Vontae Davis News

The finally healthy offensive line had its best day last week, but there's plenty of room for growth.

I remember Nov. 10, 2007 like it was yesterday. I was a first-semester freshman who had arrived on campus expecting the Illinois football team to stink like always.

Considering the roll Sean Smith has been on as a rookie cornerback with the Miami Dolphins, you might assume he'd want to keep everything exactly the same.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- For a change, it's Illinois bringing all the star power to the neutral-site opener against Missouri.

Parade magazine named Terry Hawthorne the top high school receiver in the nation.

RANTOUL, Ill. -- Donsay Hardeman is waiting for one play. More specifically, he said, "I'm ready for one big hit." That will be evidence enough for Illinois fans that his neck is healed from an injury last season that easily could have robbed him of football.

Another year, another knee injury for Miami Thomas. The Illinois cornerback suffered an anterior cruciate ligament tear in his left knee during practice on Wednesday and likely will miss the season.

It hasn't taken Vontae Davis long to make an impression on one of his more outgoing Dolphins teammates.

It hasn't taken Vontae Davis long to make an impression on one of his more outgoing Dolphins teammates.

It hasn't taken Vontae Davis long to make an impression on one of his more outgoing Dolphins teammates.

I always hated it when coaches, teachers or supervisors would tell me that I had lots of potential.

It hasn't taken Vontae Davis long to make an impression on one of his more outgoing Dolphins teammates.

This is the year when everyone figures out, once and for all, which way Ron Zook has directed Illinois.

All three lead applicants for the Dolphins' second starting cornerback spot will be present for Sunday's opening of camp.

The draft treated Illinois pretty well. Not the one that placed cornerback Vontae Davis in the NFL , but the team draft in February that divided players into "character teams" with the purpose of breeding positive peer pressure.

Washington D.C. has been a hotbed for the Illini under Coach Zook, including current star Arrelious Benn and recent 1st round draft pick Vontae Davis.

It turns out Vontae Davis did have an airtight alibi. The Dolphins' top draft pick was reported to have been arrested in Champaign, Ill., on June 9 on a traffic violation.

In this police report from the Champaign Police Department, a man named Vontae Ottis Davis with an address of 920 Emerson Street in Washington, D.C. was arrested for unnecessary vehicular noise and driving without a valid license.

Vontae Davis adds to the list of Illini players and alumni who have run afoul of the law in Champaign, but really, this is pretty weak.

Posted by Anthony Stalter Dolphinsa rookie cornerback Vontae Davis was arrested in Champaign on June 9 for a oeunnecessary vehicular noisea and driving without a valid license according to The Daily Illini.