Dexter B. Davis, Jr. (born December 27, 1990) is an

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for the

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(CIF). He played

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and attended Morrow High School in

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. He has also been a member of the

Columbus Lions The Columbus Lions are a professional indoor football team based in Columbus, Georgia, and are a member of the National Arena League (NAL). The Lions were founded in 2006 as an expansion team of the World Indoor Football League (WIFL). After th ...

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, Guangzhou Power, and

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Early life

Davis attended Morrow High School.

College career

Davis played for the

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from 2009 to 2012. He was the team's starter his final two years and helped the Falcons to 25 wins. He played in 39 games during his career including 39 starts at defensive end. Davis lead the entire

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with 14.0 sacks as a junior. Davis was twice named First Team All-

Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference The Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The KCAC is the oldest conference in the NAIA and the second-oldest in the United St ...

and was the 2011 KCAC Defensive Player of the Year. Davis was also named a two-time

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All-American.

Statistics

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Professional career

Portland Steel

On November 14, 2014, Davis was assigned to the

Portland Thunder The Portland Steel were a professional arena football team based in Portland, Oregon and members of the Arena Football League (AFL). The team started as the Portland Thunder, joining the AFL in 2014 as an expansion team along with the Los Ange ...

. Portland exercised Davis' rookie option to retain him for the 2016 season.

Guangzhou Power

Davis was selected by the Guangzhou Power of the

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(CAFL) in the fifth round of the

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. He was selected by the Guangzhou Power in the fourth round of the 2017 CAFL Draft.

Baltimore Brigade

Davis was assigned to the

on March 27, 2017. Davis was named the AFL's Defensive Player of the Week for Week 3 following a three sack performance against the

Cleveland Gladiators The Cleveland Gladiators were an arena football team based in Cleveland, Ohio, and members of the Arena Football League (AFL). The Gladiators played their home games at Quicken Loans Arena, which they shared with the Cleveland Cavaliers of the ...

References

External links

Friends Falcons profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Davis, Dexter 1990 births Living people Players of American football from Clayton County, Georgia American football defensive linemen American football linebackers Friends Falcons football players Columbus Lions players Portland Thunder players Portland Steel players Guangzhou Power players Baltimore Brigade players Wichita Force players American expatriate sportspeople in China 21st-century African-American sportsmen