Pierce’s Josh Davis Took His Time Before He Found His Spot

No, it’s not Josh Davis’ goal to attend every school in Southern California. It only seems that way.

The Pierce College quarterback has been on more campuses than a textbook salesman.

He is a football nomad, continuing on a never-ending search for the perfect school in which to display his ample playing ability.

Along the way, he has passed through seven high schools and attended one other junior college besides Pierce.

In Davis’ words, “None of those schools knew anything about football. I never learned anything about the game.”

But it was more than a process of elimination that led him to Pierce.

The decision came after a conversation with Erik Kramer, an All-America quarterback at Pierce last season who now plays for North Carolina State.

“Erik told me to go to Pierce,” Davis said. “He said that they would teach me to become a better football player.”

Davis feels comfortable at Pierce and believes he’s learning something from Coach Jim Fenwick. He might even kick off his cleats and stay a while.

“I think I’ve found a home at Pierce,” he said. “They’re treating me fine and Coach Fenwick has taught me an awful lot this season.

“I didn’t really know anything before I came here,” he said. “I would just run around and throw the ball. Now I’m learning to look for the open man and hit him.”

Against Valley, Davis completed 10 of 23 passes for 149 yards and 2 touchdowns in the Brahmas’ 17-0 victory that clinched the SCC title and earned Pierce a bid in the Brahma Bowl on Dec. 7.

His development into the leader of the conference’s No. 1 offense has been a pleasant surprise for Fenwick.

“I never in 100 years would I have thought that Josh would be starting for us,” he said. “He has made a lot of progress this season and has gained some maturity. He’s learning what it takes to play college football. I think he should perhaps be more of a student of the game still, however.”

Davis is working on that.

His father makes video tapes of all the Brahmas’ games and many of their practices. Davis studies them at night, three times a week, he said.

“It’s really neat to come home and watch practice. I think I pick up a lot of things by doing that,” Davis said. “I also watch pro and college games on television now and try to read the defenses and decide what I would do in certain situations.

“I still think I have a ways to go and I need to fine tune the things I’ve learned so far, but I believe the steps I’ve taken to improve myself are pretty large compared to where I was before I came here.”

Just keeping track of where Davis was before he landed at Pierce is an accomplishment in itself.