11  Brandon Davis Class: Senior Hometown: Oakland, Calif. High School: Castlemont High Height / Weight: 6-2 / 190 Position: Defensive Back Birthdate: 04/16/1989 Experience: 3L

Starter in the secondary the last two seasons after splitting his time on both sides of the ball at wide receiver and defensive back in 2008 ... Also returned kickoffs as a sophomore and junior .... Is a tall, physical presence in the defensive backfield ... Redshirted in 2007.

2010: Starter at warrior and was the team's primary kick returner ... Played in 12 of 13 outings, starting 10 on occasions ... Had 36 tackles with 24 of those being solos ... Made four stops at New Mexico State and also contributed a 36-yard kickoff return ... Three solo tackles at No. 25 Missouri ... Four stops against Utah State, including a sack for a loss of eight yards and a PBU ... Made five tackles with one behind the line of scrimmage and added a PBU and two kickoff returns for 38 yards at BYU ... A reserve on defense, but did return four kickoffs for 92 yards (23.0 ypr.) with a long of 32 vs. No. 23 Air Force ... Outstanding evening as a kick returner at New Mexico, averaging 30.5 yards a return, including a career-long 37-yard effort ... SDSU's top tackler at Wyoming, posting six and a pass breakup ... Recorded four tackles (all solo) vs. Colorado State and made four stops at TCU ... Missed the UNLV game with an ankle injury ... Assisted on three tackles against Navy.

2009: Logged minutes in 11 of the team's 12 games, starting eight outings ... Led SDSU in PBUs with five ... First career starts at the warrior position against UCLA and Southern Utah ... Posted two tackles and forced his first career fumble vs. the Bruins ... Also tallied a pair of stops in the win over the Thunderbirds ... Reserve at Idaho, making one kick return for 19 yards before missing most of the game due to injury ... Did not play against Air Force (inj.) ... Returned as a starter vs. NMSU, contributing three tackles, including his first career sack ... Tripled his previous career high the next game against BYU with nine tackles, a TFL and a PBU ... Tied his career best and tied for the team game-high with nine tackles to go with two PBUs in the win over New Mexico ... Earned the start against TCU and made one tackle ... Started vs. Wyoming and had three stops (two solo) ... Also started at Utah (three tackles) ... Had a pair of PBUs in the finale with UNLV.

2008: Practiced on both offense and defense ... Played in the final 11 games, primarily on special teams ... First game as an Aztec was at Notre Dame, tallying an assisted tackle ... Had two solo efforts against Idaho ... One tackle vs. Air Force and at BYU ... Ended the season with five stops ... Offensively, had two carries for five yards in the season-ending win over UNLV.

2007: Did not play as a true freshman.

High School: Coached by Amin Denny at Castlemont High School ... Ranked No. 8 in the Contra Costa Times' "Cream of the Crop" poll, which lists the top-20 football recruits in the East Bay ... Rivals.com rated him as the No. 59 safety prospect and a three-star recruit ... In 2006, was first-team all-city and all-East Bay in leading the Knights to an 8-3 mark ... Team MVP as a junior and second-team all-city selection.

Personal: Born April 16, 1989, in Oakland, Calif. ... Son of Elvina Moody and the late James Davis ... Is an urban studies major.

DAVIS' CAREER STATISTICS

Career Highs: Tackles: 9 vs. UNM (10/31/09), vs, BYU (10/17/09); TFL: 1.0, four times; Sacks:1.0 vs. Utah St. (9/25/10), vs. NMSU (10/3/09); PBU:2 at UNLV (11/28/09), vs. UNM (10/31/09); FF: 1 at UCLA (9/5/09).

DAVIS' GAME-BY-GAME

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