Keith Davis took his first college course in the fall 1997, made it to the NFL, was shot multiple times, and on Friday, just a few weeks shy of his 40th birthday, he earned his diploma.
“It’s an amazing story isn’t it?” Davis said on Monday. “When I think about it, it brings a tear to my eyes what I had to go through. I wouldn’t change anything.”
These stories never grow old, so enjoy this one: The former Dallas Cowboys safety, who made it on the roster as an undrafted rookie free agent in ‘02 and played six NFL seasons and survived mulitple gun shot wounds during his career, is finally a college graduate.