Rivals Interview with Coach Rome about PrimeExample's Isaiah Davis

While many Maryland fans may feel that they know latest Terps commit Isaiah Davis better than most in the Class of 2015, very few know the Alexandria, Va. native as well as PrimeXample owner Roman Morris.

Over the past eight years, both Morris and close friend Troy Vincent Sr. have been working with the best of the best in the Baltimore/Washington D.C. region. After training Isaiah's brother, current Maryland defensive back Sean Davis, Morris has now been working with Isaiah for the past three years, and he's made it clear that the Terps are getting a special young man, both on and off the field. 

	Isaiah Davis works out with renowned football trainer Roman Morris.

"He comes from an incredible family," Morris said. "Mom and dad are very high character people. They really care about family values, good morales. They're old school. 

"They believe in education. They believe in character and respecting others and that's really come out in both Isaiah and Sean. They both have real leadership qualities because of their parents. That's one thing that's always stood out to me."

At PrimeXample, both Morris and Vincent focus mainly on defensive backs, but they've branched out over the years to help train athletes in other positions as well. With Davis - who's been working with Morris every Saturday in the summer for the past few years, as well as other times throughout the spring and winter - their primary goal was to make Davis the best player possible when it comes to playing space. 

"I think one of his best assets is his ability to play in space," said Morris. "For the last three years, we've trained him like a safety, but his body has just outgrown the position. But that's really helped him when it comes to playing in the pass game and reading the whole field.

"He's able to read things with his back to the quarterback. He's great at understanding zone drops and he's getting better at playing man-to-man. It's always tough for a linebacker when you have to lock up on someone, but he's improving there."

While Davis has spent a lot of time rushing off the edge in high school, he's expected to play either of the two inside linebacker positions in Brian Stewart's 3-4 scheme, meaning Davis is going to have to be a physical player. According to Morris, he doesn't think that'll be an issue.

"He's really explosive. He's a violent tackler. Isaiah definitely doesn't hold back at all when he's making the hit. But the thing I like the most is that he's just a smart guy. I can't stress enough. He's very, very, very coachable and that's one of the most important things.

"So, no matter where they want to stick him at, he'll be fine because he understands how important coaching is."

Now, with St. Stephens & St. Agnes' season just weeks away, Davis will be focused on his team for the foreseeable future. However, once that wraps up, Morris expects to be working with Davis again this upcoming winter and spring, and that's when he'd like to take Davis' linebacker skills to the next level. 

"We're really trying to turn him into a complete linebacker, so the next thing we really want to get him doing is training with a good friend of ours, Khary Campbell, who used to play with the Redskins. We want to get him used to really playing downhill because playing in space is what we think is his strength. We've been able to work with him on that for awhile now, so we want to get him playing downhill more and also working on his eye discipline.

"We want to get him focused on attacking the ball carriers' hip and keeping with the fundamentals. Also, we'll probably work with his hand placement, that kind of stuff. He already has the solid foundation that you're looking for, but getting him to work with Khary should just help him even more by the time he gets to Maryland."