Charles Davis is a former football

American football

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 player for the University of Tennessee

University of Tennessee

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.

Davis was an All-SEC

Southeastern Conference

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 defensive back

Defensive back

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 for the Tennessee Volunteers

Tennessee Volunteers football

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. He earned a master's degree in history while a student at Tennessee.

Biography

He went to training camp with the Dallas Cowboys

Dallas Cowboys

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, but did not make the team. Then Davis turned to broadcasting

Broadcasting

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. He worked at 740 The Team in Orlando, Florida

Orlando, Florida

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, co-hosting a morning show along with local sportscaster

Sportscaster

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 Pat Clarke, (along with various special guests including "The Pastor" Sean Fitzgerald, Glenn Dehmer and Steve Gunter) titled "Clark & Davis" from July 2000 until July 2002.

He has worked as a color analyst for college football

College football

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 on TBS

Turner Sports

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, calling the 2007 BCS National Championship Game

2007 BCS National Championship Game

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 with Barry Alvarez

Barry Alvarez

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 and Thom Brennaman

Thom Brennaman

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 and the 2008

2008 BCS National Championship Game

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 and 2009

2009 BCS National Championship Game

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 games with only Brennaman. He and Brennaman also called the Appalachian State vs. Michigan upset in 2007. He is a sideline reporter

Sideline reporter

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 for The NBA on TNT.

Davis is featured within NFL Network

NFL Network

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’s exclusive coverage of the Under Armour Senior Bowl and NFL Scouting Combine. Following the NFL Scouting Combine, Davis is an analyst on Path to the Draft

Path to the Draft

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, which provides in-depth analysis on prospective draft choices and a look at each NFL team’s needs during the off-season with host Paul Burmeister

Paul Burmeister

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 and Mike Mayock

Mike Mayock

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. From 2007–2009, Davis was an analyst on NFL Network’s College Football Now

College Football Now

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, a show that brought fans a daily dose of college football highlights, news and analysis. In addition to his duties in studio at NFL Network, Davis also served as a game analyst for NFL Network’s broadcasts of the 2007 Texas Bowl

Texas Bowl

The Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas, formerly known as the Texas Bowl, is a post-season NCAA-sanctioned Division I FBS college football bowl game that was held for the first time in 2006 in Houston, Texas. The bowl replaced the now-defunct Houston Bowl, which was played annually from 2000 to 2005...

. From 2007–2008, Davis served as analyst for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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 preseason schedule.

In July 2007, he joined the Big Ten Network as a college football analyst and teams up with Thom Brennaman as the network's lead announcers. Davis and Brennaman called Appalachian State's 2007 upset of Michigan, the first-ever game broadcast on the Big Ten Network.

Davis joined the Fox

NFL on FOX

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 postgame show in October 2008, appearing with Jimmy Johnson

Jimmy Johnson (American football coach)

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 and Terry Bradshaw. He appeared with Chris Rose

Chris Rose

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, Barry Switzer

Barry Switzer

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, and Jimmy Johnson on December 7, 2008 for the BCS results shows

Bowl Championship Series

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. For the 2011 NFL season

2011 NFL season

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, Fox is pairing Davis with Gus Johnson

Gus Johnson (sportscaster)

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on regional telecasts.