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2022 Football Roster

47 Daniel Davies

  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 179
  • Hometown Richardson, Texas
  • High School J.J. Pearce

Biography

• At Navy: Enters the fall as Navy’s backup punter and the starting holder for field goals and PATs ... has earned two varsity letters.

• 2021: Served as Navy’s holder on PAT/FG and backup punter ... perfectly executed an onside kick against #2 Cincinnati with 50 seconds remaining that was recovered by teammate Jamal Glenn.

• 2020: Punted a season-high tying 8 times against Army where he averaged 37.2 yards, had a long punt of 50 yards and placed 1 punt inside the 20 ... served solely as Navy’s holder against Tulsa, therefore he was not credited with a game played ... punted 3 times against Memphis for a 29.3 average that included the shortest punt of his career (13 yards) ... averaged 41.8 yards on 4 punts at SMU ... punted 4 times against Houston, averaging 34.8 yards per punt with a long of 45 ... averaged just 29.6 yards on his 5 punts at East Carolina ... his long of the day was 37, however, he placed 2 of his 5 punts inside the 20 ... his lone punt against Temple on Navy’s first drive of the second half was a 45-yarder ... punted 5 times at Air Force and averaged 42.8 yards ... placed 2 inside of the 20 and had a long punt of 49 yards ... averaged 41.1 yards among his 7 punts at Tulane, placing 2 inside of the 20 ... his 2 punts in the second half went for 49 and a career-long 63 yards ... both improved upon his previous long of 46 against BYU in what his first-collegiate punt ... made his collegiate debut in the opener against BYU where he averaged 34.9 yards on 7 punts ... his first-career punt (46 yds) was his long of the game, while he placed 1 of his 7 punts inside the 20.

• 2019: Did not see any varsity action.

• High School / Personal: A 2018 graduate of J.J. Pearce High School, Davies attended the Naval Academy Prep School during the 2018-19 academic year ... three-sport athlete who earned letters in football (3), golf (1) and soccer (1) ... three-time Academic All-State (Texas) selection in football ... earned First-Team All-District honors as a senior and second-team recognition as a junior ... named the 2017 City Special Teams MVP ... served as captain of the football team his senior year ... led the football team to the 10-6A Bi-District title in 2017 ... member of the J.J. Pearce HS golf team that won the 2017 10-6A District Championship, as well as the City Championship ... also garnered Academic All-State honors in soccer (2016) and golf (2017) ... member of the National Honor Society ... brother, Ricky, played soccer at the Coast Guard Academy (‘16) and brother, Eric, played soccer at Saint Louis University (‘19) ... son of Michael and Carol Davies ... majoring in quantitative economics.

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Historical Player Information

  • 42

    2019Freshman

    K
    5'10" 160 lbs
    42
  • 47

    2020Sophomore

    K
    5'10" 173 lbs
    47
  • 47

    2021Junior

    P
    5'10" 179 lbs
    47
  • 47

    2022Senior

    K / P
    5'10" 179 lbs
    47