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2022 Football Roster

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81 Skyler Davis

81 Skyler Davis

  • Position:
    Kicker
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Acworth, Ga.
  • Highschool:
    Allatoona
  • Ht./Wt.:
    5-8 / 165

Summary

Biography

Career Honors:
-CAA Football Special Teams Player Of The Week | Nov. 22, 2021
-2018 HERO Sports FCS Freshman All-American
-2018 Phil Steele FCS Freshman First Team All-American
-STATS FCS National Special Teams Player of the Week Honorable Mention | Nov. 25, 2019
-CAA Football Special Teams Player of the Week | Nov. 25, 2019

Personal: 
  • Son of former Westminster College soccer player Jimmy and Blessing Davis
  • Sister Willough played soccer at Furman University
  • Born April 25, 2000

2022 (Senior):
  • First Team All-American by Walter Camp, the AFCA, Stats Perform, the Associated Press, and FCS ADA
  • Also named First Team All-American by Phil Steele and Second Team All-American by Bluebloods
  • FCS ADA Academic All-Star and finalist for one of two FCS ADA postgraduate scholarships
  • First Team All-CAA
  • First Team All-CAA by Phil Steele
  • Finalist for the Fred Mitchell Outstanding Place Kicker Award, recognizing the top kicker from outside of the Football Bowl Series (FBS) level
  • Named to the NFF Hampshire Honor Society
  • CAA Special Teams Player of the Week on Oct. 10
  • Played in all 12 games for Elon as the team’s primary kicker and kick-off specialist
  • Went 18-of-22 on field goals and 31-of-32 on extra points
  • Also handled kick-off duties, booting 46-of-63 (73 percent) for touchbacks
  • Was 12-of-14 on field goals from 40+ yards and 7-of-8 from 50+ yards
  • Tied the FCS single-season record with seven field goals of 50 or more yards, a mark that had not been reached since 1987
  • Made his seven 50+ yarders in only eight attempts. The two other FCS kickers to have made seven in a season were both 7-of-12
  • Broke the school record with a 53-yard field goal in a win over Delaware
  • Made a 42-yard field goal with 37 seconds remaining in regulation to tie Richmond, a game Elon would go on to win in double overtime
  • Tied his own school record by making a pair of 50+ yard field goals in the same game, doing so in Elon’s FCS playoff game at Furman
  • Broke Elon’s career record for field goals made and Elon’s FCS-era scoring record
  • With 69 career field goals, ends his career tied for seventh in FCS history in career field goals made
  • Had two touchdown-saving tackles in the win over Delaware

2021 (Junior):
  • Played in all 11 games for Elon as the team’s primary kicker
  • Made 17-of-22 field goals, including his final nine attempts of the year. Of his five misses, two were blocked
  • Tied the FCS single-season all-time record by making 90 percent (9-of-10) of his field goal attempts from 40-49 yards
  • Was also 28-of-29 on extra points and kicked off 12 times. Even punted once
  • Ranked No. 9 nationally in field goals per game, No. 30 in field goal percentage and No. 39 in scoring
  • Was 3-for-3 at Towson, tying the school record with a 52-yard field goal. Made another 50-yarder in that contest to become the first kicker in school history to make two field goals of at least 50 yards in one game
  • Went 5-for-5 on field goals in the win over No. 25 Rhode Island to conclude the season
  • Made three field goals against Wofford and two in a win at Richmond


2020-21: 
  • Finished the year 7-of-9 on field goals while 9-for-10 in PATs
  • Was a perfect 5-for-5 on field goals from 20-29 yards and 2-for-2 on field goals 30-39 yards
  • Was 2-for-2 on field goals versus Davidson and at Gardner-Webb
  • Connected on a season-long 34-yard field goal at William & Mary on March 13
  • Finished ranked seventh in CAA Football in scoring, averaging 5.0 points per game
  • Was fourth overall in the league in total made field goals

2019:
  • Connected on 10-of-15 field goals on the year and was a perfect 34-for-34 in PATs
  • Averaged 5.8 points per game, finishing ninth in CAA Football
  • Finished the season strong with seven of his 10 field goal coming in the team's final three games in November
  • Connected on a season-high three field goals in two of three November outings, making three apiece against No. 19 Towson and William & Mary
  • Knocked through the game-winning 35-yard field goal with 41 seconds to play at Towson to close the season after hitting another in the fourth quarter to bring Elon within a point of the opposition
  • Hit a 50-yard field goal against No. 2 James Madison, marking one of the longest field goals in program history and the second-longest field goal of the season by a CAA kicker
  • Also hit a 53-yard field goal in overtime against William & Mary that would have set a school record for the longest kick, but the attempt was disallowed because of a William & Mary timeout

2018:
  • Was named a HERO Sports FCS Freshman and Phil Steele FCS Freshman All-American after the season
  • Appeared in all 11 games
  • Connected on 17-of-22 field goals and was a perfect 31-of-31 on PATs
  • Finished with a team-best 82 points
  • Went 14-for-15 on field goals inside 40 yards
  • Finished third in the CAA for the season in scoring (7.5 points per game), field goals (17) and field goal percentage (77.3) while finishing fourth overall in points with his 82
  • Connected on a career-high four field goals at No. 16 Maine, hitting a career-long 46-yard kick
  • Was also 3-for-3 against New Hampshire and Delaware
  • Connected on his lone attempt against No. 21 Furman from 46 yards out
  • Recovered an onside kick at No. 2 James Madison

Prep: 
  • Rated as a five-star Kohl’s kicker, ranking as high as No. 15 nationally
  • Team captain
  • Holds all of Allatoona’s kicking and punting records
  • 34-of-35 on PATs and 10-of-13 on FG for 64 points in 2017
  • Career 156-of-160 on PATs and 24-of-31 on FG (long of 51) for 228 points
  • Averaged 38.2 yards on 54 punts with 19 inside the 20 (long of 58) in 2017
  • Averaged 56.3 yards on 61 kickoffs in 2017
  • Claimed a pair of all-county honors and was a three-time all-region selection
  • Named all-county kicker of the year in 2016 and 2017
  • Chosen as the player of the game in the 2015 state championship contest
  • Scored 228 career points, ranking second in Allatoona history
  • Helped coach Gary Varner’s team to a 9-4 overall record and a state quarterfinals appearance in 2017
  • The program won the 2015 state crown as well as a pair of regional titles
  • Played four years of varsity soccer, becoming the program’s all-time leader in goals scored
  • Three-time all-county soccer selection
  • Helped the soccer team to a 2015 state finals appearance and semifinal showings in 2016 and 2017
  • Member of the Athletic Leadership Committee
  • Scholar Athlete honoree
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Historical Player Information

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    2018Freshman

    Kicker
    5'8" 155 lbs
    81
  • 81

    2019Sophomore

    Kicker
    5'8" 151 lbs
    81
  • 81

    2020-21Junior

    Kicker
    5'8" 160 lbs
    81
  • 81

    2021Junior

    Kicker
    5'8" 160 lbs
    81
  • 81

    2022Senior

    Kicker
    5'8" 165 lbs
    81
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