90 Days to WCU Football Kickoff - #90 Da'Shawn Davis

                                                                                                         

It's now 90 days until the kickoff of Catamount football on Saturday, August 29, 2026, against the  Eastern Kentucky Colonels in EJ Whitmire Stadium, Cullowhee, NC

To help pass those long summer days and get the Catamount faithful more excited about the upcoming season and more knowledgeable of the team members, we'll continue the football countdown each day until kickoff day. 

Today we highlight the Catamount player currently assigned to #90 on the WCU Spring Roster:

Da'Shawn Davis

Position Defensive Line 

Height 6-2 

Weight 225 

Class Graduate Student 

Hometown Charlotte, N.C. 

High School Hough HS

College:  Georgia Southern

Prior to Western Carolina: Transferred to WCU from Georgia Southern during the spring semester as a graduate transfer with one year of eligibility remaining ... 

At Georgia Southern: Played in 37 games over four seasons, credited with 57 total tackles, including 25 solo stops and 13.5 for loss, including six sacks ... Credited with three pass breakups and two fumbles forced ... Played in four bowl games at GSU - Birmingham Bowl (2025), New Orleans Bowl (2024), Myrtle Beach Bowl (2023), and Camellia Bowl (2022) ... Suffered an ankle injury and missed several weeks before returning in 2025 … Played in 13 games in 2024 with 25 tackles, including 3.5 for loss and a sack, and a pass breakup on the season … Saw action in 12 games in 2023 with 25 tackles, including 7.5 TFLs and 2.5 sacks, with two hurries ... In 2022, played in seven games with 80 snaps, posting six tackles, including 2.5 sacks … Made his collegiate debut in the win over No. 25 James Madison, playing eight snaps on defense; 

High School: Played for Coach Matt Jenkins at Hough High … A North Carolina Super Team/All-State Second-Team selection by The Charlotte Observer and Raleigh News & Observer … Rated three stars by ESPN and as the No. 83 defensive tackle in the country and the No. 33 player in North Carolina … The Queen City Board 4A Defensive Player of the Year … Had 68 tackles (36 solo), including seven sacks, his senior year … Had 129 tackles (59 solo), including 19 sacks, over his high school career. 

Personal: Is the son of Latricia Byers and Norman Davis … Has two siblings, Di’Andre and Vincent … Brother, Di’Andre, plays football at ETSU.