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2021 Football Roster

9 Zach Davis

  • Position RB
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 205
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Wallingford, Conn.
  • Highschool Sheehan

Biography

Saw final season cut short due to injury … Named to the 2022 Hampshire Honor Society … Became ninth running back in school history to rush for more than 1,000 yards in a season in 2019 ... A First Team All-Patriot League pick in 2019 ... Saw his sophomore season cut short due to injury... Was enjoying a successful freshman campaign until season was cut short by injury… Fordham’s third leading rusher in 2017… Gave the Rams presence at running back after the position was decimated by injuries… The Gatorade Player of the Year runner-up at Wallingford High School in Connecticut as a senior in 2016 ... Named to the 2020-21and 2021 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

2021 (Senior Season)
• Started five games at running back, missing six games due to injury.
• Rushed 59 times for 273 yards and four touchdowns.
• Tied for team lead with four rushing touchdowns.
• Also caught nine passes for 50 yards.
• Carried 21 times for 103 yards and two touchdowns in win at Georgetown.
• Also caught four passes for 37 yards at Georgetown.
• Gained 66 yards on 15 carries with one score versus Holy Cross.
• Rushed 12 times for 60 yards at Colgate.

2020-21 (Senior Season)
• Did not compete.
 
2019 (Junior Season)
• A First Team All-Patriot League selection.
• Also a Phil Steele First Team All-Patriot League pick.
• Started all 12 games at running back for the Rams in 2019.
• Rushed 200 times for 1,013 yards and seven touchdowns.
• Led the Rams and the Patriot League in rushing (84.4 yards/game).
• Led Patriot League with seven rushing touchdowns.
• Second in Patriot League and 31st in the NCAA FCS in total rushing yards.
• Second in Patriot League and 36th in NCAA FCS in rushing yards/game (84.4).
• Second in the Patriot League in rushing yards/carry (5.07).
• Also had 14 catches for 82 yards.
• Fourth in the Patriot League in all-purpose yards (91.3/game).
• Carried 34 times for 185 yards, both career-highs, with one touchdown vs. Lehigh.
• Rushed 13 times for 146 yards vs. Richmond.
• Named Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week following Richmond game.
• Gained 140 yards with one score at Bryant.
• Carried 23 times for 138 yards with two scores at Georgetown.
• Had 19 carries for 109 yards in season opener against CCSU.
• Picked up 85 yards on 19 rushes with one score at Ball State.

2018 (Sophomore Season)
• Appeared in two games as a sophomore, starting both.
• Rushed for 94 yards on 26 carries with one touchdown.
• Carried 17 times for 69 yards and one score vs. CCSU.
• Gained 25 yards on nine rushes in opener at Charlotte.

2017 (Freshman Season)
• Appeared in seven games as a freshman, starting two.
• Rushed 76 times for 391 yards (5.1 yards/carry) with two touchdowns.
• Also returned one kickoff for 15 yards.
• Fifth in the Patriot League in rushing yards/game (55.9).
• Rushed for 119 yards on 21 carries at Bryant.
• Gained 70 yards on nine carries, all in the fourth quarter, in first collegiate game at Central Connecticut.
• Picked up 47 yards on 17 rushes versus Eastern Washington.
• Registered 50 yards on eight carries with a score against Yale.
• Gained 33 yards on three carries with a 15-yard scoring run at Colgate.
• Carried 17 times for 69 yards at Georgetown.
 
Before Fordham
• A graduate of Wallingford High School in Wallingford, Connecticut, where he lettered in football for head coach John Ferrazzi.
• 2016 Connecticut Gatorade Player of the Year runner up.
• 2016 Max Preps First Team All-American.
• 2016 USA Today Connecticut Offensive Player of the Year.
• 2016 Hartford Courant Offensive Player of the Year.
• 2016 New Haven Register First Team All-Area.
• A Walter Camp All-American.
• 2016 First Team All-State.
• Averaged 358.8 yards/game in 2016.
• Set state records for most rushing yards in a game (543) and most touchdowns scored ina game (10).
• Rushed for 3,588 yards and scored 52 total touchdowns in 2016.
• Led nation averaging 358.8 rushing yards/game.
• Served as a team captain and named team MVP
• Amassed 5,232 career rushing yards and scored 95 total career touchdowns.
• A Scholar Athlete Award recipient.

Personal
• Son of Tammy and Thomas Davis.
• Has three siblings, Kris, Justyn and Jordan.
• Received a bachelor's degree in History in 2021.
• Working on a graduate degree in Media Management.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2017Freshman

    RB
    5'10" 170 lbs
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    2018Sophomore

    RB
    5'10" 198 lbs
    9
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    2019Junior

    RB
    5'10" 198 lbs
    9
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    2020Senior

    RB
    5'10" 205 lbs
    9
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    2021Graduate Student

    RB
    5'10" 205 lbs
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