Wake Forest Athletics

Demon Deacons Add Davis as Graduate Transfer
1/14/2020 10:00:00 AM | Football
The offensive lineman comes to Wake Forest with 37 games played and 31 starts in his career
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The Wake Forest football team bolstered their offensive line with the addition of graduate transfer Terrance Davis for the 2020 season.
Davis, a 3-time Academic All-Big Ten selection, has already enrolled in the university and started class this semester. Over his four seasons at Maryland, Davis spent most of his time at right guard appearing in 37 games while making 31 starts for the Terrapins.
Prior to Wake
Terrance Davis (Temple Hills, Md. / DeMatha Catholic)
Maryland:
Davis, a 3-time Academic All-Big Ten selection, has already enrolled in the university and started class this semester. Over his four seasons at Maryland, Davis spent most of his time at right guard appearing in 37 games while making 31 starts for the Terrapins.
Prior to Wake
Terrance Davis (Temple Hills, Md. / DeMatha Catholic)
Maryland:
- 2019: Named a 2019 Preseason Phil Steele Second Team All-Big Ten ... Started four games (Howard, 8/31; #21 Syracuse, 9/7; at Temple, 9/14; at Minnesota, 10/26), missing the other eight with a knee injury ... Blocked for a team that scored 142 points in first two games of season, the most by a Maryland team over a two game span in program history and the third most by any FBS team ever ... Parted way for 100-yard rushing games by Javon Leake vs. Syracuse and Anthony McFarland Jr. at Temple ... Part of line that blocked for an offense that tallied second-most points in program history with 79 vs. Howard (8/31).
- 2018: Appeared in eight games at right guard, starting six and missing the other four due to injury ... Helped block for the 17th best rushing offense in the country and third best in the Big Ten, averaging 230.2 yards per game ... blocked for a team that tallied six games with over 200 rushing yards ... helped four different running backs record 100-yard games - most in program history ... contributed to freshman running back Anthony McFarland setting freshmen rushing records of season yards (1,022), single game yards (298) and 100-yard games (four) .. part of line that blocked the way for team to rush for 444 yards at Bowling Green (9/8) - the team's most since 1999 against Virginia (445).
- 2017: Started all 12 games at right guard ... helped the Maryland running game eclipse 160 yards/g for the third consecutive season - the longest such streak for the program since 2001-03 ... also protected Maryland's four different starting quarterbacks which threw only eight interceptions - the fewest for the program since 2003 ... helped pave the way for Ty Johnson's 132 rush yards against Texas (9/2) and 124 rush yards against Towson (9/9) back-to-back weeks ... also helped Ty Johnson record 130 rush yards against Minnesota (9/30).
- 2016: Appeared in all 13 games, finishing the season with nine consecutive starts at right guard ... helped pave the way for a Maryland rushing offense that eclipsed 2,500 yards for the first time since 2003 ... helped Ty Johnson become the ninth 1,000-yard rusher in Maryland history ... blocked for Ty Johnson's 204-yard rushing performance vs. Purdue (10/1) ... helped Ty Johnson and Lorenzo Harrison both eclipse 100 rushing yards vs. Michigan State (10/22) ... blocked for Ty Johnson's 142-yard rushing day at Indiana (10/29) ... helped Ty Johnson rush for 168 yards vs. Rutgers (11/26).
- A consensus four-star recruit…Under Armour All-American…All-USA Second Team Offense…Nike+ Football The Opening All-Star…ranked as the 2nd best player in the state of Maryland by Rivals and 247 Sports…ranked as the 4th best offensive lineman in the country by both ESPN and Rivals…was part of a DeMatha squad that won three straight WCAC titles…Named Washington Post All-Metro First Team as a senior...coached by Elijah Brooks.
- Son of Melinda Simms.
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