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Driving for 6: Alex Davis draws more praise; looking for game-breakers on offense; SI all-time rankings

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The 6-foot-5, 250-pound Davis has always looked the part, but the production has not followed. In 37 career games (including nine starts), the Riviera Beach, Florida native has 24 total tackles. In 12 games last year (four starts), Davis had five total stops and just one unassisted tackle.

“Alex has always had the skill and the gifts to do it. I think for him it was just getting comfortable with the position,” Frost said. “He’s not a guy that’s played football his whole life; I think he was a basketball player growing up. And I think he’d be the first to tell you there were times last year when he was in the right place or doing the right thing, but at the moment of truth he didn’t go make the play.