Jose Davis
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Jose Davis is an American Arena Football League quarterback
Quarterback
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 who was most recently the second string quarterback for the Cleveland Gladiators before being cut to make room for former New England Patriots
New England Patriots
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 and New York Dragons
New York Dragons
The New York Dragons were an Arena Football League team based in the New York metropolitan area. The team was founded in as the original incarnation of the Iowa Barnstormers, and relocated to New York in . They played in New York until 2008, when the league folded...

 quarterback Rohan Davey
Rohan Davey
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.

High school years

Davis attended Bellaire High School
Bellaire High School (Bellaire, Ohio)
Bellaire High School is a public high school located in Bellaire, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Bellaire Local School District. Bellaire's sports and other extracurricular teams are known by the mascot "Big Reds."-History:...

 in Bellaire, Ohio
Bellaire, Ohio
Bellaire is a village in Belmont County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Wheeling, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 4,278 at the 2010 census. The village is located along the Ohio River...

 and was a student and a letterman in football
High school football
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, basketball
Basketball
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 and baseball
Baseball
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. He was an All-State selection in both, football and basketball.

College

Davis attended Kent State University
Kent State University
Kent State University is a public research university located in Kent, Ohio, United States. The university has eight campuses around the northeast Ohio region with the main campus in Kent being the largest...

 from 1996 to 1999 and was a three-year starter
Starting lineup
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. He left the Kent State Golden Flashes
Kent State Golden Flashes
Kent State University's intercollegiate athletic teams are known as the Golden Flashes or simply as the Flashes. The university fields sixteen varsity athletic teams, all of whom play in the Mid-American Conference and in the NCAA's Division I...

 holding every school career and single-game passing and total offense record in school history. He set a conference record in 1997 by throwing for 551 yards in a loss to Daunte Culpepper
Daunte Culpepper
Daunte Rachard Culpepper is an American football quarterback who is currently a free agent. He last played for the Sacramento Mountain Lions of the United Football League . Prior to joining the UFL, Culpepper enjoyed a successful National Football League career after being drafted 11th overall in...

's Central Florida Knights. He also played with the Kent State men's basketball team during the 1997–98 season.

Personal

His brother, Nate
Nate Davis (quarterback)
Nate Charles Davis is an American football quarterback with the Kansas City Command of the Arena Football League. He was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the fifth round of the 2009 NFL draft...

, was the starting quarterback with the Ball State Cardinals
Ball State Cardinals
Ball State University's athletic teams are called the Cardinals. The Cardinals are part of the NCAA Mid-American Conference and located in Muncie, Indiana...

 from 2006 to 2008 and was drafted in the 2009 NFL Draft
2009 NFL Draft
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 by the San Francisco 49ers
San Francisco 49ers
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. In 2009, Jose Davis was named the coach at Bellaire High School, where he and Nate both played.

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