Titus Davis was ready to step into the national spotlight while also showing that the first name Titus and Ford Field can go hand in hand again.
Not anymore.
Davis had been a model citizen during his time at Central Michigan and was even among the CMU players who passed out Little Caesars pizzas to those in need last week at the Isabella Community Food Pantry.
But when the focus shifts to football as it will Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m. for the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, the sophomore Davis along with fellow sophomore wide receiver Courtney Williams and junior wide receiver Defarrel Davis are not going to be among those who are going to be suiting up for the Chippewas.
The two Davis? along with Williams were suspended Sunday for a violation of team policy.
In an interview this past week with The Morning Sun, Titus Davis talked about how much he wanted to participate in bowl games during his college career and that factored into his choosing of Central Michigan University.
?Coming to Central Michigan, playing in bowl games and getting back to that bowl culture was a big part of why I wanted to be a Chippewa,? said Davis Tuesday. ?It?s great to be part of this team that got us back into the bowl picture and now we just have to go out and win this game.?
The statistics Davis has put up in just 24 games as a Chippewa are pretty staggering at first glance. As a true freshman out of Wheaton-Warrenville South High School in Illinois, he caught 40 passes for 751 yards and eight touchdowns. He went on to top those numbers as a sophomore in 2012, being on the receiving end of 43 passes for 860 yards and another eight touchdowns. That put him at a 20 yards per catch average, while the 16 career touchdowns already has Davis tied for sixth in school history in receiving touchdowns.