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Kentucky "felt like the place to be" for Davis twins

Justin Rowland
Special to CatsIllustrated.com


As Cats Illustrated first reported, twins Demitrious Davis and Chris Davis will be transferring from Pitt to Kentucky. The twins went on the record about their decisions shortly after they went public.


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Chris Davis and twin brother Demitrious will sit out this season at UK.


The Davis twins attended Austintown Fitch High School in Ohio as members of the 2012 graduating class and they were both ranked among the top 35 athletes in the nation, as well as the top 40 prospects in Ohio, as three-star (5.7) prospects.

Each arrived at Pitt as a wide receiver expecting to earn time in the slot in Todd Graham's spread offense, but when Pitt's coaching change occurred the new staff brought more of a "Wisconsin-style" offense, according to Chris Davis.

The Panthers have had plenty of defections over the past couple of years and the Davis twins are just the latest. Pitt's loss is Kentucky's gain, and that was finalized on Tuesday.

"We left the house at six in the morning and just came to Kentucky for a visit," Chris Davis told Cats Illustrated. "We just wanted to come down and meet the whole staff then see the facilities."

But why was Kentucky a school they immediately thought to visit?

"With coach (Mark) Stoops being from Youngstown and coach (Vince) Marrow being from Youngstown, it just felt like the place to be. It was the place I wanted to go," Chris continued.

"I got to meet the offensive coordinator, the DB's coach and mostly the whole staff. I think they came across as just great guys. I think they're a down to earth staff. They're a young staff and they're players coaches. They were talking about how they were the number two recruiting class and then they were talking about a bunch of other stuff.

Demitrious Davis was totally on board with the decision to attend Kentucky as well.

"Some of the other schools we were thinking about were West Virginia, Indiana, Purdue, Baylor and Ohio State. Those were pretty much the main ones," he said. "(Chris) pretty much said everything. It's just the staff. We get along with them well and I just feel like they're player's coaches."

Chris is likely to start out at cornerback and Demitrious will be an all-purpose back or a slot receiver. They have been timed at 4.37 (Demitrious) and 4.36 seconds (Chris).

While the two can't play in 2013 they will have three years of eligibility beginning in 2014.

"We're very excited," Demitrious said. "We can't wait to get down here even though we're sitting out this year."

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