Chris Oats’ story is well known in the Big Blue Nation and was even featured on “Inside the NFL” earlier this year. Today, we’re hearing a different side of it from his friend and former Kentucky teammate Jamin Davis. ESPN’s John Keim interviewed Davis ahead of tonight’s Monday Night Football matchup between Washington and Seattle. The former Cat said Oats, who played alongside Davis at linebacker before suffering a stroke in May 2020, has become one of his primary motivators in life.
“It was like a reality check,” Davis said of Oats’ stroke. “Going forward we knew [Oats] wouldn’t want us to sit around bummed out about the situation and feel pity or anything like that.