August 13, 2011|By By Chris Hays | Orlando Sentinel
Noor Davis has been a bit of a mystery to football fans in Florida, as well as across the nation, during this 2012 recruiting period.
Practically no one had him on the radar. Recruiting websites didn't know of him. Florida newspapers, with maybe the exception of the Villages Daily Sun, certainly were oblivious to him. At the Sentinel, Davis wasn't even on the Class of 2012 watch list for Central Florida players.
But when coaches like Will Muschamp, Jimbo Fisher and Nick Saban give you personal phone calls, people start to figure out there might be something to this mystery man at the Villages Academy.
That was then.
Next thing you know, after everyone is finished getting acquainted with the new linebacker sensation, he's ranked as the No. 1 outside backer in the entire country, he's committing to play football for Stanford University and he's transferring to a larger school at Leesburg High to prepare himself for the next level.
What a whirlwind ride it's been for Davis since surfacing after all the smoke settled from February's 2011 National Signing Day. He became the next great thing. And most everyone anointing him with the top rankings and honors had never even seen him play live.
And just because he committed to Stanford, don't think the recruiting has ended.
"I still have a couple schools recruiting me very heavily like they did before (committing) and I respect that and I am very content with my decision," Davis said.
Davis and his family decided that he would transfer from the Villages to Leesburg so he could get a run at some large-school competition for his senior season. He would have likely played quarterback and linebacker for the Buffalo, but at Leesburg he'll just concentrate on the linebacker position, which he'll play in college.
"I knew a lot of the players," Davis said of the Leesburg teammates, "and it’s a system I can adapt to pretty quickly. It should be a very fun year playing against 7A teams."
While Davis knows he's coming in to solidify the linebacking corps at Leesburg, he also figures he'll help out where needed.
"If the coaches needed me to (play quarterback) I would," Davis said, "but right now we have two very good quarterbacks (senior Undra Mitchum and freshman Lee Bennett) and that puts me in a position where I can focus."
Davis said he plans to take all of his visits.
"My father encourages me to take some, but I'm not sure which ones yet," When I get that figured out I'll let coaches know … (Stanford coaches) encouraged it actually."
Chris Hays is the Sentinel's recruiting coverage coordinator and can be reached at chays@tribune.com.
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