ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills are bringing back another familiar face by agreeing to a deal with Gabe Davis that adds the receiver to the team's practice squad, a person with knowledge of the move told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the team had not announced the agreement, which was first reported by ESPN.
It's uncertain when Davis will be cleared to play. The 26-year-old receiver, who spent his first four NFL seasons with Buffalo, is recovering from a torn meniscus in his left knee after he got hurt in mid-November, ending his one season in Jacksonville.
Davis had 20 catches for 239 yards and two TDs for the Jaguars. He was released in May despite having two years remaining on a $39 million, three-year contract.
The agreement comes after Davis visited the Bills last week. He’s the latest former Bills player returning to Orchard Park, joining safety Jordan Poyer and defensive tackle Jordan Phillips, who were signed to the practice squad last week.
Selected by the Bills in the fourth round of the 2020 draft out of Central Florida, the 6-foot-2, 225-pound Davis eventually established himself as the team’s No. 2 receiver behind Stefon Diggs.
He enjoyed his best season in 2022, finishing with 48 catches for 836 yards and seven touchdowns. Among his highlights was matching a single-game NFL playoff record with four receiving touchdowns in Buffalo’s 42-36 overtime loss to Kansas City in a 2021 AFC divisional playoff game.
The Bills faced salary cap constraints in being unable to re-sign Davis once he completed his four-year rookie contract following the 2023 season. Overall, he had 163 catches for 2,730 yards and 27 touchdowns in 64 games with the Bills.
Davis provides familiarity and experienced depth at the receiver position in Buffalo, where the team opens the season with Khalil Shakir, Keon Coleman and Joshua Palmer as the projected starters.
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FILE - Buffalo Bills wide receiver Gabe Davis (13) makes a touchdown catch during the first half of an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Rams Sept. 8, 2022, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, file)
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — England's managing director of men's cricket Rob Key says he will investigate the drinking habits of the England team following reports that their mid-Ashes beach resort break may have involved over-indulging of alcohol.
England lost each of the first three tests to allow Australia to retain the Ashes in just 11 days of on-field action.
The England squad visited the resort town of Noosa on the Sunshine Coach north of Brisbane between the second and third tests, a long-planned part of the itinerary designed to help players relax and unwind on the long tour.
Key, who did not join the players in Noosa, said he had no problem with the break, but would not be happy if he found evidence of over-indulging.
“If there’s things where people are saying that our players went out and drank excessively, then of course we’ll be looking into that,” he said Tuesday in Melbourne, where the fourth test begins Friday.
“Drinking excessive amounts of alcohol for an international cricket team is not something that I’d expect to see at any stage and it would be a fault not to look into what happened there. From everything that I’ve heard so far, they actually were pretty well behaved. Very well behaved.”
He added: “We’ve got enough ways of finding out exactly what happened and everything that I’ve heard so far that they sat down, had lunch, had dinner, didn’t go out late, all of that, had the odd drink. I don’t mind that. If it goes past that, then that’s an issue as far as I’m concerned."
Key also said he had previously looked into reports that players had been spotted drinking the night before a match in New Zealand shortly before the Ashes.
A short clip of white-ball captain Harry Brook and Jacob Bethell was shared by a member of the public on social media, said to have been taken while they were out in Wellington before the third one-day international on Nov. 1.
“I didn’t feel like that was worthy of formal warnings, but it was probably worthy of informal ones,” he said.
“I think that was a bit of a wake-up call actually for what they’re going into. I don’t mind players having a glass of wine over dinner. Anything more than that, I think is ridiculous, really.”
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Australian players celebrate the dismissal of England's Jamie Smith during play on the final day of the third Ashes cricket test between England and Australia in Adelaide, Australia, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/James Elsby)
