Wade Davis (American football)

Wade Davis, in full Wade Alan Davis II, is an American former football player who became a speaker, activist, writer and educator. He was born on 28 July 1977 in Little Rock, Arkansas, and played college football at Mesa State and Weber State. The Tennessee Titans signed him as an undrafted free agent in 2000, and he played for the Berlin Thunder in NFL Europe, winning World Bowl IX in 2001, before a season with the Barcelona Dragons. He retired after the 2003 Washington Redskins camp because of a leg injury. In 2012 he spoke publicly about being gay in the NFL, and he later led the You Can Play project and worked as a diversity and inclusion consultant to the league.