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2021 Fall Football Roster

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17 Davis Cheek

17 Davis Cheek

  • Position:
    Quarterback
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Matthews, N.C.
  • Highschool:
    Butler
  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-3 / 217

Summary

Biography

Honors & Awards
-2021 Phil Steele Second Team All-Conference
-2021 Doris Robinson Award Finalist
-2021 Second Team All-CAA
-Chuck Boone Leadership and Excellence Award Winner
-2021 Walter Payton Award Finalist
-2021 CFPA FCS Midseason Watch List
-Stats Perform FCS National Offensive Player Of The Week | Oct. 25, 2021
-CAA Football Offensive Player of the Week | Oct. 25, 2021
-CAA Football Offensive Player of the Week | Oct. 11, 2021
-2022 NFLPA Collegiate Bowl Preseason Big Board
-2021 William V. Campbell Trophy Award Semifinalist
-2021 Preseason All-Conference Honorable Mention
-2020-21 CAA Football Scholar-Athlete of the Year
-2020 Semifinalist for Campbell Trophy
-2019 CFPA FCS National Player of the Year Watch List
-2018 CFPA FCS National Player of the Year Watch List
-2017 CAA Football Offensive Rookie of the Year
-2017 Jerry Rice Award Finalist - 5th Place
-2017 CFPA FCS Performer of the Year Watch List
-STATS FCS National Freshman of the Week | Oct. 23, 2017
-STATS FCS National Offensive Player of the Week Honorable Mention | Oct. 14, 2019
-CFPA National Offensive Player of the Week Honorable Mention | Oct. 14, 2019
-CAA Football Offensive Player of the Week | Oct. 14, 2019
-CAA Football Offensive Player of the Week | Sept. 16, 2019
-CAA Football Offensive Player of the Week | Oct. 30, 2017
-CAA Football Rookie of the Week | Oct. 23, 2017
-CAA Football Rookie of the Week | Sept. 11, 2017
-2017 Most Outstanding Offensive Player (Team Award)

Personal:
  • Son of Eric Cheek and Monica Steed
  • Born Feb. 26, 1999

2021 (Senior):
  • Started all 11 games at quarterback
  • Went 253-of-397 for 2,924 yards. Added 17 touchdown passes and just five interceptions, averaging 265.8 passing yards per contest
  • Had four 300-yard passing games, opening the season with 312 yards and two TD passes against Wofford. Had seven 250-yard passing games
  • Ranked among the top 50 nationally in completions per game (No. 11), completion percentage (No. 17), passing yards per game (No. 17), total offense (No. 20), passing efficiency (No. 34), passing touchdowns (No. 34), yards per pass attempt (No. 40), and points responsible for per game (No. 47)
  • No. 17 nationally (No. 2 in CAA Football) in completion percentage at 63.7 percent
  • Led the conference and ranked No. 11 nationally with 23.0 completions per game
  • Posted a career-best 384 yards passing on 36-of-54 with three touchdowns against William & Mary
  • Went for 332 yards and three touchdowns, adding a fourth rushing, in a win at Maine
  • Named National Offensive Player of the Week after going 27-of-31 for 328 yards and two touchdowns in a home win over New Hampshire


2020-21 (Senior):
  • Missed the 2020-21 spring season due to injury
  • Named a semifinalist for the William V. Campbell on Oct. 1
  • Selected as CAA Football's Scholar-Athlete of the Year

2019 (Junior):
  • Started under center in all 11 of Elon's games
  • Completed 179-of-309 passes for 2,175 yards and 15 touchdowns
  • Finished eighth in the conference for total offense with 194.8 yards per game and seventh in passing yards per game with 197.7
  • Threw a career-high five touchdown passes in Elon's road victory at Richmond, completing 18-of-30 passes for a season-high 234 yards without turning the ball over
  • Notched a season-high 259 passing yards while going 22-for-25 in the win over No. 15 Delaware, setting a new Division I program record for best completion percentage in a game
  • Threw at least one touchdown pass in all but one 2019

2018 (Sophomore):
  • Started Elon's first six games under center before missing the final five contests due to injury
  • Completed 79 of his 120 pass attempts, hitting on 65.8 percent of his passes for 1,018 yards and four touchdowns with just two interceptions
  • Also ran for a touchdown
  • Threw for a season-high 286 yards on 16 of 32 passing with the game-winning touchdown coming in the final 90 seconds to knock off No. 2 James Madison in Harrisonburg, Va.
  • Completed 24 of 31 passes for 258 yards in the win over New Hampshire
  • Hit on 80 percent of his passes in the win over No. 21 Furman, going 12 of 15 for 173 yards and a touchdown
  • Also went 19 for 26 with a season-high two touchdowns in the come-from-behind win at Charleston Southern
  • Was named to the CFPA FCS National Player of the Year Watch List before the start of the season

2017 (Freshman): 
  • Named CAA Football Offensive Rookie of the Year
  • Enrolled at Elon for the spring of 2017
  • Named a finalist for the Jerry Rice Award, finishing fifth in the voting for the National Freshman of the Year honor
  • Selected as one of 36 players to the watch list for the CFPA FCS Performer of the Year Award
  • Started all 12 games
  • Completed 190 of his 323 passes for 2,431 yards and 15 touchdowns
  • Ran for 85 yards and two scores
  • Started the season opener at Toledo
  • Completed two of 10 passes for 22 yards against the Rockets
  • Threw for 301 yards and three touchdowns against Furman to earn league rookie of the week honors
  • Threw three touchdown passes and threw for 134 yards in a league win at No. 6 Richmond
  • Completed 12 of 16 passes for 179 yards and ran for 25 yards and a touchdown in a win over William & Mary
  • Earned both CAA Football Rookie of the Week and STATS FCS National Freshman of the Week honors after throwing for 331 yards and three touchdowns in a victory at Rhode Island
  • Selected as the CAA Football Offensive Player of the Week after throwing for 357 yards and a pair of touchdowns in a victory at No. 13 Villanova

Prep: 
  • Earned all-conference honors in both 2015 and 2016
  • Threw for over 3,000 yards to help coach Brian Hales’ program to a 12-2 mark and a state quarterfinals appearance in 2016
  • Threw for 2,108 yards and 16 touchdowns in a 10-3 junior season
  • Helped Butler to two conference titles
  • A/B Honor Roll student
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Historical Player Information

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    2017Freshman

    Quarterback
    6'2" 200 lbs
    17
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    2018Sophomore

    Quarterback
    6'2" 200 lbs
    17
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    2019Junior

    Quarterback
    6'3" 210 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2020-21Senior

    Quarterback
    6'3" 210 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2021Senior

    Quarterback
    6'3" 217 lbs
    17
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