TERRELL DAVIS
FORMER DENVER BRONCO TO SPEAK AT KEYNOTE LUNCHEON
Terrell Lamar Davis was born October 28,
1972 in San Diego, California. He began his football career playing in the local Pop Warner league
at seven years of age. However, he did not play
high school football until his junior year at Lincoln
Prep High School where he was a multi- position
player his junior and senior years, playing fullback,
kicker, and nose tackle. In his senior year, Davis
helped lead Lincoln Prep High school to a 12-2
record.
Davis played college football at Long Beach
State University and the University of Georgia.
During the 1993 season at the University of Georgia, he became the top running back and rushed
for 824 yards on 167 carries. He was drafted by
Denver Broncos head coach Mike Shanahan as
Denver’s sixth-round pick out of the University
of Georgia in 1995.
Davis started 14 games during the 1995 season, carrying the ball 237 times, averaging 4.7
yards per run, and scoring eight touchdowns.
Davis finished his season with a total of 1,117
rushing yards, becoming the lowest drafted player to ever gain over 1,000 yards rushing in his
rookie season. In 1996, he improved that record
by rushing for 1,538 yards and setting a Denver
Broncos record for 13 rushing touchdowns. The
Broncos ended that season with a 13–3 record,
tied with the Green Bay Packers for the best in
the NFL that year.
Davis was a member of championship Denver
Broncos teams in Super Bowl XXXII and XXXIII.
In Super Bowl XXXII, he rushed for 157 yards,
caught two passes for 8 yards, and became the
first player in Super Bowl history ever to score
three rushing touchdowns. His performance
earned him the Super Bowl MVP honors. Davis’
eight touchdowns in his three playoff games and
the Super Bowl gave him a total of 48 points, the
most ever scored in a single postseason, the 2006–
07 postseason. In 1998, Davis rushed for 2,008
yards, which was then the third highest rushing
total in history. This performance earned him
league MVP honors, his third straight AFC rushwww.aamdhq.org
ing title, his first NFL
rushing title, and his
second time being
named NFL Offensive Player of the Year
by the Associated
Press. At the end of
the season, the Broncos beat the Atlanta
Falcons in Super
Bowl XXXIII, with
Davis recording 102
rushing yards and 50
receiving yards. Davis
was selected for ESPN’s All-Time 40Man Super Bowl
roster as a running back for his performances in
Super Bowls XXXII & XXXIII.
Through his first four seasons, Davis rushed
for 6,413 yards (4.8 yards per carry) and 56 touchdowns. Among the 24 modern-era Hall of Fame
halfbacks and fullbacks, only Earl Campbell
(6,457, 4.6 yards per carry) and Eric Dickerson
(6,968, 4.8 yards per carry) had more rushing yards
during their first four seasons. No member of the
Hall of Fame matched Davis’ first-four-season 56
rushing touchdowns.
In his 8 postseason games from 1996 to 1998,
Davis put up impressive numbers: 204 carries for
1,140 yards and 12 touchdowns, along with 19
receptions for 131 yards. This included a streak of
7 consecutive games with over 100 rushing yards,
all of which the Broncos won, breaking the previous record for consecutive 100 rushing yard postseason games held by John Riggins.
During his career at Denver, Davis ran for
7,607 yards on 1,655 carries. Davis played seven
seasons with the Broncos before retiring after the
2002 season.
EDUCATION
2016
Well known for his “Mile High Salute,” to
fans and teammates in celebration of a touchdown,
Terrell Davis has the distinction of being the
NFL’s Denver Broncos all-time leading rusher.
CONFERENCE
& TRADE
SHOW
WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 2016
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