2010 – Played in eight games for ISU, including eight starts at weak side linebacker as well as the team's punter ... Tallied 53 total tackles, including 28 solo stops ... Posted a career-high nine tackles against both North Dakota State and South Dakota State ... Had one quarterback sack versus Illinois State ... Made a pair of tackles for loss .... Forced a fumble at Cincinnati and another against Quincy .... Recovered a fumble against Cincinnati .... Credited with one pass breakup ... Punted 30 times over the course of the year, averaging 38.4 yards per kick ... Season long punt of 62 yards came at North Dakota State .... Had five punts of over 50 yards and pinned the opposition inside their own 20-yard line a total of six times.
2009 – Was granted a NCAA medical hardship after being injured in the Sycamores third game of the season against Eastern Illinois ... Tallied 17 total tackles ... Posted season-highs of seven stops against both Quincy and EIU ... Had three tackles against Louisville ... Posted two interceptions versus Louisville to stymie two deep Cardinal drives in the first half, which were the most ever by a Sycamore in a single game against a BCS level team ... That performance is tied for the fifth-best in the history of the program and are the most in the game since 1979 when John Allman had a pair versus Illinois State.
Previous School – Lettered for two seasons at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College ... Honorable Mention All-State selection ... Played on a pair of state championship teams and one national championship team ... Recorded 96 tackles and 3.5 sacks ... Played for coach Steve Campbell.
High School – Lettered for four seasons in football and baseball ... All-District first team as well as District MVP ... Named All-State as a senior ... During his junior season was named first team all-district ... A senior on the All-South Team ... District MVP ... Posted 112 tackles, including 5.5 sacks ... Recorded four interceptions as a senior.
Personal – Born Santino Papania Davis on February 21, 1989 to Mike and Susanne Davis in Gulfport, Miss. ... Majoring in Geology ... Brother, Mike, played football at Mississippi Gulf Coast ... Sisters, Elizabeth and Madalyn, played softball at Mississippi Gulf Coast.
