A plaque on a wall in South Stadium recognized him as the school’s all-time kickoff return yards leader with 2,265. He mentioned to then-Husker athletic director Tom Osborne how much he would like to have that plaque in his home.
“I asked him, ‘How much would I have to pay for it?’” Davis said last week from Colorado. “He asked for my address and not long after that, here comes a replica plaque through the mail. He doesn’t charge me a penny. Of course, I was very gracious. I also remember thinking: Wouldn’t it be great if all the athletes — male and female — who competed there and lettered got something like this?