2010 MEDIA GUIDE - Seahawks Online Media Packet

HOW ACQUIRED: First of two seventh-round
picks (236th overall). Fourth player drafted out
of Arizona State and first since Solomon Bates
in 2003. Second defensive end drafted this year.
COLLEGE: Started all 50 games of his ASU
career, the most starts by any player in school
history. Departed school ranked third in Sun
Devil history with 31.0 career sacks, behind only
Terrell Suggs (44.0) and Shante Carver (41.0).
Finished in the top three in sacks in the Pacific-
10 Conference as a sophomore and junior.
Totaled 136 tackles (85 solo), 45.0 tackles for
loss and 10 forced fumbles in his four
seasons at ASU. RS SENIOR:
Started all 12 games, the fourth consecutive
season in
which he started every
game. Finished with 23
tackles (13 solo), 6.0 tackles
for loss, 3.5 sacks,
two forced fumbles,
two pass
breakups and one
interception on the
season. Was the only
Sun Devil to earn firstteam
All-Pacific-10 Con -
fer ence honors, the third
straight season he received
all-conference recognition.
Served as a team captain, along with
linebacker Mike Nixon and offensive lineman
Shawn Lauvao. RS JUNIOR: Started all 12
games at defensive end. Led the team and finished
third in the Pac-10 with 11.0 sacks, collected
40 tackles (25 solo), a team-high 15.0 tackles
for loss, two forced fumbles and one pass
breakup on the season. Was an Honorable
Position . . . . . . . .Defensive End
Height . . .6-1 Weight . . .244
College . . . . . . . . .Arizona State
NFL Seasons . . . . . . . . . .Rookie
Seahawks Seasons . . . . .Rookie
Born . . . . . .November 10, 1986
Hometown . . . .Phoenix, Arizona
Mention All-Pac-10 selection and was one of
two Sun Devils to earn first-team all-conference
honors from PhilSteele.com. Earned team's
Most Outstanding Defensive Lineman award for
the second straight season at the year-end banquet.
RS SOPHOMORE: Started all 13 games
and led team with 10.5 sacks and 13.5 tackles for
loss. Finished the season with 33 tackles, three
forced fumbles and one pass breakup. Earned
second-team All-Pac-10 honors.Named the
team's Most Outstanding Defensive Lineman at
the year-end banquet. RS FRESHMAN: Started
all 13 games at defensive end as a redshirt
freshman. Earned honorable mention freshman
All-America and Pac-10 All-Freshman and honors
by The Sporting News. Was presented the
team's Bill Kajikawa Sun Devil Award, given to
the team's top freshman player. Led ASU in
sacks (6.0) and tackles-for-loss (10.5). Posted the
most sacks by a Sun Devil freshman since Terrell
Suggs' 10.0 sacks in 2000. Totaled 40 tackles (26
solo), leading all Sun Devil defensive linemen
and is the most by an ASU freshman since former
freshman All-American Jason Shivers in
2001. FRESHMAN: Redshirted as a freshman.
PERSONAL: Attended Thunderbird High
School (Phoenix). All-region selection by
PrepStar Magazine. Two-time first-team all-state
honoree (as a junior and senior) and was an All-
Arizona selection by the Arizona Republic.
Named Super All-State 2004 on defense by
Phoenix Metro Football Magazine and won the
Curley Culp Award, presented by the Valley of
the Sun Chapter of the National Football
Foundation and College Football Hall of
Fame to the state's best defensive lineman.
Collected over 120 tackles and six quarterback
sacks as a senior . Three-time letterman
and captain of the football team as
a senior. Also lettered three times in
track and field and wrestling and
captained each team as a senior.
Was the state of Arizona 4A
wrestling champion at 215
pounds as a junior and
senior. Parents are
Craig (sales engineer)
and Janice (receptionist)
Davis of Phoenix,
Ariz. Full name is
Dexter Alexander Davis.
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