He has encountered a lot of obstacles in his football career, but there have been supporters of the University of Alabama that have not given up on him.
Ben Davis arrived in the Crimson Tide’s 2016 signing class with much promise and under high expectations as a five-star linebacker prospect from Gordo (Ala.) High School. His father, Wayne Davis, was the program’s all-time leader for total tackles (327), and fans believed the young Davis would immediately pick up where his dad left off. The tackling machine redshirted his freshman season and played in just three games combined in the next two years.