Domanick Davis changes name, number, hair - but still stuck with same old Texans
Domanick Davis appeared in Houston’s locker room Monday with a new haircut and a new attitude. But the biggest change is in his name.
“I’m a new man,” he said. “That was Domanick Davis that y’all knew about. This is Domanick Williams that y’all looking at.”
The Texans’ franchise leading rusher, who spent this season on the injured reserve with a knee problem, has legally changed his last name from Davis to Williams, his mother’s maiden name.
He said that Davis was the last name of the father of his older brother and he never felt right about having his name.
“I had to do it and it was time. I didn’t want my kids to grow up carrying something else that I’m really not,” said Williams, the father of two young children. “I felt like it was the perfect time for me to do it. Come back fresh, come back new.”
He’s also dumping the No. 37 jersey he’s worn since arriving in Houston in 2003 to wear No. 31, which was his number throughout high school and college.
