Denver Native (Carol)
07-13-2012, 05:18 PM
The story of Terrell Davis's memorable preseason tackle in August of 1995 is still used to motivate young players.
ENGLEWOOD, COLO. -- Coming out of college as a productive but overlooked running back from the University of Georgia, former Bronco running back Terrell Davis was the 196thplayer taken in the 1995 NFL Draft.
As a late-round selection, Davis faced an uphill battle just to make Denver’s opening-day roster, much less earn himself a spot in the team’s Ring of Fame, during his first training camp in the summer of 1995.
“A lot of people didn't know much about him,” Linebackers Coach Richard Smith, who was the Broncos special teams coach at that time, said of Davis. “He came in here and we started off training camp, and I had him on every single special team.”
But that all changed on Sunday, Aug. 6, 1995, at 11 a.m. local time in the third quarter of the American Bowl in Tokyo.
rest - http://www.denverbroncos.com/news-and-blogs/article-1/TD%E2%80%99s-Tokyo-Hit-Still-Impacting-Broncos/a9342437-57ed-4c0f-9a03-6416d9a56306
ENGLEWOOD, COLO. -- Coming out of college as a productive but overlooked running back from the University of Georgia, former Bronco running back Terrell Davis was the 196thplayer taken in the 1995 NFL Draft.
As a late-round selection, Davis faced an uphill battle just to make Denver’s opening-day roster, much less earn himself a spot in the team’s Ring of Fame, during his first training camp in the summer of 1995.
“A lot of people didn't know much about him,” Linebackers Coach Richard Smith, who was the Broncos special teams coach at that time, said of Davis. “He came in here and we started off training camp, and I had him on every single special team.”
But that all changed on Sunday, Aug. 6, 1995, at 11 a.m. local time in the third quarter of the American Bowl in Tokyo.
rest - http://www.denverbroncos.com/news-and-blogs/article-1/TD%E2%80%99s-Tokyo-Hit-Still-Impacting-Broncos/a9342437-57ed-4c0f-9a03-6416d9a56306