Tyrone Davis, who starred at Virginia and played in the NFL for about eight seasons, died earlier this month after a battle with an undisclosed illness. He was 50.
The obituary summed up his football career from his time at Fork Union Military Academy to Virginia through his time with the Jets and Packers. Davis holds the Virginia record for most touchdown catches with 28.with 103 catches for 2,153 yards in addition to the 28 scores. He led the ACC with 10 touchdown catches in 1994.
Davis had hamstring issues in 2000 and was on the injured reserve for more of the 2001 season. He was released by the Packers before the start of the 2003 season.
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