Ernie Davis succeeded at every ... recruited Davis for football, but Syracuse, just 90 miles away, held an advantage. Syracuse also had a famous player in its corner, Jim Brown, the first in ...

The Syracuse Orange used to be one of the top programs in college football before having a rough patch throughout the 2000s.

Davis' favorite player was first baseman Buck ... He carries books in one hand and a football in the other. Along with Brown and Floyd Little, Ernie Davis made No. 44 a storied number at Syracuse.