Why RB Ray Davis just kicked an extra point for the Buffalo Bills in preseason game originally appeared on The Sporting News

Ray Davis is a running back.

For that matter, he’s a super promising RB. He shone when given the opportunity as a Buffalo Bills rookie.

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But he has another skill, and it showed up Saturday.

In the Bills’ preseason opener, they got into the end zone on a Dawson Knox touchdown in the second quarter. And there was Davis, kicking a low line drive for the extra point.

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Why is Ray Davis kicking for the Bills?

Ray Davis is the Bills’ emergency kicker.

On the initial depth chart, he was listed as kicker No. 2 behind Tyler Bass.

Bass is injured (pelvis) and didn’t play in the preseason opener.

The Bills signed Caden Davis to fill in as the kicker, but Buffalo doesn’t gain a lot from letting Davis kick an extra point.

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Instead, Davis got a rep that he could actually see during the season if Bass went out with an injury in the middle of a game.

And while it was a little low, Davis made it.

He once kicked a 57-yard field goal in high school, so those muscular legs have some strength in them. This might not be the last time Bills fans get to watch their young running back kick the ball between the uprights.

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