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{{Short description|Jamaican-born American football player (born 1978)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| image         = <!-- only free-content images are allowed for depicting living people - see [[WP:NONFREE]] -->
| name          = Rohan Davey
| position      = [[Quarterback]]
| number        = 14, 6
| high_school   = [[Hialeah-Miami Lakes High School|Hialeah-Miami Lakes]] {{nowrap|([[Hialeah, Florida]])}}
| college       = [[LSU Tigers football|LSU]]
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age |1978|4|14}}
| birth_place   = [[Clarendon, Jamaica]]
| height_ft     = 6
| height_in     = 2
| weight_lbs    = 245
| draftyear     = 2002
| draftround    = 4
| draftpick     = 117
| pastteams     =
* [[New England Patriots]] ({{NFL Year|2002}}–{{NFL Year|2004}})
* →[[Berlin Thunder]] ({{BER season|2004}})
* [[Arizona Cardinals]] ({{NFL Year|2005}})
* [[New York Dragons]] ({{AFL Year|2007}}–{{AFL Year|2008}})
* [[Cleveland Gladiators]] ({{AFL Year|2008}})
* [[San Antonio Talons]] ({{AFL Year|2013}})
| highlights    =
* 2× [[Super Bowl champion]] ([[Super Bowl XXXVIII|XXXVIII]], [[Super Bowl XXXIX|XXXIX]])
* [[World Bowl]] champion ([[World Bowl XII|XII]])
* [[NFL Europe]] Player of the Year (2004)
* Second-team [[List of All-SEC football teams|All-SEC]] ([[2001 All-SEC football team|2001]])
* [[Sugar Bowl]] MVP ([[2002 Sugar Bowl|2002]])
| statlabel1    = Attempts
| statvalue1    = 19
| statlabel2    = Completions
| statvalue2    = 8
| statlabel3    = Passing yards
| statvalue3    = 88
| statlabel4    = [[Touchdown|TD]]–[[Interception|INT]]
| statvalue4    = 0–0
| statlabel5    = [[Passer rating]]
| statvalue5    = 56.5
| aflstatlabel1 = Attempts
| aflstatvalue1 = 730
| aflstatlabel2 = Completions
| aflstatvalue2 = 420
| aflstatlabel3 = Passing yards
| aflstatvalue3 = 5,138
| aflstatlabel4 = TD–INT
| aflstatvalue4 = 91–36
| aflstatlabel5 = Passer rating
| aflstatvalue5 = 89.97
| pfr           = D/DaveRo01
| afl           = 10254
}}

'''Rohan St. Patrick Davey''' (born April 14, 1978) is a Jamaican-born former professional [[American football]] [[quarterback]]. He won two [[Super Bowl]] rings with the [[New England Patriots]], as the backup to [[Tom Brady]] in 2003 and 2004.

==Early life==
Davey attended [[Hialeah-Miami Lakes High School]] in [[Hialeah, Florida]] and was a [[Letterman (sports)|letterman]] in [[High school football|football]] and [[basketball]]. During his junior and senior year as high school quarterback, he threw for 4,126 yards and 52 touchdowns. In basketball, he averaged 17.1 points per game as a senior. He graduated in 1997.

==College career==
During his time playing for [[LSU Tigers football|LSU]], Davey threw for 4,415 yards and 29 touchdowns.

As a freshman (1998), Davey was a backup to [[Herb Tyler]] and [[Craig Nall]], and saw no playing time.

As a sophomore (1999) and a junior (2000), Davey shared the QB position with [[Josh Booty]]. As a sophomore, Davey led unranked LSU to a 35–10 victory over #17 [[Arkansas Razorbacks football|Arkansas]] (televised by [[CBS Sports|CBS]]), passing for 224 yards and three touchdowns. As a junior Davey led unranked LSU to a 38–31 OT victory over #11 [[University of Tennessee|Tennessee]] (televised by [[ESPN]]), passing for 318 yards and 4 touchdowns.

As a senior (2001), Davey had the QB position to himself (Booty had gone to the [[National Football League]]); and he led LSU to its first Top 10 finish since 1987 and its first [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]] Championship since 1988. During the regular season, Davey passed for 3,347 yards, becoming the first QB in LSU history to pass for over 3,000 yards in a season. Davey also beat [[Peyton Manning]]'s junior-year performance at Tennessee in 1996 (Manning threw for 3,287 yards that year), which was 9th best in SEC history. With 3,351 yards of total offense (3,347 yards passing, 4 yards rushing) on 405 plays, Davey had an average of 8.27 yards of total offense per play, making him the 5th person in SEC history to finish a season with more than 8.0 yards of total offense per play (minimum 300 plays).

Davey's best performance during the regular season was at [[University of Alabama|Alabama]] (televised by CBS), when he passed for 528 yards (becoming the first LSU quarterback to throw for more than 500 yards in a game). By passing for 528 yards against Alabama, Davey also became #3 in SEC history for most passing yards in a game (beating Peyton Manning's 523 passing yards against [[University of Kentucky|Kentucky]] in 1997).

Davey's major victories included unranked LSU's 41–38 victory over #24 Arkansas (televised by CBS) and #22 LSU's 27–14 victory over #25 [[Auburn University|Auburn]]  (televised by ESPN). Against [[University of Arkansas|Arkansas]], Davey threw for 359 yards and 3 touchdowns. Against Auburn, Davey threw for 245 yards and 1 touchdown. In the SEC Championship game against #2 Tennessee, Davey had 84 yards passing before having to sit the rest of the game out due to injury.

Davey capped off his senior season by passing for 444 yards and 3 touchdowns in the [[Sugar Bowl]] against #7 [[Illinois Fighting Illini|Illinois]] (televised by [[ABC Sports|ABC]]), leading the Tigers to a 47–34 victory. At that time, the only other LSU quarterback who had ever thrown for more than 400 yards in a game was [[Tommy Hodson]] in 1989. For his performance, Davey was named Sugar Bowl MVP.  For this performance, Davey was enshrined in LSU's Hall of Fame.

As a result of his performance during the 2001 season, Davey was voted to the second team of the All-SEC Team.

==Professional career==
{{NFL predraft
|    height ft = 6
|    height in = 2
|       weight = 245
|     arm span = 33
|    hand span = 9 1/2
|         note = All values from NFL Combine<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://draftscout.com/dsprofile.php?PlayerId=420&DraftYear=2002 |title=2002 NFL Draft Scout Rohan Davey College Football Profile |access-date=June 22, 2023 |website=DraftScout.com}}</ref>
}}
Davey was rated the fourth best quarterback in the [[2002 NFL draft]] by NFLDraftScout.com.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rohan Davey |url=http://www.nfldraftscout.com/ratings/dsprofile.php?pyid=420&draftyear=2002&genpos=QB |access-date=August 29, 2016 |publisher=nfldraftscout.com}}</ref>

===National Football League===
Davey was selected by the [[New England Patriots]] coming off a record-setting career at [[LSU Tigers football|LSU]], taken in the fourth round as the 117th pick of the [[2002 NFL draft]] (Davey was the 6th quarterback taken in the 2002 NFL Draft, behind [[David Carr (American football)|David Carr]] of [[Fresno State]], [[Joey Harrington]] of [[University of Oregon|Oregon]], [[Patrick Ramsey]] of [[Tulane University|Tulane]], [[Josh McCown]] of [[Sam Houston State University|Sam Houston]], and [[David Garrard]] of [[East Carolina University|East Carolina]]).<ref>{{Cite web |title=2002 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2002/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>

While still with the Patriots, Davey showed potential in 2004 playing in [[NFL Europe]]. He had a record-setting season, was named "Player of the Year", and won the [[World Bowl]] with the [[Berlin Thunder]].

Upon returning to the Patriots, he lost his back-up job to [[Doug Flutie]] and lost the third-string slot, losing that job to 7th-round pick [[Matt Cassel]]. He was subsequently released by the Patriots on August 29, 2005.<ref>{{cite web | title=QB Davey among three released by Pats | website=New England Patriots | date=2005-08-29 | url=https://www.patriots.com/news/qb-davey-among-three-released-by-pats-167586 | access-date=2025-05-11}}</ref>

On September 28, 2005, Davey signed with the [[Arizona Cardinals]] as the quarterback behind [[Kurt Warner]], [[Josh McCown]], and [[John Navarre]].  On August 28, 2006, he was released.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rohan Davey |url=http://www.kffl.com/player/1183/nfl/news/rohan-davey |access-date=April 24, 2016 |publisher=kffl.com}}</ref>

===Arena Football League===
Davey was signed by the Arena Football League's [[New York Dragons]] on October 26, 2006. He played in his first career game on March 4, 2007, replacing an ineffective [[Leon Murray]] at the start of the second half. He finished the game having completed 12-of-21 passes for 131 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions.  Following this game, he was named the Dragons' starting quarterback. Davey was waived in 2008, and signed a contract with the [[Cleveland Gladiators]] on April 3 of that year.<ref>[http://www.ohio.com/news/break_news/17277174.html Gladiators add former NFL quarterback ]</ref> He was released when the league went bankrupt. After sitting out for five seasons, Davey returned in 2013 as a member of the [[San Antonio Talons]].

==Personal life==
Davey is the cousin of football player [[Trevon Coley]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ulrich, Nate |date=August 8, 2017 |title=Nate Ulrich's Browns briefing: Pen collector Trevon Coley writing his story as most pleasant surprise of training camp |url=https://www.ohio.com/akron/sports/browns/nate-ulrichs-browns-briefing-pen-collector-trevon-coley-writing-his-story-as-most-pleasant-surprise-of-training-camp |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010203027/https://www.ohio.com/akron/sports/browns/nate-ulrichs-browns-briefing-pen-collector-trevon-coley-writing-his-story-as-most-pleasant-surprise-of-training-camp |archive-date=October 10, 2017 |access-date=October 10, 2017 |publisher=ohio.com}}</ref>

In April 2023, Davey was named the new head football coach at [[Ascension Christian High School]] in [[Gonzales, Louisiana]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://crescentcitysports.com/former-lsu-qb-rohan-davey-named-ascension-christian-head-football-coach/|title=Former LSU QB Rohan Davey named Ascension Christian head football coach|date=April 21, 2023|access-date=July 12, 2024}}</ref> He resigned from the position in February 2025.

==See also==
* [[LSU Tigers football statistical leaders]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*''www.databasefootball.com:'' {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20060316160520/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=DAVEYROH01 Rohan Davey Stats]}}
*''www.profootballreference.com'' [http://profootballreference.com/players/DaveRo01.htm More R.D. Stats] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060313144223/http://profootballreference.com/players/DaveRo01.htm |date=March 13, 2006 }}

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