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Malik Davis: Exceeding expectations before they were set

Running backs coach Ja’Juan Seider said earlier this season that freshman Malik Davis runs like every step is a slap to the face of recruiters who doubted him.

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Malik Davis squeezed the handoff and darted around the right side of the Robinson defense. He rocketed down the field, spraying black turf pellets at the trailing defenders with each stomp and huffing air through his vampire-toothed mouthpiece. He arrived in the end zone 30 yards later, and the game stopped.

Malik’s mom, Angela, and the rest of his family sprinted toward him.