victory over #24 Arkansas (televised by CBS) and #22 LSU's 27–14 victory over #25 Auburn (televised by ESPN). Against Arkansas, Davey threw for 359 yards and 3 touchdowns. Against Auburn, Davey threw for 245 yards and 1 touchdown. In the SEC Championship game against #2 Tennessee, Davey had 84 yards passing before having to sit the rest of the game out due to injury. Davey capped off his senior season by passing for 444 yards and 3 touchdowns in the Sugar Bowl against #7 Illinois (televised by ABC), leading the Tigers to a 47–34 victory. At that time, the only other LSU quarterback who had ever thrown for more than 400 yards in a game was Tommy Hodson in 1989. For his performance, Davey was named Sugar Bowl MVP. For this performance, Davey was enshrined in LSU's Hall of Fame. As a result of his performance during the 2001 season, Davey was voted to the second team of the All-SEC Team. Professional career Davey was rated the fourth best quarterback in the 2002 NFL Draft by NFLDraftScout.com. National Football League Davey was selected by the New England Patriots coming off a record-setting career at LSU, taken in the 4th Round as the 117th pick of the 2002 NFL Draft (Davey was the 6th quarterback taken in the 2002 NFL Draft, behind David Carr of Fresno State, Joey Harrington of Oregon, Patrick Ramsey of Tulane, Josh McCown of Sam Houston, and David Garrard of East Carolina). While still with the Patriots, Davey showed potential in 2004 playing in NFL Europe. He had a record-setting season, was named "Player of the Year", and won the World Bowl with the Berlin Thunder. Upon returning to the Patriots, he lost his back-up job to Doug Flutie and lost the third-string slot, losing that job to 7th-round pick Matt Cassel. He was subsequently released by the Patriots on August 29, 2005. On September 28, 2005, Davey signed with the Arizona Cardinals as the quarterback behind Kurt Warner, Josh McCown, and John Navarre. On August 28, 2006, he was released. Arena Football League Davey was signed by the Arena Football League's New York Dragons on October 26, 2006. He played in his first career game on March 4, 2007, replacing an ineffective Leon Murray at the start of the second half. He finished the game having completed 12-of-21 passes for 131 yards, one touchdown and two