Wyatt Davis is a five-star offensive line prospect with scholarship offers from all the best schools in the country. The 247Sports Composite lists Davis as the No. 12 overall prospect in the Class of 2017 and he's received visits from Alabama offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin and members of the Notre Dame coaching staff in the last month.
Davis is getting attention for his exceptional play and potential on the field. But fans, especially those who favor college football-centric films, are turning their eyes to his family for now.
The battle between Alabama, Michigan, Stanford, Washington and more will make Wyatt Davis a headline-worthy player to track for the next nine months, but it's his father, Duane Davis, that draws our attention on this offseason Monday.
Duane Davis' father Willie Davis (Wyatt's grandfather) was a five-time Pro Bowler during his career with the Cleveland Browns and Green Bay Packers and inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1981. Duane played at Missouri but has become successful as an actor, often playing an athlete and famously playing linebacker Alvin Mack in The Program and the stone-handed Texas State wide receiver Featherstone in Necessary Roughness.
"It was fun playing a wide receiver who couldn't catch because I didn't really have to act that much," Davis told Rivals about his experience. "It was a blast. The Program was pretty intense. Necessary Roughness was more fun."
Intense is right. The Alvin Mack line from The Program is one that still gets repeated by fans. One of Wyatt Davis' high school coaches at St. John Bosco in Bellflower, California, told the entire team to go home and watch the movie if they were unfamiliar.
"All right, 60 minutes, balls out, let's open up the whole can of kick-ass and kill them all, let the paramedics sort them out," Duane Davis' Mack says to the "Hit Squad" on the sidelines before a game.
Davis says he'll narrow his decision to five schools by the end of June. Currently, 247Sports' Crystal Ball has Alabama in the lead.
