James Davis Class: Senior Hometown: Atlanta, GA High School: Douglass Height / Weight: 5-11 / 215 Position: RB Experience: 3VL Major: Sociology

Davis Fact: Needs 837 yards to become Clemson's all-time leading rusher.
Years Lettered: 2005,06,07
Years Starter: 2005,06,07
Bowl Participation: Starting running back in the 2005 Champs Sports Bowl against Colorado; starting running back in the 2006 Music City Bowl against Kentucky; starting running back in the 2007 Chick-fil-A Bowl against #21 Auburn.
Fall 2008 Depth Chart Position: Co-first-team running back

Overview: Needs just 837 rushing yards to become Clemson's all-time leading rusher; he enters his senior year second in school history with 3,130 yards; Raymond Priester (1994-97) had 3,966 yards...fourth among active Division I players in rushing yards and rushing touchdowns...25th in ACC history in rushing yards...had his second 1,000-yard rushing season in 2007; joins Priester and Woodrow Dantzler as the only Tigers in history with two 1,000-yard seasons...has 38 career touchdowns (36 rushing, two receiving), tied for second-most in school history; also tied for 14th-most in ACC history...first among active ACC players in rushing yards, 1,358 yards ahead of the second-best total...leader in rushing touchdowns among active ACC players, 21 more than any other ACC player...has 12 career 100-yard games, second-most in school history...has 582 career carries, sixth-most in school history...fourth in all-purpose yards (3,471) in Clemson history...seventh among active ACC players in total offense (3,130)...first-team preseason All-American by Playboy...second-team preseason All-American by Lindy's and Phil Steele...#3 running back in the nation by Phil Steele and #4 by Lindy's...first-team preseason All-ACC by Phil Steele, Lindy's, and Athlon...second-most talented player in the ACC by Lindy's and #17 senior in the nation by NFLDraftScout.com...has finished fourth, third, and second in the ACC in rushing in each of the last three years, respectively...Clemson is 12-0 when he rushes for at least 100 yards...Clemson is 21-3 when he rushes for at least 65 yards...has played 1,355 career snaps...has played 37 career games, missing only the 2005 Temple game as a freshman...has 37 career receptions...applied for the NFL draft in January, 2008 but pulled his name out a few days prior to the deadline.

2007: First-Team All-ACC for the second straight year; he was the first Tiger running back to be named First-Team All-ACC in consecutive years since Terry Allen (1987,88)...Clemson's leading rusher (1,064) for the third-straight year...first Tiger to lead the team in rushing three straight years since Raymond Priester from 1995-97...second in the ACC and 53rd in the nation in rushing (81.8)...tied for fourth in touchdowns (12) in the ACC, as he had 10 rushing and two receiving; those were the first two career touchdown catches...had five 100-yard rushing games, including three in the last six games...had 102 yards on 18 carries against #19 Florida State...had a season-high 166 yards on 24 carries at N.C. State; he received a helmet sticker from the ESPN Football Final Crew...scored a touchdown in each of the first four games...SportsLine.com Player-of-the-Game against #19 Florida State and Duke...coaches offensive player-of-the-game four times, including against Florida State, N.C. State, Georgia Tech, and Duke...had 129 yards on 29 carries at Maryland; he was named ABC/Chevrolet Player-of-the-Game and received a gameball from Head Coach Tommy Bowden...had 118 rushing yards the following week at Duke when he had a 70-yard touchdown run...had 122 yards on 23 carries at South Carolina.

2006: First-Team All-ACC selection; he rushed for 1,187 yards...averaged 91.3 yards per game, 28th-best in the nation and third-best in the ACC...averaged 5.85 yards per carry...his 17 touchdowns tied a Clemson single-season record and was fifth-most in ACC history...just one off the Clemson overall touchdown record of 18...17th in the nation in scoring, including first in the ACC...had his best performance against #13 Georgia Tech when he had 216 rushing yards against his hometown team; that was the most rushing yards by a Tiger since 1995; named national offensive player-of-the-week by the Walter Camp Foundation; that was the most rushing yards in a game by an ACC player that season...led the team in plays of 20 yards or more with 14 (12 rushes, two receptions)...named offensive player-of-the-week by the coaches against North Carolina and #13 Georgia Tech...started all 13 games...gained between 87 and 95 rushing yards in each of the first four games...had at least 87 rushing yards in nine games...showed his all-round abilities against South Carolina when he stripped the ball from defensive end Nathan Pepper near the goal-line after he intercepted a pass...had 102 yards on four catches, including a 54-yard catch at #9 Florida State...had at least one touchdown in each of the first five games and had a nine-game streak over two years, the second-longest streak in Tiger history...had four touchdowns against North Carolina, the first Tiger with four in a game since Chad Jasmin at South Carolina in 2003...had six games with at least two touchdowns, including four in a row...had three touchdowns against Temple when he averaged 15 yards per carry...scored the game-winning touchdown at #9 Florida State with eight seconds left on a tough one-yard run.

2005: Fourth in the ACC and 56th in the nation in rushing (79.9)...first among freshmen in the ACC in rushing...seventh in the ACC in all-purpose yards (93.7)...tied for fourth in the ACC in rushing touchdowns (9)...scored seven of his nine touchdowns in ACC games, tied for most in the ACC...set the Tiger single-season freshman touchdown record...fourth on the team in receptions with 19 for 152 yards...had four 100-yard rushing games, most by a Tiger first-year freshman...had a 150-yard rushing game against Colorado, the second-highest rushing total in a bowl game by a Tiger; he was the only running back to gain over 100 yards rushing against Colorado's defense; he had 171 all-purpose yards to earn MVP honors...set three Tiger freshman records, including touchdowns, yards per rush (5.3), and all-purpose yards (1,031)...ACC Rookie-of-the-Year, the first Tiger to win the award since Anthony Simmons (1995)...second-team freshman All-American by Rivals.com and third-team by CollegeFootballNews.com...honorable mention freshman All-American by Sporting News...first-team freshman All-ACC by Sporting News...Honorable Mention All-ACC by AP/ACSMA...his 879 rushing yards were third-most by a Tiger freshman...Clemson's top rusher, fourth-leading receiver, and leader in all-purpose yards on a per-game basis...two-time national freshman-of-the-week by Rivals.com...three-time ACC Rookie-of-the-Week, more than any other ACC player; chosen after his performances against #17 Texas A&M, N.C. State, and #16 Florida State...ACC Offensive Back-of-the-Week at #19 South Carolina when he rushed for 145 yards and a touchdown...played 366 snaps, most among Tiger first-year freshmen and third among all freshmen...offensive player-of-the-game by the coaches against #19 South Carolina and Colorado...suffered a broken wrist at N.C. State; he missed the next game against Temple and played just one snap at Georgia Tech; he averaged 5.6 yards per carry after returning from the injury; he played the last four regular-season games with a cast on his left wrist...started six games...teamed with Reggie Merriweather to give Clemson the first pair of 700-yard running backs since 1995...had at least one touchdown in each of the last four games...Clemson's leading rusher in each of the first two games and each of the last three games; also the leader at N.C. State, so he was Clemson's top rusher in six games...led the team in runs of 10 yards or more (27) and 20 yards or more (10)...named Clemson's offensive rookie-of-the-year by the coaches.

Before Clemson: Rushed for 2,389 yards and 28 touchdowns on 350 carries as a senior at Douglass High School...rushed for 300 yards or more twice as a senior...rushed for 7,339 yards and 80 touchdowns in his career...#42 prospect in the nation, #7 running back in the nation, and #16 prospect in Georgia by Rivals.com...SuperPrep Dixie team pick as the #4 prospect in Georgia...Georgia North/South game co-MVP; he scored the only touchdown to lead the North to victory...#17 running back in the nation by ESPN.com...#17 running back in the nation by CollegeFootballNews.com...honorable mention All-Southern team pick by Orlando Sentinel...team captain as a senior...received the Golden Helmet Award as the team MVP...SuperPrep All-American as the #24 running back in the nation; listed #26 by Scout.com...#56 prospect in the southeast by SuperPrep...AAAAA all-state by Atlanta Constitution as a senior...honorable mention AAAAA all-state as a junior...coached by Gary Cantrell...chose Clemson over Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana State, Mississippi State, Tennessee, and Virginia Tech...born Jan. 1, 1986...majoring in sociology.