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Davison played in 47 of 49 possible games with 25 starts over the last four seasons of his five campaigns at Cal after redshirting as a 2013 true freshman including playing in all 12 possible contests over each of his final two seasons. Davison finished his collegiate career with 173 tackles while adding 9.0 tackles for loss (-52 yards), 4.5 sacks (-42 yards), two interceptions that he returned for 39 yards and one touchdown, eight pass breakups, 10 passes defended, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and four quarterback hurries. Davison had a career-high 69 tackles and also returned an interception for Cal's lone pick six of the season at Oregon State as a 2016 junior. As a 2017 senior, Davison led the team with a career-high 4.5 sacks (career-high -42 yards) while ranking third on the club with 62 tackles and a career-high 6.0 tackles for loss (-48 yards), adding a team-high-tying and career-high two forced fumbles, a career-high-tying one interception, a career-high four pass breakups and a career-high two quarterback hurries.
Davison's Career Game Highs
Tackles: 13 (vs. Texas, 2016)
Tackles For Loss: 2.0 (twice, last at Colorado, 2017)
Tackle For Loss Yards: 16 (vs. Ole Miss, 2017)
Sacks: 1.0 (four times, last at UCLA, 2017)
Sack Yards: 12 (twice, last at UCLA, 2017)
Forced Fumbles: 2 (vs. Weber State, 2017)
Fumble Recoveries: 1 (vs. Sacramento State, 2014)
Interceptions: 1 (twice, last vs. Washington State, 2017)
Interception Return Yards: 39 (at Oregon State, 2016)
Long Interception Return: 39TD (at Oregon State, 2016)
Interception Return TDs: 1 (at Oregon State, 2016)
Pass Breakups: 2 (vs. Ole Miss, 2017)
Quarterback Hurries: 1 (four times, last vs. Arizona, 2017)
All-Purpose Yards: 39 (at Oregon State, 2016)
Total TDs: 1 (at Oregon State, 2016)
Points: 6 (at Oregon State, 2016)
After Cal
• Signed an undrafted free agent contact with the Kansas City Chiefs on May 5, 2018
• Arguably had the most notable testing performance at Cal's 2018 Pro Day including 24 bench press reps that would have been fifth among linebackers at the 2018 NFL Combine and a consensus time of 4.56 in the 40-yard dash that would have been sixth in his position group
• Participated on the American Team roster for the 2018 Spiral Tropical Bowl
Cal Career (2013-17)
• Played in 47 games with 25 starts over the last four seasons of his five campaigns with the program after redshirting as a 2013 true freshman
• Finished his collegiate career with 173 tackles while adding 9.0 tackles for loss (-52 yards), 4.5 sacks (-42 yards), two interceptions that he returned for 39 yards and one touchdown, eight pass breakups, 10 passes defended, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and four quarterback hurries
• Registered single-season career highs of 6.0 tackles for loss and 48 tackle for loss yards as well as all of his career totals for sacks (4.5, -42 yards) and forced fumbles (2) in addition to one of his two career interceptions and career highs in both pass breakups (4) and quarterback hurries (2) as a 2017 senior
• Posted a career-high 69 tackles as well as a career-high-tying one interception that he returned a career-high and career-long 39 yards for his lone career touchdown at Oregon State as a 2016 junior
• Had his lone career fumble recovery against Sacramento State as a 2014 redshirt freshman
• Had a career-high-tying one quarterback hurry four times
• Had a career-high 13 tackles as a junior vs. Texas
• Had a career-high two pass breakups as a senior vs. Ole Miss
• Led or co-led the team in tackles four times, once as a senior and three times as a junior
Senior (2017)
• Earned Cal's Ted Agu Award named after the late former Cal player who passed away in 2014 in honor of his commitment to community service and was also on the watch list for the Wuerffel Trophy and Cal's nominee for the Allstate Good Works Team®, both national community service-based awards
• Played in all 12 games with nine starts including each of the final six contests and led the team with a career-high 4.5 sacks (career-high -42 yards) while ranking third on the club with 62 tackles and a career-high 6.0 tackles for loss (-48 yards)
• Added a team-high-tying and career-high two forced fumbles, a career-high-tying one interception, four pass breakups and two quarterback hurries
• Recorded a season-high and game-high 11 tackles, a career-high-tying 1.0 sack (-4 yards) for the first sack on his career, 1.0 tackle for loss (-4 yards) and a career-high two forced fumbles against Weber State
• Served as a game captain against Ole Miss when he had six tackles, a career-high 2.0 tackles for loss (career-high -16 yards), a career-high-tying 1.0 sack (-11 yards) and a career-high two pass breakups
• Had a career-high 2.0 tackles for loss (-15 yards) and a career-high-tying 1.0 sack (career-high-tying -12 yards) among four tackles at Colorado
• Registered six tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss (-13 yards), a career-high-tying 1.0 sack (career-high-tying -12 yards) and one pass breakup in his final collegiate contest at UCLA
• Added seven tackles vs. USC and at Oregon, six in the season-opener against North Carolina, four vs. Washington State and Arizona, three vs. Oregon State and at Stanford, and two at Washington
• Also had 0.5 sacks (-3 yards) and 0.5 tackles for loss (-3 yards) vs. Oregon State
• Added a career-high-tying one interception vs. Washington State, a career-high-tying one quarterback hurry vs. USC and Arizona, and one pass breakup at Washington
• Registered two tackles in the spring game
Junior (2016)
• Served as a Cort Majors team captain
• Started all 12 games and ranked third on the team with a career-high 69 tackles, while adding 1.5 tackles for loss (-2 yards), a career-high-tying one interception that he returned 39 yards for his lone career touchdown and the only interception return touchdown by Cal during the season, three pass breakups and one quarterback hurry
• Ranked 27th in the Pac-12 with an average of 5.8 tackles per game
• Led or co-led the team in tackles three times
• Had a career-high and team-high 13 tackles as well as a season-high-tying one pass breakup and a career-high-tying one quarterback hurry vs. Texas to begin a stretch in which he had 35 tackles as well as all of his tackles for loss totals of the season (1.5 TFL, -2 yards)
• Finished the three-game run with 12 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss (-1 yard) vs. Utah after recording a team-high 10 tackles and 1.0 tackle for loss (-1 yard) in the middle game of the stretch at Arizona State
• Had seven tackles in a trio of other contests at San Diego State, at Oregon State and at Washington State with the seven stops against the Beavers a team high
• Added a season-high-tying one pass breakup and the lone interception return by a Cal player during the season for a touchdown against at Oregon State when he returned an errant pass 39 yards for Cal's first touchdown of the contest with 0:56 remaining in the second quarter of an eventual 47-44 overtime loss
• Picked up other defensive stats at USC (4 tackles), vs. Hawai'i (3 tackles), at Stanford (3 tackles), vs. BYU (2 tackles, career-high-tying 1 PBU) and vs. Washington (1 tackle)
• One of eight defensive players that started all 12 contests
• Had two tackles for the winning Blue squad in the spring game
Sophomore (2015)
• Played in 12 games off the bench and contributed 32 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss (-2 yards) and one pass breakup
• Had 23 of his 32 tackles over the last four contests including a season-high 10 vs. Oregon State as well as six vs. Air Force, four at Oregon and three at Stanford
• Picked up six tackles in his first two games with three each in the season-opener vs. Grambling State and then again in the second contest of the campaign vs. San Diego State, adding his first career pass breakup against the Aztecs
• Also had two stops at Washington and one at UCLA
• Had 1.0 tackle for loss at Stanford as well as 0.5 vs. Air Force with both for a one-yard loss
• Had one tackle in the spring game
Freshman (2014)
• Played in 11 games with four starts and contributed 10 tackles, one quarterback hurry and his lone career fumble recovery
• One of five players with a single fumble recovery to share the team lead
• Started the first two contests of the season at Northwestern and vs. Sacramento State at the ‘SAM’ linebacker position before adding starts later in the campaign at the same spot at Washington State and vs. Stanford
• Had a season-high four tackles vs. Oregon, while his lone career fumble recovery came against Sacramento State and his first career quarterback hurry vs. Colorado
• Added three tackles vs. Stanford, two at Northwestern and one vs. UCLA
• Registered a game-high seven tackles in the spring game
Freshman (2013)
• Redshirted
• Did not play
• Named a Jonathan and Judy Hoff Scholar-Athlete of the Week
• Cal’s No. 10 recruit prior to the season according to Athlon
Crespi Carmelite HS (Class of 2013)
• Posted career totals of 114 tackles, 14.0 sacks, three fumble returns including one he brought back 90 yards for a touchdown, one interception and 21 quarterback hurries
• A unanimous selection for Serra League Defensive Player of the Year and a first-team All-Area (Los Angeles Daily News) after posting 55 tackles, 9.0 sacks, one fumble recovery and the 90-yard TD fumble return against Palisades, two passes defended and 15 quarterback hurries as a 2012 senior when his team was 8-2 overall and ranked as high as No. 19 in California according to MaxPreps
• Had a career-high seven tackles and 2.5 sacks vs. Notre Dame during his senior campaign
• Recorded 50 tackles, 5.0 sacks to share the Serra League lead, two fumble recoveries and six quarterback hurries as a 2011 junior
• Had nine tackles and an interception during his 2010 sophomore campaign when his club reached the Southern Section Pac-5 Division quarterfinals
Recruiting Notes (Class of 2013)
• A three-star recruit according to 247Sports Composite, 247Sports, ESPN, Rivals and Scout
• Listed among the nation’s top weak-side defensive ends by 247Sports Composite (No. 53) and 247Sports (No. 67), while Scout (No. 90) and ESPN (No. 104) had him listed among the country’s top outside linebackers
• Ranked No. 179 on ESPN’s list of the top players in his region
• ESPN (No. 123), 247Sports Composite (No. 133) and 247Sports (No. 175) had him among the top players overall in California
Other
• Full name is Raymond Carver Davison
• Born March 25, 1995
• Son of Raymond and Cheryl Davison
• High school teammate of former Cal wide receiver Chris Harper
• Likes to go by the nickname of “Ray Ray”
• Served as a co-host in 2016 for the annual OSKIS awards show run almost exclusively by Cal student-athletes that is modeled after the ESPYS and then performed at the 2017 show
• Has participated and produced several video projects including a Cal football student-athlete video for The Running Man Challenge produced by teammate Cameron Saffle in April of 2016 that went viral with around 20,000 views on YouTube as well as about 3,500 combined likes and retweets after being posted on the @CalFootball Twitter account
• Enjoys singing just about everywhere he goes
• Graduated from Cal in December of 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in legal studies
Last Updated
May 5, 2018
