(S2) - Weekend PT #6 - Childhood Hero

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Davis definitely had a favorite player while he was developing his own career. Although this player is not even that much older than himself he had a large impact on his development and the shaping of the player Davis was striving to be. Davis was in high school watching college football when he began to take notice of Tyrann Mathieu. As a young safety himself Davis saw something great in Mathieu as did many people and when Tyrann was disciplined for his weed problems Davis was upset that one of his favorite players was being punished and would eventually have his draft stock severely affected by the incident as many teams thought that Mathieu would be unable to not be a distraction to an NFL team. When Mathieu got drafted by the Arizona Cardinals, Davis was stoked that his hometown NFL team took a chance on such a potentially great player. As most people know now Mathieu is one of the best safeties in the league if not the best, and after being slept on in the draft and getting taken in the third round nonetheless. It was a real inspiration for Davis watching the story of Tyrann coming up through the NFL as such a great player despite the circumstances surrounding his career.