DAVIS AT A GLANCE:
• A third-year offensive guard who spent his first two NFL seasons with Carolina and saw action in seven games for the Panthers in 2010.
• Placed on injured reserve for the entirety of his rookie campaign in 2009 and spent the 2011 season out of football after being waived injured by Carolina at the conclusion of training camp.
• Started 43-of-45 games at the University of Pittsburgh and capped his collegiate career by earning first-team All-Big East Conference honors as a senior guard and center.
• Joined the Broncos as a future-contract signee on Feb. 15, 2012.
• Entered the NFL with Carolina as a college free agent on May 1, 2009.
DAVIS AT A GLANCE:
• A third-year offensive guard who spent his first two NFL seasons with Carolina and saw action in seven games for the Panthers in 2010.
• Placed on injured reserve for the entirety of his rookie campaign in 2009 and spent the 2011 season out of football after being waived injured by Carolina at the conclusion of training camp.
• Started 43-of-45 games at the University of Pittsburgh and capped his collegiate career by earning first-team All-Big East Conference honors as a senior guard and center.
• Joined the Broncos as a future-contract signee on Feb. 15, 2012.
• Entered the NFL with Carolina as a college free agent on May 1, 2009.
CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Signed by Carolina as a college free agent 5/1/09; Placed on injured reserve by Carolina 8/31/09; Placed on injured reserve by Carolina 9/4/10; Waived/injured by Carolina 9/8/10; Signed by Carolina (practice squad) 11/1/10; Signed by Carolina (active roster) 11/17/10; Waived/injured by Carolina 9/5/11; Signed by Denver to a future contract 2/15/12.
2012: Davis matched a career high with seven regular-season appearances in 2012.
2011: Davis spent the season out of football after being waived/injured by Carolina on Sept. 5.
2010: Davis played seven games (0 starts) as a reserve offensive lineman and on special teams after being elevated from the practice squad on Nov. 17.
2009: Davis, who entered the NFL as a college free agent with Carolina on May 1, competed with the Panthers during training camp before being placed on injured reserve (ankle) on Aug. 31.
COLLEGE: Davis played 45 games (43 starts) at the University of Pittsburgh, earning first-team All-Big East Conference honors following his senior season while playing both guard and center... Earned the Ed Conway Award as a sophomore as one of the team’s most improved players.
PERSONAL: Davis attended West Allegheny High School in Imperial, Pa., where he was a three-year starter as a two-way lineman... Named to the Associated Press Pennsylvania Class AAA All-State Team as a senior offensive lineman... Majored in social sciences at Pitt... His cousin, Lovett Purnell, played tight end for New England (1996-98) and Baltimore (1999)... Emmanuel F. Davis Jr. was born on Feb. 2, 1987, in Millsboro, Del.
