Solomon Davis

Position:
Wide Receiver
Height:
6-1
Weight:
180
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Brighton, Tenn.
High School:
Brighton H.S.
Previous School:
Valparaiso
Major:
Business Management

Transfers to Central Michigan after spending the last four years at Valparaiso University … Two-time All-Pioneer League First Team selection as a wide receiver … Over four-year career, caught 94 passes for 1,409 yards, and 10 touchdowns … Will enroll at Central Michigan for the spring 2023 semester.

2023 AT VALPARAISO

Named to the All-Pioneer Football League First Team … Preseason All-PFL First Team selection by Phil Steele Magazine … Started all 11 games at wide receiver ... Finished the season with 50 receptions for 661 yards and six touchdowns with a long reception of 53 yards … Scored seven total touchdowns, six receiving and one rushing … Ranked among PFL leaders in total offense per play (No. 1, 3.18), receptions per game (No. 4, 4.55), receiving touchdowns (No. 3, six), receiving yards per game (No. 6, 60.1), receptions (No. 5, 53), and receiving yards (No. 6, 661) … Registered 175 receiving yards on 10 receptions and two touchdowns vs. Marist (Sept. 23), the third highest single-game total in the PFL in 2023 and the most by a Valpo player since 2013 ... His 10 receptions marked the first Valpo player with a double-figure total since 2014 … His longest catch of the season was 53 yards in the season opener at Youngstown State (Aug. 31) ... Had two touchdown grabs vs. Marist (Sept. 23) ... Had a 70-yard touchdown run at Butler (Oct. 28).

2022 AT VALPARAISO

Named All-Pioneer Football League First Team, Phil Steele All-PFL Second Team and earned the team’s Four-Year Man Award ... Played in all 12 games at wide receiver … Had 43 receptions for 748 yards and four touchdowns... Ranked No. 9 in the PFL with 3.58 receptions per game ... Ranked No. 5 in the PFL at 62.33 receiving yards per game ... Ranked No. 5 in the league in yards per catch at 17.4 ... Ranked No. 5 in the PFL in total receptions with 43 ... Finished No. 2 in the PFL in total receiving yards at 748 ... Had touchdown catches vs. Indiana Wesleyan (Sept. 3), vs. San Diego (Sept. 24), at Presbyterian (Oct. 8) and at Dayton (Oct. 29)... Had five or more receptions in four different games and four or more receptions in seven different games ... Had three games with 100 or more receiving yards: Sept. 24 vs. San Diego (118), Oct. 22 at Morehead State (109) and Oct. 29 at Dayton (110) ... Had a season-long 67-yard reception on Oct. 29 at Dayton ... Had a season-high seven receptions on Oct. 15 vs. Butler.

2021 AT VALPARAISO

Saw action in all 11 games … Had a six-yard reception on at Butler (Nov. 13).

2020 AT VALPARAISO

Redshirted season … Maintained all four years of athletic eligibility.

HIGH SCHOOL

A 2020 graduate of Brighton High School in Brighton, Tenn., where he played one year of varsity football for head coach Mike David … Played wide receiver … Scored three touchdowns in his final high school football game … Played junior varsity all the way until his senior year … Also competed in track and field … Set his school’s record in the 400-meter dash.

PERSONAL

Born Solomon Davis on October 11, 2000 … Son of Angela Kimble … Has two siblings: Kenneth Davis and Asjanae Kimble … Both of his parents are retired from the Navy … Father was an NCAA Division I basketball player at Arkansas Pine Bluff … Business management major.

ARTICLES
Meet 2024 NFL Draft Prospect Solomon Davis, WR, Valparaiso (nfldraftdiamonds.com)