{"id":434135,"date":"2024-11-03T16:58:57","date_gmt":"2024-11-03T21:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/?post_type=article&#038;p=434135"},"modified":"2024-11-03T16:58:57","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T21:58:57","slug":"former-kentucky-rb-ray-davis-scores-63-yard-td-for-buffalo-bills-in-nfl-week-9","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/kentucky-football\/former-kentucky-rb-ray-davis-scores-63-yard-td-for-buffalo-bills-in-nfl-week-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Kentucky RB Ray Davis scores 63-yard TD for Buffalo Bills in NFL Week 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Kentucky running back Ray Davis had himself a day for the Buffalo Bills in NFL Week 9. The former Wildcat rushed 4 times for 20 yards and caught 2 passes for 70 yards and 1 touchdown.<\/p>\n<p>Davis&#8217; touchdown was arguably the play of the game. The Bills were trailing 13-12 near the end of the 3rd quarter when Davis snuck out of the backfield and caught a pass from Josh Allen. The RB proceeded to take it 63 yards to the house to put the Bills up 20-13.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">RAY DAVIS. 63-yard TD for the lead!<\/p>\n<p>: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MIAvsBUF?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MIAvsBUF<\/a> on CBS\/Paramount+<br \/>\n: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/waVpO909ge\">https:\/\/t.co\/waVpO909ge<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N5btgphjZ2\">pic.twitter.com\/N5btgphjZ2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NFL (@NFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL\/status\/1853165456229896487?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 3, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Bills would not relinquish the lead again, and the team escaped with a 30-27 win over the division-rival Miami Dolphins.<\/p>\n<p>Davis has been a weapon for the Bills in 2024. On Sunday, the back finished as the team&#8217;s leading receiver with 70 yards. Heading into Week 9, Davis had rushed for 242 yards and 2 TDs on the season. The former Wildcat also had 8 catches for 79 yards heading into the matchup.<\/p>\n<p>The talented running back was a 4th-round pick out of Kentucky in the 2024 NFL Draft. In college, Davis spent 2 seasons at Temple, 2 seasons at Vanderbilt, and 1 at Kentucky.<\/p>\n<p>Davis&#8217; lone Kentucky season was his best in college. The RB rushed 199 times for 1,129 yards and 13 TDs in 2023. Davis also caught 33 passes for 323 yards and 7 TDs in his time as a Wildcat.<\/p>\n<p>Since being drafted, Davis has mostly been behind James Cook. However, Davis is becoming more involved as the season progresses and is making his mark in the passing game.<\/p>\n<p>Davis and the Bills improved to 7-2 on Sunday and will next face the Indianapolis Colts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Kentucky RB Ray Davis scores a 63-yard TD to put the Buffalo Bills ahead in NFL Week 9. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":367784,"featured_media":434142,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","tags":[],"class_list":["post-434135","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_types-news","teams-kentucky-football"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/434135"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/367784"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434135"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}