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NFL Draft preview: Ray Davis leaves lasting legacy in lone season with Cats

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Coming out of Blair Academy in Blairstown, New Jersey, Ray Davis only received four offers to continue his football career at the collegiate level.

Kentucky football’s Ray Davis becomes the first player since 2009 to record touchdowns in first seven matches at UK

Five years later, Davis broke Kentucky’s single-season touchdown record formerly set by Benny Snell Jr. in 2017, but the journey to Wildcat stardom wasn’t without several challenges.

Growing up in San Francisco, both of his parents were in and out of prison. Davis and his siblings moved in with relatives and peers but, despite his difficult circumstances, he continued to play sports as a kid.