Ball State Football Ball State Athletics Media Relations HP 120 Ball State University Muncie, IN 47306 765.285.8242 www.ballstatesports.com Jan. 13, 2009 Joe Hernandez SUBJECT: Associate A.D. Football’s Nate Davis to Declare for the National Football League Draft Football Media Contact MUNCIE, Ind. -- Nate Davis (Bellaire, Ohio/Bellaire H.S.), a junior quarterback on the 2008 Ball State Uni- Cell: 765.730.4614 versity football team, has announced he will leave school early and declare himself eligible for the 2009 National
[email protected] Football League Draft, according to Ball State head football coach Stan Parrish. Paula Haughn “We are excited for Nathan and his family,” Parrish says. “He has worked hard to get to this point in his Assistant Director of career, and we wish him well. He is an excellent football player with all the necessary skills to play at the next Communications level. He will always be a part of the Ball State football family, and we will look forward to watching him in the Football Media NFL next season.” Secondary Contact Davis was selected the Mid-American Conference Offensive Player of the Year this season after completing Cell: 765.716.1837
[email protected] 258-of-401 passes for 3,591 yards with 26 touchdowns and only eight interceptions as a senior. He became the first Ball State quarterback in school history to pass for more than 3,000 yards in a season twice in a career. Davis threw for a school record 3,667 yards in 2007. A 2008 All-MAC First Team selection, Davis is one of 10 Brad Caudill finalists for the Manning Award, which goes to the nation’s top college football quarterback.