2026 Football Roster
Roster
Festus Davies
- Position:
- Outside Linebacker
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 230
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Lawrenceville, Ga.
- High School:
- Dacula
- Prev School:
- West Georgia
- Major:
- Undecided
2025-26: Played in 11 games at West Georgia, starting four … Tallied 32 stops on the season, including 5.0 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks … Also had a pass breakup, a quarterback hurry and two fumble recoveries … Both sacks came against Eastern Kentucky … Transferred to Georgia Southern in the spring.
2024-25: Played in three games, starting two … Made 11 tackles, registering two TFL and a sack … Had two pass breakups on the year.
2023-24: Played in four games in his second season of collegiate football, starting one … Was redshirted … Made four total tackles, recording two solo stops …Recovered one fumble.
2022-24: Played in all 10 games as a true freshman, seeing a lot of time on special teams … Made 16 total tackles with 10 solo stops … Had 2.0 tackles for loss and one sack on the season … Credited with one QBH on the season … Blocked one kick on the year.
HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Dacula High for Coach Casey Vogt … Racked up 46 tackles as a senior … Credited with 14 QBH and forced five takeaways … Was named Second-Team All-Region 8-AAAAAA … Led team to a 9-5 record and a semifinal appearance in the GHSA Class AAAAAA State Playoffs as a senior.
PERSONAL: Born Festus Ebenezer Davies September 1 in Lawrenceville, GA … Son of Cynthia and Eben Davies … Has four siblings: Hector, Emmarson and Maxwell Davies, and Ahmad Solomon … Uncle Jonathan Massaquoi played defensive end for the Atlanta Falcons.
MAJOR: Sociology
