Browns RB James Davis Is Becoming a Fan Favorite and a Draft Day Steal

Rookie running back James Davis has made a name for himself in the month since training camp began for the Cleveland Browns' back on Aug. 1.

During the two weeks of practices, Davis broke off plays of over 25-plus yards almost once every practice session.

In the first preseason game against the Green Bay Packers Davis was nearly non-existent, but it is really hard to establish a running game when a team is down two scores early in any NFL game.

Then the Browns' coaching staff wanted a better commitment to the running game versus the Detroit Lions, and everyone knows the outcome of Davis' performance in that game.

Rushing 12 times for 116 yards and that 81-yard touchdown run.

Not to put a damper on Davis' performance against the Lions, but his 81-yard run was against the Lions' third string defense, but it was still an amazing run and fun to watch.

Now to back track a little, let's take a look back in time to Davis' high school career and his college career at Clemson.

In high school as a senior, Davis rushed for over 2,300 yards with a 6.8 yard per carry average and 28 touchdowns. He was named All-State too.

For his high school career, Davis ran for over 7,300 yards with 80 touchdowns.

In Davis' first three years at Clemson, he ran for 3,000 yards with 36 touchdowns, but during his senior year his production dropped to 750 yards rushing and 11 touchdowns.

Here are some highlights of Davis' senior year.

Everyone knows that Davis could have been a first or second round pick had he entered the NFL Draft after his junior year, but he choose to stay and unfortunately with the rise of fellow running back C.J. Spiller, Davis lost many carries in his senior year.

That was probably the best thing to happen for the Browns because they were able to pick up Davis in the sixth round of the past draft.

Now Davis is hungry and wants to prove to all those other NFL teams that passed him up on Draft Day, that he is a talented running back who may have a chance to become a starter at the NFL level.

So far he has not disappointed and many fans are crying for Eric Mangini to play Davis with the first team offense to see how he performs, since it appears that Jamal Lewis may be struggling a bit so far this preseason.

Lewis may still be recovering from his offseason surgery.

Davis' true test will be this Saturday versus a Tennessee Titans' defense that is always one of the best units in the NFL year in and out.

Just in case you wanted to see it again.

(Article originally posted on Dawg Scooper: An Unofficial Cleveland Browns News Source)