Nebraska Football Spring Spotlight: Keona Davis

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TJ Birkel
April 26, 2025

The Nebraska football team will wrap up spring practice with the Husker Games tomorrow. The Big Red heads into summer workouts with different offensive, defensive, and special teams coordinators than the coaches who were in place a year ago at this time, in addition to having dozens of new players on the roster. Even amidst all the change, optimism is high heading into year three for Head Coach Matt Rhule. 

So far during our spring spotlight series, we’ve highlighted running back Emmett Johnson and wide receiver Dane Key–both of whom are expected to be major contributors in Dana Holgorsen’s revamped offense–as well as linebacker Vincent Shavers Jr., an exciting young talent who figures to be a big part of John Butler’s defense this fall. 

We’ll conclude our spring spotlight series by looking at another exciting young defender: defensive lineman Keona Davis. 

Today’s Spotlight: Keona Davis

From huskers.com: “Keona Davis played in 12 games as a true freshman, recording 10 tackles and 1.5 tackle for loss. He made a solo stop against Colorado for his first career tackle. Davis had two tackles against Northern Iowa. He finished with two tackles at Purdue, including his first career tackle for loss. Davis had one tackle against Rutgers. He also had one tackle at USC. Davis recorded two tackles with a half TFL in the win over Wisconsin. Davis ended his freshman season with one tackle and his first career quarterback hurry in the Pinstripe Bowl against Boston College.”

View from the Common Fans: It’s not easy to come into a major college football program and become a contributor on the defensive line as a true freshman, but that’s exactly what Davis did. He seemed to…