2024 Football Roster
Davis, Solomon
Jersey Number 80
Solomon Davis
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Brighton, Tenn.
- High School:
- Brighton H.S.
- Previous School:
- Valparaiso
- Major:
- Master of Business Administration
- Twitter:
- @SoloDavis10
- Instagram:
- @solodavis10
Bio
CAREER
Transferred to Central Michigan after spending the four years at Valparaiso University … Two-time All-Pioneer League First Team selection as a wide receiver … Over four-year career, caught 113 passes for 1,765 yards, and 12 touchdowns … Enrolled at Central Michigan for the spring 2024 semester.
2024
As a senior wide receiver, saw action in all 12 games … Listed as either a starter or backup wide receiver on the depth chart all season long … Named a preseason honorable mention All-MAC pick by College Football Network … Finished the year with 19 receptions for 350 yards and two receiving touchdowns with a long of 72 yards, and three carries for 24 yards … Led the team in yards per reception (18.4), had the longest reception on the year (72 yards), and ranked No. 2 in receiving yards (350) … Caught at least one pass in 11 of 12 games … Had one 100-yard receiving game (109 vs. CCSU) … Caught three passes for 73 yards with a long of 55 vs. Western Michigan (11/19) … Caught one pass for 48 yards at Eastern Michigan (10/19) … Caught one pass for 30 yards vs. Ohio (10/12) … Caught two passes for 34 yards with a long of 30 at Illinois (9/14) … Set career-highs for receptions (four), receiving yards (109) and touchdown receptions (two) and caught a 72-yard touchdown pass in the season opener vs. Central Connecticut State (8/29).
2023 AT VALPARAISO
Named to the All-Pioneer Football League First Team … Preseason All-PFL First Team selection by Phil Steele Magazine … Started all 11 games at wide receiver ... Finished the season with 50 receptions for 661 yards and six touchdowns with a long reception of 53 yards … Scored seven total touchdowns, six receiving and one rushing … Ranked among PFL leaders in total offense per play (No. 1, 3.18), receptions per game (No. 4, 4.55), receiving touchdowns (No. 3, six), receiving yards per game (No. 6, 60.1), receptions (No. 5, 53), and receiving yards (No. 6, 661) … Registered 175 receiving yards on 10 receptions and two touchdowns vs. Marist (Sept. 23), the third highest single-game total in the PFL in 2023 and the most by a Valpo player since 2013 ... His 10 receptions marked the first Valpo player with a double-figure total since 2014 … His longest catch of the season was 53 yards in the season opener at Youngstown State (Aug. 31) ... Had two touchdown grabs vs. Marist (Sept. 23) ... Had a 70-yard touchdown run at Butler (Oct. 28).
2022 AT VALPARAISO
Named All-Pioneer Football League First Team, Phil Steele All-PFL Second Team and earned the team’s Four-Year Man Award ... Played in all 12 games at wide receiver … Had 43 receptions for 748 yards and four touchdowns... Ranked No. 9 in the PFL with 3.58 receptions per game ... Ranked No. 5 in the PFL at 62.33 receiving yards per game ... Ranked No. 5 in the league in yards per catch at 17.4 ... Ranked No. 5 in the PFL in total receptions with 43 ... Finished No. 2 in the PFL in total receiving yards at 748 ... Had touchdown catches vs. Indiana Wesleyan (Sept. 3), vs. San Diego (Sept. 24), at Presbyterian (Oct. 8) and at Dayton (Oct. 29)... Had five or more receptions in four different games and four or more receptions in seven different games ... Had three games with 100 or more receiving yards: Sept. 24 vs. San Diego (118), Oct. 22 at Morehead State (109) and Oct. 29 at Dayton (110) ... Had a season-long 67-yard reception on Oct. 29 at Dayton ... Had a season-high seven receptions on Oct. 15 vs. Butler.
2021 AT VALPARAISO
Saw action in all 11 games … Had a six-yard reception on at Butler (Nov. 13).
2020 AT VALPARAISO
Redshirted season … Maintained all four years of athletic eligibility.
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2020 graduate of Brighton High School in Brighton, Tenn., where he played one year of varsity football for head coach Mike David … Played wide receiver … Scored three touchdowns in his final high school football game … Played junior varsity all the way until his senior year … Also competed in track and field … Set his school’s record in the 400-meter dash.
PERSONAL
Born Solomon Davis on October 11, 2000 … Son of Angela Kimble … Has two siblings: Kenneth Davis and Asjanae Kimble … Nickname is Solo … Both of his parents are retired from the Navy … Father was an NCAA Division I basketball player at Arkansas Pine Bluff … Business management major at Valparaiso … Pursuing his Master of Business Administration at Central Michigan.
ARTICLES
Meet 2024 NFL Draft Prospect Solomon Davis, WR, Valparaiso (nfldraftdiamonds.com)
Transferred to Central Michigan after spending the four years at Valparaiso University … Two-time All-Pioneer League First Team selection as a wide receiver … Over four-year career, caught 113 passes for 1,765 yards, and 12 touchdowns … Enrolled at Central Michigan for the spring 2024 semester.
2024
As a senior wide receiver, saw action in all 12 games … Listed as either a starter or backup wide receiver on the depth chart all season long … Named a preseason honorable mention All-MAC pick by College Football Network … Finished the year with 19 receptions for 350 yards and two receiving touchdowns with a long of 72 yards, and three carries for 24 yards … Led the team in yards per reception (18.4), had the longest reception on the year (72 yards), and ranked No. 2 in receiving yards (350) … Caught at least one pass in 11 of 12 games … Had one 100-yard receiving game (109 vs. CCSU) … Caught three passes for 73 yards with a long of 55 vs. Western Michigan (11/19) … Caught one pass for 48 yards at Eastern Michigan (10/19) … Caught one pass for 30 yards vs. Ohio (10/12) … Caught two passes for 34 yards with a long of 30 at Illinois (9/14) … Set career-highs for receptions (four), receiving yards (109) and touchdown receptions (two) and caught a 72-yard touchdown pass in the season opener vs. Central Connecticut State (8/29).
2023 AT VALPARAISO
Named to the All-Pioneer Football League First Team … Preseason All-PFL First Team selection by Phil Steele Magazine … Started all 11 games at wide receiver ... Finished the season with 50 receptions for 661 yards and six touchdowns with a long reception of 53 yards … Scored seven total touchdowns, six receiving and one rushing … Ranked among PFL leaders in total offense per play (No. 1, 3.18), receptions per game (No. 4, 4.55), receiving touchdowns (No. 3, six), receiving yards per game (No. 6, 60.1), receptions (No. 5, 53), and receiving yards (No. 6, 661) … Registered 175 receiving yards on 10 receptions and two touchdowns vs. Marist (Sept. 23), the third highest single-game total in the PFL in 2023 and the most by a Valpo player since 2013 ... His 10 receptions marked the first Valpo player with a double-figure total since 2014 … His longest catch of the season was 53 yards in the season opener at Youngstown State (Aug. 31) ... Had two touchdown grabs vs. Marist (Sept. 23) ... Had a 70-yard touchdown run at Butler (Oct. 28).
2022 AT VALPARAISO
Named All-Pioneer Football League First Team, Phil Steele All-PFL Second Team and earned the team’s Four-Year Man Award ... Played in all 12 games at wide receiver … Had 43 receptions for 748 yards and four touchdowns... Ranked No. 9 in the PFL with 3.58 receptions per game ... Ranked No. 5 in the PFL at 62.33 receiving yards per game ... Ranked No. 5 in the league in yards per catch at 17.4 ... Ranked No. 5 in the PFL in total receptions with 43 ... Finished No. 2 in the PFL in total receiving yards at 748 ... Had touchdown catches vs. Indiana Wesleyan (Sept. 3), vs. San Diego (Sept. 24), at Presbyterian (Oct. 8) and at Dayton (Oct. 29)... Had five or more receptions in four different games and four or more receptions in seven different games ... Had three games with 100 or more receiving yards: Sept. 24 vs. San Diego (118), Oct. 22 at Morehead State (109) and Oct. 29 at Dayton (110) ... Had a season-long 67-yard reception on Oct. 29 at Dayton ... Had a season-high seven receptions on Oct. 15 vs. Butler.
2021 AT VALPARAISO
Saw action in all 11 games … Had a six-yard reception on at Butler (Nov. 13).
2020 AT VALPARAISO
Redshirted season … Maintained all four years of athletic eligibility.
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2020 graduate of Brighton High School in Brighton, Tenn., where he played one year of varsity football for head coach Mike David … Played wide receiver … Scored three touchdowns in his final high school football game … Played junior varsity all the way until his senior year … Also competed in track and field … Set his school’s record in the 400-meter dash.
PERSONAL
Born Solomon Davis on October 11, 2000 … Son of Angela Kimble … Has two siblings: Kenneth Davis and Asjanae Kimble … Nickname is Solo … Both of his parents are retired from the Navy … Father was an NCAA Division I basketball player at Arkansas Pine Bluff … Business management major at Valparaiso … Pursuing his Master of Business Administration at Central Michigan.
ARTICLES
Meet 2024 NFL Draft Prospect Solomon Davis, WR, Valparaiso (nfldraftdiamonds.com)
Quick Hit Hype - vs Wagner - TWITTER
Friday, September 19
Football Insider - 9.19.25
Friday, September 19
Elijah Gordon and Angel Flores Post-Game Press Conference vs Michigan
Sunday, September 14
Coach Matt Drinkall Post-Game Press Conference vs. Michigan
Saturday, September 13
