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From the outside, it seems like it would be a foregone conclusion that the son of Terps legend Vernon Davis to commit to play football at the University of Maryland. However, it was far from a guarantee.
Jianni Davis, a consensus three-star edge rush prospect in the Class of 2026 from Bishop McNamara High School in Forestville, chose Maryland on June 30. He took his only official visit to College Park on June 6. Davis marks head coach Michael Locksley’s eighth commitment in next year’s recruiting class.
Vernon Davis played at Maryland from 2003-2005, establishing himself as one of the nation’s premier tight ends. The San Francisco 49ers drafted him sixth overall in 2006, making him one of the program’s highest-touted draft prospects ever. He caught 583 passes for 7,562 yards and 63 touchdowns across 14 NFL seasons.
Despite the collegiate and professional career his father had, Jianni didn’t have an immediate passion for football.
“I was playing contact football in fourth grade, but I stopped because I didn’t really like it that much, and I was young, so I was trying out other stuff,” Jianni Davis said on Glenn Clark Radio July 1. “After fourth grade, I didn’t play anything.”
“[In eighth grade], I just wanted to give it another try. I’m not really doing anything. I don’t want to sit in the house, be bored all day, so I gave it another try in eighth grade. I started to like it, started to have a love for the game, so it just went from there,” Davis continued.
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