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Quartney Davis

American football wide receiver

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 2, 2026
Entity authorityQ90614514
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Quartney Davis (born April 7, 1998) is an American professional football wide receiver. He played college football at Texas A&M. He has been a member of the Minnesota Vikings, Indianapolis Colts, and Montreal Alouettes.

Early life

Davis attended Langham Creek High School in Houston, Texas. He committed to Texas A&M University to play college football.

College career

Davis tore his ACL and redshirted his first year at Texas A&M in 2016. He returned from the injury in 2017 to play in eight games, but did not record any statistics. As a sophomore in 2018, he started 12 of 13 games and had 45 receptions for 585 yards and seven touchdowns. As a junior in 2019, he started nine of 10 games, recording 54 receptions for 616 yards and four touchdowns. One of those four touchdowns was a last second touchdown to help lead Texas A&M to a 7OT victory over the LSU Tigers After the 2019 season, Davis forwent his senior season and entered the 2020 NFL draft.

Professional career

Minnesota Vikings

Davis signed with the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted free agent on April 27, 2020.

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