Feature article on SJSU RB Yonus Davis

About repeating his senior season, Yonus Davis said:
"It's a blessing to be able to get this year back. Every practice, every film, everything I do right now is going out and attacking it the best way I know how." (HSB)

HSB Note: "Davis, who ran for 1,007 yards in 2006, was granted a sixth year of eligibility after an ankle injury ended his 2007 season after just three carries."

HSB Note: "Davis ran for 66 yards on 11 carries and scored a touchdown in a breakout performance against UH in 2005, though UH pulled out a 45-38 win in San Jose. He was then held to 29 yards the following year in Honolulu, a 54-17 Warriors rout, and the injury kept him out of last year's overtime thriller won by UH."

About Davis (who is averaging 5.9 yards per carry this season, 5th in the country), Adam Leonard said:
"They missed Yonus last year. He's a real good scatback who makes people miss, and if he gets a corner he can take it all the way to the house." (HSB)

About how they switched to a single-back spread formation this year, insted of using the 2-back West Coast system they had been using, Davis said:
"(The SJSU coaches) want to put people in space, match them up with linebackers and DBs and let them make plays." (HSB)

About Kyle Reed, who has completed 79.4% of his passes and rushed for 4 TDs, Dick Tomey said:
"His performance and his progress have been quite startling to everyone." (HSB)

About Reed, Davis said:
"I would say he puts the defensive coaches under pressure every week." (HSB)

About their inconsistent offense, Davis said:
"It's a game-by-game thing. You put it behind you and just keep improving." (HSB)

About his former high school teammate Bess, who he's kept in contact with even after Bess went to the Dolphins, Davis said:
"I've talked to him some; he's doing real well over there." (HSB)

Davis said that he and Bess hadn't talked for a little while, but:
"he'll probably call me some time this week. (HSB)