Each day of training camp, I’m going to catch up with an Eagles player to talk about life off the field. Today’s player is Jason Davis, a second-year fullback who spent last season on injured reserve. Davis was one of the more impressive rookie free agents in camp last year – and the Eagles ended up keeping three rookie free agents.
Here’s Davis:
Are you starting to get to know Lehigh by now?
Davis: “Noooo. I ride the shuttles, man. I ain’t getting lost in the woods.”
How’s the living been?
Davis: Same room. Same roommates. Well [running back] Tony [Hunt] is new, but Westbrook and [Buckhalter] are the same. Last year, it was me, Westbrook, Buck and Bruce Perry. Same bed and everything.
Is the food as you remember it?
Davis: Yeah, but last year I ate cheese fries every day. This year, I’m making a conscious effort to eat right.
Is that the difference between last year and this year?
Davis: I know what to do and know what not to do. But sometimes there are mental lapses and errors, and I got to correct those. But I got a good grasp of what’s going on.
You talk to rookies at all about what to expect?
Davis: I talk to Tony a lot. I can’t really talk to the quarterbacks and the receivers that much, but the running backs I do. I talk to them about off the field. I tell them what to stay out of in the community, what streets not to go down.
What streets shouldn’t they go down?
Davis: I’m not going to tell you that because I go down all of them. I’m not going to burn no bridges. You know what I mean?
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