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22 Isaiah Davis

  • Height
    6-1
  • Weight
    220
  • Position
    Running Back
  • Class
    Senior
  • Hometown
    Joplin, Mo.
  • High School
    Joplin H.S.
  • Major
    Exploratory Studies

Biography

PRONUNCIATION


HONORS AND AWARDS
  • HERO Sports FCS Sophomore All-America Team (2021)
  • HERO Sports FCS Freshman All-America Team (2020-21)
  • Phil Steele Co-Spring FCS Playoff MVP (2020-21)
  • All-Missouri Valley Football Conference First Team (2022)
  • All-Missouri Valley Football Conference Honorable Mention (2020-21)
  • MVFC All-Newcomer Team (2020-21)
  • MVFC Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 1, 2022)
  • MVFC Newcomer of the Week (March 20, 2021)
  • MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award (2021)
  • MVFC Honor Roll (2020-21, 2021)
  • Team Captain (2023)
OTHER CAREER NOTES
  • Enters 2023 season ninth in program history with 2,970 career rushing yards
  • Tied for sixth in program history with 32 career rushing touchdowns
  • Has rushed for 100-plus yards in a game 16 times in his career, including nine times in Football Championship Subdivision playoff contests
2022: Named the recipient of the Jim Langer Award as team Most Valuable Player during national championship season ... rushed for a team-high 1,451 yards (103.6 yards per game) in 14 games ... averaged 5.8 yards per carry and scored team-best 15 touchdowns ... paced Jackrabbit offense with 50 rushing yards and 32 receiving yards on career-high five receptions in season opener at Iowa ... hit the century mark in rushing for the first of nine times on the season with a 25-carry, 112-yard performance against UC Davis in which he shared team's Offensive Player of the Week Award ... earned team's Effort Award following 83-yard rushing day at Missouri State in Missouri Valley Football Conference opener ... named MVFC Offensive Player of the Week after rushing 27 times for 199 yards and first two touchdowns of the season in home win over Western Illinois ... tied career high with three touchdown runs, including season-long 47 yarder, versus South Dakota to again earn team's Offensive Player of the Week accolades ... scored on highlight-reel 24-yard run at North Dakota State as part of 14-carry, 114-yard performance in road win over defending national champions ... ground out 105 yards and matched career high with five receptions for 34 yards in league-clinching victory at Northern Iowa to receive team Offensive Player of the Week accolades for third time ... posted 100-yard games in all four Football Championship Subdivision playoff contests, starting with 104-yard, two-touchdown performance versus Delaware ... racked up 154 yards on 20 carries with a touchdown versus Holy Cross ... scored on 41-yard touchdown run in second quarter as part of 16-carry, 158-yard performance in playoff semifinal versus Montana State to repeat as a team Offensive Player of the Week award winner ... set the tone in national championship game versus North Dakota State with 16-yard touchdown run on opening drive of the game ... finished national title game with 103 yards on 22 carries and also caught a pair of passes for 28 yards ... ended season with a touchdown run in 10 consecutive games

2020-21: Was slowed by injury during the regular season before bolstering the Jackrabbit rushing attack in the postseason ... finished second on the squad with 701 yards on only 95 carries (7.4 ypc) ... rushed 15 times for 84 yards and a touchdown in season opener at Colorado State .... was injured the following week against Lindenwood and missed the next eight games before returning with a nine-carry, 64-yard performance in regular season finale against North Dakota ... opened Football Championship Subdivision playoffs by posting career-high 217 yards on only 15 carries with a touchdown in home win over UC Davis, earning team's Effort and Offensive Player of the Week awards ... scored pair of touchdowns and ran for 108 yards on 19 carries in victory at Sacramento State en route to being honored ... topped the century mark and received team's Offensive Player of the Week Award for the third consecutive game with 25 attempts for 174 yards and three touchdowns in quarterfinal win at Villanova

2020-21: Isaiah teamed with Pierre Strong, Jr. for a potent 1-2 punch in the Jackrabbit running game ... honored as recipient of the Adam Timmerman Award for the team's top offensive player ... led team with 818 rushing yards and 10 touchdowns in 10 games ... averaged team-best 115.3 all-purpose yards per game, highlighted by 305 all-purpose yards (178 rushing, 13 receiving and 114 kickoff returns) in Football Championship Subdivision national title game against Sam Houston ... topped the 100-yard mark for rushing four times, starting with nine-carry, 118-yard performance with 40-yard touchdown run in home debut against Western Illinois ... in first career start, tallied 150 yards on 22 carries and scored three touchdowns, including 45-yard score, in regular season road win at Southern Illinois to earn Missouri Valley Football Conference Newcomer of the Week honors ... closed regular season with three receptions for 36 yards and added 84 rushing yards, including game-clinching 5-yard touchdown run, at North Dakota State ... opened FCS playoffs with 10-carry, 156-yard outing that was highlighted by a 60-yard touchdown run, versus Holy Cross ... jump-started comeback in playoff rematch against Southern Illinois with a 50-yard kickoff return to set up field goal late in first half and added a 4-yard touchdown run midway through fourth quarter ... scored all three Jackrabbit touchdown in national championship game, scoring on runs of 1, 28 and career-long 85 yards ... began his collegiate career by rushing 81 times before being tackled for a loss

BEFORE SDSU: Led Joplin High School to the Missouri Class 6 state championship game during his senior season, rushing for 2,283 yards on only 253 carries (9.02 ypc) with 45 touchdowns. ... the Missouri Gatorade Player of the Year, he added 19 receptions for 220 yards and a pair of touchdowns, while being credited with 52 tackles from a linebacker position ... for his career, he rushed for 4,354 yards and scored a total of 83 touchdowns. He was a second-team all-state selection as a junior before moving up to the first team in 2019

Statistics

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2023

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Historical Player Information

  • 22

    2020-21Freshman

    Running Back
    6'1" 220 lbs
    22
  • 22

    2021Sophomore

    Running Back
    6'1" 220 lbs
    22
  • 22

    2022Junior

    Running Back
    6'1" 220 lbs
    22
  • 22

    2023Senior

    Running Back
    6'1" 220 lbs
    22
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