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Former MSU star Davis refuses to let ruptured Achilles derail NFL dream

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Indianapolis — For at least two days, Felton Davis said he just sat in his room.

No phone calls. No messages. Mostly just staring at the ceiling, trying to come to grips with his college career being over and his future in the NFL no longer seeming like a given.

A ruptured Achilles suffered on Oct. 20 — against Michigan, no less — ended his senior season at Michigan State and forced the normally jovial Davis into a funk.

“The first thing that went through my head is I just let my team down over something I couldn’t control,” Davis said Friday at the NFL Combine.