Pro
Career: The second-overall pick in the 2001 draft behind
Michael Vick.
2007: Entered free agency at the end of his 6th year with the Cardinals and was signed by the Dallas Cowboys as the offensive right guard.
2005-2006: Started as left offensive tackle in all 16 regular season games. Entered free agency at the end of the 2006 season and was picked up by Dallas.
2004: Started the first 15 games of the season at left tackle;
made the switch to LT after playing guard in each of his
first three seasons
left the game @ Sea (12/26) due
to a left knee injury
placed on the injured reserve
list on 12/31.
2003: Did not play during preseason after suffering broken bone
in right hand during training camp
started at right
guard @ Det (9/7) for first time in regular-season game since
2001 season finale @ Was (1/6/02)
left game in first
half with right ankle sprain and did not return
played
from start to finish vs. Sea (/14) despite limited practice
time with ankle sprain, then inactive the next two weeks
vs. GB (9/21) and @ StL (9/28)
left game briefly in
second half @ Sea (12/21) while being examined for sprained
thumb on left hand, but was taped and wrapped and returned
to finish game.
2002: Preseason injury to starting right tackle Anthony Clement
(torn right triceps) prompted switch to right tackle for
first time in NFL career
first pro start at right
tackle in season-opener @ Was (9/8)
helped tailback
Thomas Jones collect career-best 173 yards rushing in 24-13
win @ Sea (9/15), specifically when he sealed the backside
on Jones' 58-yard third-quarter scoring run
delivered
thunderous tackle on 49er defensive back Ronnie Heard following
his interception in fourth quarter @ SF (10/27) after a 30-yard
return
left game vs. StL (11/3) in second quarter
with concussion but returned in second half to finish the
contest
returned to right guard temporarily in first
half @ Phi (11/17) when Clement saw only action of season
at right tackle
moved back outside in second half
suffered left knee sprain vs. SF (12/21) and did not
return
non-surgical rehab
underwent unrelated
minor arthroscopic procedure on the knee following the season
on Jan. 16, 2003.
2001: Started all 16 games at right guard
consensus all-rookie
selection despite late season back spasms and a tender shoulder
key component of offensive line that allowed just
29 quarterback sacks, second fewest in 16-game season
the 1978 line allowed 22 sacks and featured three Pro Bowlers-center
Tom Banks, tackle Dan Dierdorf, and guard Bob Young.
College: Anchored the Texas Longhorns' offensive line from left tackle
as a junior and senior
began collegiate career as
a defensive tackle
started 21 of Longhorns' final
24 games
first team all-America honors as senior from
the Walter Camp Foundation, Football Writers Association,
and The Sporting News
consensus all-Big 12 Conference
first-team choice
one of three finalists for the Outland
Trophy, given to the top lineman in college football.
Personal: Full name Leonard Barnett Davis
a rare prep find from
a high school (Wortham) of fewer than 150 students in a town
with a population of approximately 1,020
older half-brother,
Charles, began NFL career as a rookie with the Pittsburgh
Steelers in 1974
Charles also played for the St. Louis
Cardinals (1975-79) and the USFL Houston Gamblers (1980)
Parade Magazine and USA Today all-America first-team
selection at Wortham (Tex.) High School
brothers Donald
(1976-77) and Lynn (1975-77) also played football at Texas
Christian.
class A all-Texas first-team choice on offense
and defense
also logged a pair of interceptions, returning
one 82 yards for a touchdown
lettered in track and
basketball
averaged 10 points and 10 rebounds per
game while leading Wortham to the Texas class 1A hoops title
finished fourth in the shot put and fifth in the discus
at the Texas class 1A finals as a senior, third in the shot
put, and fifth in the discus at the state finals as a junior
youth and community services major at Texas
21 half-brothers and half-sisters
before Leonard was
born, father L.A. Davis had 11 children from a previous marriage,
and mother Sammie Lee had 10 children from a previous marriage.
Leonard
was married April 2004 to Amanda, a native of Arizona. They
have two girls Meeya and Mariya.
Leonard
is a celebrity host for the Arizona Epilepsy Foundation,
Child Hope USA and Champions For Christ. He and his family
are also actively involved in their church.