Caden Davis (Ohio State)

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Caden Davis
No. 61
Position Defensive end
ClassJunior
Personal information
Born: (2004-06-08) June 8, 2004 (age 20)
Mason, Ohio, U.S.
Height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight235 lb (107 kg)
Career history
College Ohio State (2023–2024)
Bowl games
High school William Mason (Mason, Ohio)

Caden Davis (born June 8) is an American football player and Internet personality who was a defensive end for the Ohio State Buckeyes from 2022 to 2025. Davis, though never seeing the field during his time for the Buckeyes, became one of the most prominent players on social media due to behind-the-scenes content he made and publisher, particularly on TikTok and Instagram. [1]

Contents

On January 15, 2025, the University announced that Davis was dismissed from the Ohio State Football Team. No official reason was released by the University in its statement.

Early life

Caden Davis was born on June 8, [2] and grew up in Mason, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati. [3] He played for the William Mason High School football team as a defensive end and defensive tackle, and he was further named as an All-Ohio honorable mention. [4]

College football career

Davis committed to the Ohio State Buckeyes in the spring of 2022. Davis also received offers from various other schools including Columbia, Bucknell, Dayton, Army, Navy, and Georgetown. [5] As a scholar athlete, Davis was a marketing major. [4]

Davis never played in a game during his time at Ohio State. [6]

Social media

Davis' social media following is prevalent, with over 275,000 followers on TikTok and more than 100,000 on Instagram. [7] Davis' content covered life as a member of Ohio State's football team, as well as featuring campus events involving Ohio State students. [7]

2025 Cotton Bowl video

During Ohio State's trip to the January 2025 Cotton Bowl Classic, Davis posted a video falsely alluding that he was at the Cotton Bowl for that matchup. It was later revealed that the video Davis posted was primarily made of footage from Ohio State's previous trip to the Cotton Bowl against Missouri in 2023. Buckeye offensive lineman George Fitzpatrick commented on the video with "You don't play here"; the video was since deleted. [8] [7]

Dismissal from Ohio State

On January 15, 2025, Ohio State's sports information director for football Jerry Emig confirmed that Davis was no longer. At the time of publication in Ohio State's student newspaper The Lantern, the first outlet to report on Davis' dismissal, the reason for him being cut was unconfirmed, though Davis later announced on his Instagram page that the cuts were due to both personal reasons and NCAA rules. [9] The announcement that Davis was cut from the team occurred less than a week prior to the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship, where the Buckeyes would play the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in Atlanta. [1] [10] [11] [12]

Many outlets covering Davis' dismissal believed that the Cotton Bowl video was one of the reasons why he was cut from the team, and the announcement of his dismissal so close to the national championship game fed into mysteries regarding his departure from the team. [13] [8] Emig declined to elaborate further about the reasoning regarding Davis' dismissal. [12] The Plain Dealer of Cleveland speculated that the class action settlement in House v. NCAA would have implemented roster cuts and affected Davis' status with the team. [14]

Personal life

Davis is an active enthusiast of photography, and has traveled to every state in the US save for Alaska, Hawaii, and North Dakota. [15]

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  6. ↑ "Ohio State Player Kicked Off Team Days Before National Championship". 104.7 WIOT. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
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