With Davis slated to serve as Bryant Shirreffs’ backup in 2015, then-UConn head coach Bob Diaco asked his redshirt freshman quarterback if he’d be open to changing positions because the coaches felt Davis was too athletic to be holding a clipboard.
Davis made the move to tight end, recording 47 catches for 500 yards and seven touchdowns in three seasons with the Huskies. He finished his college career at Georgia Tech, catching 17 passes for 148 yards and a TD in 2019.
It was enough to get Davis drafted in the sixth round by Jacksonville in 2020. He played in eight games for the Jaguars without catching a pass.
Signed off of Indianapolis’ practice squad last September, the 6-foot-4, 252-pound tight end went on to play in 14 games for the Packers after the team lost Tonyan to a torn anterior cruciate ligament.
Like Tonyan, Davis feels his history at quarterback helped ease his transition to a skill position. To this day, he continues to study the film of his teammate.
“We’re pretty similar in the body type (for) this tight end position that me and Bobby play,” Davis said. “I’ve got tons of clips of Bobby on my iPad that I watch every day. Just trying to emulate him and trying to be exactly like him is a big deal.”
Transitioning players to new positions has become old hat for the Packers and their scouting department. In fact, another former Georgia Tech tight end, Jack Coco, is competing for Green Bay’s long snapper job after trying out for special-teams coaches Rich Bisaccia and Byron Storer earlier this spring.
A year ago, the Packers also carried former Baltimore Ravens defensive end Bronson Kaufusi on their practice squad while he transitioned into a tight end.
It goes beyond just tight end, too. Sam Shields developed into a Pro Bowl cornerback with the Packers after originally playing receiver for three seasons at the University of Miami (Fla.).
The Packers currently have two cornerbacks, Rico Gafford and Kabion Ento, with receiver backgrounds – Ento at the…
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