"They're going through the journey with you."Īll the while, Davis' little eyes were watching and learning from his mother. "When you're a single parent, you can't dismiss your child from going through the journey," Harmon said. But as their situation displayed, this isn't a perfect world. In a perfect world, Harmon could've shielded her kids from it all. They spent time at a shelter and even had to sleep in the car at one point.
Their living situation was unsteady as the family bounced around from place to place. It's not really even close.Īs a small child, Davis and his mother and brother fell on very hard times. The fact is, in the grand scheme of Davis' life, what happened last year in preseason camp isn't tops on the list when it comes to challenges he's dealt with. Or he could do what he's done his whole life and get back up. After a lifetime of tribulation, he could let this most recent setback be the thing that finally kept him down.
Now here they were – here Davis was – staring at yet another trial.ĭavis had a choice. They'd all overcome obstacle after obstacle. These two (as well as Davis' younger brother, Jaylen) had been through so much in their lives together. Like mothers do, Harmon comforted her son. He called me and he was sobbing, in tears." "I think that was one of the most traumatic things ever for me. "I remember the call when I got it," Harmon said. It was the fact I'd worked so hard, earned every down I got to play on that field."ĭavis picked up the phone and dialed up his mother, Tiffany Harmon, to tell her the news. "It really traumatized me," Davis admitted. The news devastated Davis, who'd been on the verge of being a starter and key piece of the Bulldog defense. Shortly afterwards, Davis got word he'd suffered a season-ending injury. Once I finally got up, I started feeling the swelling and stuff when I was in the training room. "I didn't feel anything too concerning," Davis said. Still, he had some hope there wasn't much to this situation. It's a word Davis says he wants nowhere in his vocabulary. "All I remember telling him is, 'I can't.' That's the one thing that's been memorable this whole time. "All I remember to this day was hearing one of my teammates yelling, 'Get up JD! Get up!'" Davis recalled. So, when the Mississippi State defensive end found himself on the ground after his knee had bent awkwardly during a preseason scrimmage last August, he knew pretty quickly he might be in trouble. STARKVILLE – In football and in life, Jordan Davis prides himself on getting back up.
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