ASU long snapper Cade Davis didn’t grow up in Tempe, but he carried a piece of it in his chest all his life. On Friday, the redshirt senior walked out at Sun Devil Stadium wearing #52, a final salute to Richard Davis, whose shadow has loomed over Cade’s entire career.

“For his final pregame walk, ahead of his final game at Sun Devil Stadium, ASU’s redshirt senior long snapper Cade Davis wore his late father’s old jersey,” Reporter Jake Garcia shares.

Richard Davis, a defensive lineman for ASU in the late 1980s, helped lead the Sun Devils to the 1987 Rose Bowl. He passed away in 2023 from a heart attack, and for Cade, football became both a refuge and a way to honor his father. On Nov. 28, as he approached the 99th Territorial Cup proudly donning his father’s jersey, Cade carried both his

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