They don’t even have his position on the Illinois football team. Fullbacks are as rare as flip phones.
But Carey Davis is a proud graduate of “Fullback U,” which produced Super Bowl winners Howard Griffith, Robert Holcombe, Jameel Cook and Davis.
“Nobody has one now,” Davis said.
The St. Louis-area native is back at Illinois this season, working as a sideline reporter for the Illini Sports Network.
Davis tried for the main analyst job. After the school picked former All-America offensive lineman Martin O’Donnell, it asked Davis if he would consider another role.
Sign me up, Davis said.