Davis Matthew Webb was born on January 22,1995 and is an American football coach and former quarterback who is the quarterbacks coach for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League.
36 Facts About Davis Webb
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Davis Webb played college football at Texas Tech from 2013 to 2015 and California in 2016 and was drafted by the New York Giants in the third round of the 2017 NFL Draft.
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Davis Webb attended for Keller High School before transferring to Prosper High School in Prosper, Texas.
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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 the Texas Tech Red Raiders.
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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 would follow 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 would conclude 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 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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In 2015, Davis Webb was the backup quarterback to Patrick Mahomes, who retained possession of the starting quarterback job.
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On December 30,2015, Davis Webb announced his intentions to transfer from Texas Tech.
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On January 27,2016, Davis Webb announced his intention to transfer to the University of Colorado Boulder.
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At the time of the announcement, Davis Webb was still enrolled at Texas Tech and was nine credit hours short of finishing his degree requirements.
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On May 25,2016, California Golden Bears head coach Sonny Dykes announced that Davis Webb had signed a financial aid agreement and was officially enrolled.
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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 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 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 after they claimed six players off waivers that day.
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On September 4,2018, Davis Webb was signed to the New York Jets' practice squad.
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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.
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Davis Webb was signed to the Buffalo Bills' practice squad on September 2,2019.
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On September 5,2020, Davis Webb was waived by the Bills and signed to the practice squad the next day.
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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 week 5 game against the Green Bay Packers.
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Davis Webb was promoted to the active roster from the practice squad on January 7,2023, ahead of Week 18 to start against the Philadelphia Eagles on January 8,2023.
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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 Buffalo Bills to be their quarterbacks coach.