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Russell W. Davis, III (born September 15, 1956) is a former American football player. Davis played college football, principally as a fullback, at the University of Michigan from 1975 to 1978. After rushing for 1,092 yards as a junior, he was selected as the Most Valuable Player on the 1977 Michigan Wolverines football team that won the Big Ten Conference championship. As a senior, he was a co-captain of the 1978 Michigan team and a first-team All-Big Ten running back. In four years at Michigan, he carried the ball 523 times for 2,560 yards and 18 touchdowns. He played in the 1979 East–West Shrine Game and set Shrine Game records with six touchdowns and 199 rushing yards. Davis played professional football as a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1980 to 1983. He appeared in 42 games for the Steelers, only two as a starter, and totaled 472 rushing yards, 168 yards on kickoff returns, and 45 receiving yards. ==Early years== Davis was born in Millen, Georgia, in 1956. He began high school at Hayfield High School in Fairfax County, Virginia, but transferred prior to his junior year to Woodbridge High School in Woodbridge, Virginia.〔 At the start of his junior year, Davis had never played football. Woodbridge's football coach spotted the 6 feet 2, 215 pound track athlete and suggested he try out for the football team.〔 He was an immediate success as a football player. In two years at Woodbridge, he played running back and rushed for 3,399 yards, averaging 9.1 yards per carry. Davis was one of the most heavily recruited high school football players in Northern Virginia history,〔 with more than 270 scholarship offers,〔 including offers from USC, Alabama, Tennessee, Maryland, North Carolina and Georgia Tech, among others. In February 1975, he committed to the University of Michigan.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Russell Davis (running back)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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