A.J. Davis Jr.

Position:
RB
Class:
Junior
Height:
6-0
Weight:
215
Hometown:
Lakeland, FL
High School:
Lakeland

2021: Played in three games, starting the season opener against Massachusetts...compiled all of his season production in the UMass game: two rushes for 21 yards (10.5 avg.) with an 18-yard touchdown and four receptions for 23 yards (5.8 avg.).

2020: Played in 10 games, making one start (season opener against Austin Peay)…lone missed contest was against NC State due to injury…rushed for 266 yards and a touchdown on 61 carries (4.4 avg.)…totaled 10 receptions for 45 yards (4.5 avg.)…rushed for a season-high 80 yards and a TD on 12 carries (6.7 avg.) against Virginia Tech…had 37 yards on 11 carries (3.4 avg.) against Syracuse…had a season-high three receptions for 30 yards (10.0 avg.) at Clemson.

2019: Played in 11 games, making eight starts…missed two contests (Delaware and Duke) due to injury…led Pitt in rushing with 530 yards on 127 carries (4.2 avg.) and ran for four scores…paced all Pitt backs with 23 catches for 269 yards (11.7 avg.)…had a career-high 103 yards on 16 carries (6.4 avg.) with a TD at Syracuse…had 89 yards on 13 carries (6.9 avg.) against Ohio…achieved receiving career bests at Penn State with seven receptions for 94 yards (13.4 avg.).

2018: Played in nine games…rushed for 134 yards on 32 carries (4.2 avg.) and had three catches for 17 yards (5.7 avg.)…in the season opener against Albany, achieved season highs in rushing yards (46) and attempts (13)…also had a season-best two receptions for 19 yards against the Great Danes…netted 38 yards on six carries (6.3 avg.) against Penn State.

2017: Played in nine games as a true freshman…netted 40 yards with a touchdown on 16 carries (2.5 avg.)…posted season highs with 24 yards on six carries at Duke (4.0 avg.)…scored his first career touchdown on a one-yard plunge in the season opener against Youngstown State.

HIGH SCHOOL: Heavily recruited running back with more than 25 “Power 5” scholarship offers…selected an Under Armour All-American…rushed for 5,398 yards during his Lakeland career…as a senior, compiled 1,498 yards on 187 carries (8.0 avg.) with 16 touchdowns…the first player in Lakeland history to lead team in rushing four consecutive years…Polk County’s leading rusher in each of his final three seasons…playing under Coach Bill Castle, led team to a three-year record of 28-7 (.800) with Florida Class 7A playoff berths each season…in seven career playoff games, Davis rushed for 1,195 yards, including a 231-yard effort on just 14 carries (16.5 avg.) in an opening-round game his senior year…Associated Press Florida All-State Class 7A…The Ledger Large School Offensive Player of the Year…named to the ESPN 300 (No. 140) and Rivals 250 (No. 247)…rated the nation’s No. 14 running back prospect by ESPN and Rivals, No. 21 by 247Sports and No. 28 by Scout…in the 2017 Under Armour All-America Game played in Orlando, helped Team Armour to a 24-21 win over Team Highlight.

PERSONAL: Anthony Tyrone Davis Jr., born 10/20/97, is the son of Anthony Sr. and Shan Davis…has one brother and one sister...earned his bachelor's degree in administration of justice and is pursuing a second major in legal studies.