Ricky Davis
Name: Ricky Davis
Sport: Football
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Sport: Football
Position: Cornerback
Favorite Bible Verse: Philippians 4:13 “I am able to do all things through Him who strengthens me.”
Ricky Davis is a determined individual that loves to be focused. He loves football but he also loves God and includes him in his everyday life. Davis was brought up going to church with his mom and two sisters. He is a man of faith and loves to read his bible everyday. When asked how he stays in touch with his faith Davis replied, “pray and stay in my word.”
Davis grew up in Los Angeles California where he attended Eaglerock high school. He played football only his senior year, in which he played all over the field at many different positions. It was at that point that Davis realized what his favorite sport was: football. Davis graduated from Eaglerock High in 2005 and enrolled at Glendale Community College in Glendale, CA. In 2007 as a sophomore, Davis ran track and was a part of a 4 by 400 meter relay team that placed 7th in the state meet making them all-americans.
After being an all-conference selection in football at Glendale Davis signed a football scholarship to Henderson state university. In 2008 at HSU Davis played in all ten games and recorded 31 tackles and 2 pass break ups.
Davis has one more season of eligibility left in college and plans to continue his career into the pros. He hopes to play in the NFL and is willing to work as hard as he possibly can to accomplish that goal.
Davis claims that his faith is very important to him as an athlete because “without God I know I wouldn’t be here, without Him guiding me.”
Davis’s biggest struggle from his faith over the years is “being prideful”, he said. But what keeps him grounded is reading his bible and meditating on his favorite bible verse, Phil 4:13: “I am able to do all things through Him who strengthens me.” “Since I can do anything with him, without him I am nothing,” Davis said when talking about the verse.
At his junior college, Davis said he struggled with partying hard and getting into trouble but his will to seek God’s wisdom through the bible pulled him out of that hole. He is now alcohol and drug free and focused on things that are more important to him such as faith, school and football.
Ricky Davis’s faith has opened up opportunities for himself as well as a testimony to others. “ My best advice for the upcoming student-athlete who is Christian is: keep God first, obey authority and seek wisdom.