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Knights in the Pros Update: January 24

ORLANDO – The divisional round of the NFL Playoffs was wild all weekend long, but arguably no game was better than Sunday evening's Kansas City Chiefs vs. Buffalo Bills game that saw Varsity Knight Gabriel Davis set a new NFL Playoffs record with four receiving touchdowns.

Davis, who ranks in UCF's top 10 for career touchdowns, career receptions, and career receiving yards, was a member of the Knights' 2017 team that won the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl and National Championship.

His Bills couldn't pull out the victory, losing 42-36 in overtime, but Davis did everything he could catching more touchdowns in a single NFL Playoff game than any other receiver in history. His 201 receiving yards were also the ninth most in a single NFL Playoff game.
 


Davis also scored one touchdown in the Bills' wildcard game, giving him five receiving touchdowns in the playoffs, which is tied for the third most all-time in a single NFL Playoffs, trailing only Jerry Rice's six in 1988 and Larry Fitzgerald's seven in 2008. Davis only played in two games, while Rice played in three and Fitzgerald played in four.

With 18 touchdown receptions in his first two seasons, Davis is tied for the ninth most in the NFL during that span and has the most of any player from the 2020 draft class.

When you combine Davis's five touchdowns with Matt Prater's field goal in Arizona's wildcard game, UCF has produced 33 points in the NFL Playoff through the first two weekends. That's more than any other college, besting Florida (27) and South Carolina (25) for the top spot.
 


Despite Davis's play on Sunday, it is cornerback Mike Hughes who moves on in the playoffs with his Chiefs taking on the Cincinnati Bengals in next weekend's AFC Championship.

NFL Playoffs Divisional Round
Jordan Akins – Houston Texans
Blake Bortles – New Orleans Saints
A.J. Bouye – Carolina Panthers
Gabriel Davis – Buffalo Bills: Played wide receiver, 8 catches for 201 yards, 4 touchdowns vs. Chiefs
Tay Gowan – Philadelphia Eagles
Richie Grant – Atlanta Falcons
Shaquill Griffin – Jacksonville Jaguars
Jacob Harris – Los Angeles Rams (injured reserve)
Trysten Hill – Dallas Cowboys
Mike Hughes – Kansas City Chiefs: Played cornerback and on special teams, 2 tackles, 1 punt return for 15 yards vs. Bills
Charley Hughlett – Cleveland Browns
Adrian Killins Jr. – Denver Broncos
Justin McCray – Houston Texans
Wyatt Miller – San Francisco 49ers (practice)
Latavius Murray – Baltimore Ravens
Tre Nixon – New England Patriots (practice)
Breshad Perriman – Tampa Bay Bucs: Inactive vs. Rams
Matt Prater – Arizona Cardinals
Aaron Robinson – New York Giants
Tre'Quan Smith – New Orleans Saints
Matthew Wright – Jacksonville Jaguars