Some thoughts from the Ernie Davis Scrimmage at the ... Desir can flat out move and is one of those players that just finds his way into plays and has a good football sense about him.

ELMIRA, N.Y. -- A football taken from the upstate New York grave of 1961 Heisman Trophy winner Ernie ... grounds. Davis was an All-American at Syracuse University and the first black player ...

Sixty years ago today, Syracuse running back Ernie Davis became the first Black football player to win the Heisman Trophy. The No. 44 legend, also known as the “Elmira Express,” received ...

Syracuse university football player Ernie Davis, holds his Heisman Trophy on Dec. 6, 1961. AP ELMIRA — A fire at an upstate New York middle school named for the late Syracuse University football ...

The name’s the same, but his game is much different. And, no, Renton High School football player Ernie Davis was not named after legendary Syracuse running back Ernie Davis, who was the first ...

Ernie Davis succeeded at every ... recruited Davis for football, but Syracuse, just 90 miles away, held an advantage. Syracuse also had a famous player in its corner, Jim Brown, the first in ...

Davis was the first Black football player to ever win college football’s Heisman Trophy while at Syracuse University. Best known as “The Elmira Express,” Davis sadly passed away in 1963 at ...

Named in honor of the late-great Ernie Davis, the first Black player to ever win college football’s Heisman Trophy, “The ...

At times stirring, inspiring and thoughtful, “The Express” tells the life story of football player Ernie Davis, who in 1961 became the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy.

Said Guinnip: "Being a kid growing up in the Elmira area, everybody wants to be like Ernie Davis. Not only a football player, but a leader. He's just a big role model for kids my age and I just ...

In 2020, ESPN ranked Brown as the greatest college football player ever. But Brown means ... a number worn by Ernie Davis and Floyd Little. The number became synonymous with not only football ...