1. Davis Matthew Webb was born on January 22,1995 and is an American professional football coach and former quarterback who is the offensive pass game coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League.
45 Facts About Davis Webb
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Davis Webb played his first three seasons of college football for the Texas Tech Red Raiders and then the California Golden Bears, before being selected by the New York Giants in the third round of the 2017 NFL draft.
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Davis Webb earned several accolades and was named first-team All-District as a junior and honorable mention All-State.
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Davis Webb graduated from Prosper after passing for 2,658 yards, 589 yards rushing, and 36 touchdowns.
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Davis Webb was ranked a 4-star prospect coming out of high school by ESPN and signed with Texas Tech University to play for the Red Raiders.
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Davis Webb alternated as a backup quarterback behind fellow freshman Baker Mayfield, and as a starter, during his freshman year in 2013.
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Davis Webb became only the second true freshman at the position to play for the school.
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Davis Webb made his first game appearance in the contest against TCU, where he threw the game-winning touchdown to wide receiver Bradley Marquez.
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Davis Webb's performance marked the fourth most yards passing for first time starter in school history.
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Davis Webb followed up his Iowa State performance with a record-setting performance against West Virginia.
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Davis Webb struggled in an outing against Kansas State, and did not play in the second half.
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Davis Webb was named the starter for the Holiday Bowl against a top 15 Arizona State team, after the month of bowl practice.
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Davis Webb concluded his freshman season with several Big 12 Conference freshman records: single game total offense, single game offensive plays, most 400 yard passing performances, passing yards in a single game, passing attempts in a single game, passes completed in a single game.
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Davis Webb's performance marked school freshman records for completions, attempts, touchdowns, passing yards, and 400 yard games.
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Davis Webb was named honorable mention Freshman All-American by College Football News, Big 12 Broadcasters Conference Freshman of the Year, and he received several weekly honors.
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Davis Webb was named the starting quarterback at the start of the 2014 season, following the transfer of fellow quarterback Michael Brewer to Virginia Tech.
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Davis Webb was named to the Maxwell Award and Manning Award watchlists for the best quarterback in college football.
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Davis Webb started the first eight games of the season before suffering a season-ending ankle injury in a game against TCU on October 25,2014.
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Davis Webb was the backup quarterback in 2015, to Patrick Mahomes, who retained possession of the starting quarterback job.
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On December 30,2015, Davis Webb announced his intention to transfer from Texas Tech.
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Davis Webb announced his intention to transfer to the University of Colorado Boulder, on January 27,2016.
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Davis Webb still was enrolled at Texas Tech and, he was nine credit hours short of finishing his degree requirements, at the time of the announcement.
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Davis Webb planned to be in Colorado for the first summer session, after finishing his degree requirements and graduating from Texas Tech.
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California Golden Bears head coach Sonny Dykes announced on May 25,2016, that Davis Webb had signed a financial aid agreement and that he was enrolled officially.
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Davis Webb was eligible to play immediately as a graduate transfer.
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Davis Webb completed 382 of 620 passes for 4295 yards, 37 touchdowns and 12 interceptions for a 135.63 QBR, in one season at California.
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Davis Webb set school single-season records for passing attempts, completions and total plays while tying three other school records, including total touchdowns [43 ], and 300-yard passing games.
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Davis Webb was named the Golden Bears' Season MVP and won the Reese's Senior Bowl MVP award in 2016.
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Davis Webb was nominated to the College Football All-America Team, and was a semi-finalist for both the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award and the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award, as well as an honorable mention All-Pac-12 Conference choice of the league's coaches and the Pac-12 Newcomer of the Year.
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Davis Webb was in the final 15 for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award.
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Rodgers-Cromartie remarked that Webb looked like a "Young Eli", while Collins said that the future front office should not draft a quarterback in the next draft, assuring them that "Davis is gonna be really good in the league when it's his time".
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Davis Webb was promoted to second-string for the final game of the season.
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On September 2,2018, Davis Webb was waived by the Giants.
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On September 4,2018, Davis Webb was signed to the practice squad of the New York Jets.
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Davis Webb was promoted to the active roster on November 10,2018, to serve as the backup to Josh McCown following an injury to rookie starter Sam Darnold.
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Davis Webb was released as part of final roster cuts on August 31,2019, having not seen any action in his year with the team.
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Davis Webb was signed to the Buffalo Bills' practice squad on September 2,2019.
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Davis Webb was waived by the Bills on September 5,2020, and signed to the practice squad the next day.
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On November 14,2021, more than two years after first signing with the Bills, Davis Webb made his NFL debut, against the Jets during garbage time.
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Davis Webb's contract expired when the team's season ended on January 23,2022.
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Davis Webb was waived on August 30,2022, and signed to the practice squad the next day.
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On October 8,2022, Davis Webb was elevated from the practice squad for the Week 5 game against the Green Bay Packers.
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On February 23,2023, Davis Webb was hired by the Denver Broncos as their quarterbacks coach under head coach Sean Payton.
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Davis Webb had expressed interest in transitioning to coaching duties, having been previously asked by the Bills to be their quarterbacks coach.
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Davis Webb retained his position as the quarterbacks coach, holding both roles simultaneously.