CHAPEL HILL — Drew Davis, the son of former North Carolina coach Butch Davis, has enrolled at UNC and will be a walk-on quarterback on the Tar Heels football team, a team spokesman said on Monday.
Davis, played quarterback at East Chapel Hill High, enrolled last week and began taking summer classes on Thursday. Just before the start of his senior season at East Chapel Hill, UNC fired Butch Davis amid a multi-faceted scandal involving impermissible benefits and academic fraud.
Butch Davis, who has maintained he had no knowledge of the improprieties that occurred during his tenure as the Tar Heels coach, has since become a consultant for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
In an interview with the Associated Press, Butch Davis said he supported his son’s decision.
"We're parents,” he told the AP. “As much as anything else, you want what's best for your child. This is what he wishes to do and we're going to support him.”
Tammy Davis, Drew’s mother and Butch’s wife, told the AP that Drew Davis was concerned with whether his parents would accept his desire to go to UNC.
“I think he was concerned about how we'd feel," Tammy Davis told the AP. “But we just kept reiterating that it was his decision.”
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NCSU at Raleigh, a division of the University of North Carolina
Tue, 06/26/2012 - 00:05 — LifelongHeelsFanLooks like the NCSU at Raleigh, division of THE university of north carolina.... aka... the moronic nation fanbase is out in full force tonight.
Higher standards for coaches
Mon, 06/25/2012 - 22:47 — justmaybeButch had to leave UNC for something someone under him did, but no one is fired when a professor defrauds on classes?
I guess that makes him...
Mon, 06/25/2012 - 21:49 — ButchyDavis...a son of a Butch.
Hey, look on the bright
Mon, 06/25/2012 - 20:27 — coastalconnectionHey, look on the bright side, the flagship will get back a tiny portion of tuition from the 2.7 million it paid butchboy to go away and take his personal cell phone records with him.
Davis as Walkon
Mon, 06/25/2012 - 20:23 — uncz1978If mention had not been made the ABC'ERS would have had something to say about that. It is a no win situation.
The ABC'ER bunch needs to get their own glass house in order before throwing stones at anyone else. They will always bitch and whine about something. If you tell grass is green they'll argue with you about that.
Advise to Drew Davis
Mon, 06/25/2012 - 18:26 — LifelongHeelsFanDrew,
As a walkon, you will have to earn a scholarship if you want one.
With that said, ignore the comments on these papers as State fans will want to continue to trash you and your family. Just ignore it and you will be just fine.
Advise or Advice ??????
Mon, 06/25/2012 - 19:21 — otis4411Where's the tutor when you need one?? :) Goodluck to the kid. This Pack fan could really care less.
I hope you realize you're
Mon, 06/25/2012 - 22:55 — cityofoaksboyI hope you realize you're probably a little too subtle for your intended audience!
Flagship material, fo sho
Mon, 06/25/2012 - 17:41 — SkepticalGirlIsn't this the kid that had to have a UNC football tutor to show him how to organize his high school notebook?
Yep, flagship material fo sho. He'll be speaking fluent Swahili in a few weeks.
I don't blame him.
Mon, 06/25/2012 - 16:31 — hdog007I don't blame him. Everyone knows how easy it is for a UNCCH Athlete to pass classes that don't even exist...
Coverup a coverup then cover that up too!
Mon, 06/25/2012 - 16:16 — TarheelcrusherDidn't UNC revoke a scholarship for him and tell his daddy that's not the way they do things here? Didn't UNC try to blame all the football ills on his daddy before he fought back and then we found out about all the cheating in swahili? Didn't UNC tell Jennifer Wiley personna non grata and didn't she also tutor this kid? Wonder how much money was in the suitcase given to Butch so he'll keep his mouth shut about this massive cheating in the athletic department? Why would his son want to play for a team on 3 years probation who can't go to a bowl game? Something just ain't right!
Personally...
Mon, 06/25/2012 - 16:34 — uBniceI would have advised him to go somewhere else because he is going to face just this type of criticism.
There are a whole host of reasons why an 18 year old male would want to attend UNC. He is not alone in selecting UNC in the midst of this turmoil.
A difficult path...
Mon, 06/25/2012 - 16:08 — uBnicethat the young man is taking. It is sure to keep his father in the news at UNC while they deal with the whole academic scandal.
If he is able to walk-on at UNC then there are other places he could have walked onto.
I wish him well!
Newsworthy?
Mon, 06/25/2012 - 15:08 — stejenOf all the things going on in the sports world today, why is this even considered newsworthy?
yeah, by golly.....
Mon, 06/25/2012 - 15:35 — AgentPierceyeah.... who finished 9th in the Nationwide Race at Poconos on Saturday?
apparently because people
Mon, 06/25/2012 - 15:10 — dar456apparently because people will take time to read the article and comment about it
Larry, Larry, Larry ???
Mon, 06/25/2012 - 14:42 — AgentPiercePackPride just announced it's "It just keeps getting better & better" Award for the day.
How good is he?
Mon, 06/25/2012 - 14:29 — TrueTocsinThe campus politics are interesting, but how good is he?
Stats? Ranking? Recruited elsewhere?
He wasn't a highly-sought
Mon, 06/25/2012 - 14:44 — Andrew_Carter (author)He wasn't a highly-sought recruit. Put up great numbers in a HS offense that passed almost exclusively. Expectations are low for anyone who's recruited as a walk-on but, as they say, you never know ...
In other words
Mon, 06/25/2012 - 22:41 — JPDOhioHe is the Tar Heel version of Daniel Evans.
well put
Tue, 06/26/2012 - 13:01 — noneyabusinessBrilliant assessment!
Good to know.
Mon, 06/25/2012 - 14:53 — TrueTocsinThank you for the reply.
Wouldn't be at all surprised
Mon, 06/25/2012 - 13:55 — ProwlingWoofieWouldn't be at all surprised if he didn't earn (wink, wink) himself a scholarship real soon...
UNHEARD of...
Mon, 06/25/2012 - 14:33 — nchurricanesYeah, that'd totally be unheard of. Never in the history of college athletics has an individual walked on and later earned a scholarship.
Trolling +1
Has happened plenty of
Mon, 06/25/2012 - 15:31 — ProwlingWoofieHas happened plenty of times. But not every Walk-On's dad was paid millions to keep his mouth closed and Walk-Off. Hope he works hard and earns it, and it's not part of Pops' compensation package !