at Pro Football Reference

Re'Mahn Walter Zhamar Jamar Davis (born November 20, 1999) is an American professional football running back for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Temple, Vanderbilt, and Kentucky. Davis amassed 152 total yards from scrimmage in his first career start.

Early life

Davis was born on November 20, 1999, in San Francisco, California, and has 14 siblings.^[1]^[2]^[3] He spent time in foster care as a child due to both his parents being incarcerated.^[2] Davis attended Trinity-Pawling School in New York before spending a post-graduate year at Blair Academy due to academic grades.^[4] At Blair, he ran for 1,698 yards and 35 touchdowns while playing eight games.^[5] He finished his high school career with 4,815 yards and 48 touchdowns scored on offense while having posted 80 tackles and six interceptions on defense.^[1]

College career

Davis began playing college football for the Temple Owls in 2019, running for 936 yards and eight touchdowns as a freshman and being named first-team Freshman All-American by Pro Football Focus (PFF).^[6]^[7] The following year, he ran for 323 yards in four games before entering the NCAA transfer portal.^[6]

Davis transferred to play for the Vanderbilt Commodores.^[6] In 2021, He had 211 rushing yards with a touchdown in his first three games before missing the rest of the year due to injury.^[1]^[6] He ran for 1,042 yards with five touchdowns in the 2022 season, earning fourth-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) honors while having five 100-yard games and being a semifinalist for the SEC Comeback Player of the Year award.^[1]^[8]

Davis entered the transfer portal a second time for his final year of eligibility in 2023, choosing to play for the Kentucky Wildcats.^[9] In his Kentucky debut, he ran for 112 yards and scored two touchdowns while averaging eight yards-per-carry.^[10] Against the 22nd-ranked Florida Gators, he ran for 280 yards and scored four touchdowns.^[11]

Statistics

Season	Games		Rushing				Receiving
Season	GP	GS	Att	Yards	Avg	TD	Rec	Yards	Avg	TD
Temple Owls
2019	12	5	193	936	4.8	8	15	181	12.1	2
2020	4	4	78	308	3.9	1	12	62	5.2	0
Vanderbilt Commodores
2021	3	3	44	211	4.8	1	5	27	5.4	0
2022	12	12	232	1,042	4.5	5	29	169	5.8	3
Kentucky Wildcats
2023	13	13	199	1,129	5.7	13	33	323	9.8	7
Career	36	29	719	3,487	4.9	27	86	705	8.2	10

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
Height	Weight	Arm length	Hand span	40-yard dash	10-yard split	20-yard split	20-yard shuttle	Vertical jump	Broad jump	Bench press
5 ft 8+3⁄8 in (1.74 m)	211 lb (96 kg)	30+1⁄4 in (0.77 m)	8+7⁄8 in (0.23 m)	4.52 s	1.56 s	2.67 s	4.33 s	35.0 in (0.89 m)	9 ft 11 in (3.02 m)	21 reps
All values from NFL Combine/Pro Day^[12]^[13]