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The Houston offense is going to look a little different this year in the best way possible. The Mustangs added Celley Davis, a sophomore running back, last week after his father, Marvis Davis, took a job to be the Germantown Municipal School District athletic director. Damon Sisa is one weapon the Mustangs already were planning on utilizing in the backfield. Now they have two. And with it, a more diversified offense. "Damon’s going to be a guy that’s going to do a whole lot of things,” Houston coach James Thomas said. “Not just coming out of the backfield. The beauty of it is bringing a guy like Celley Davis, you get a thunder and lightning type of deal. You also put Damon Sisa in a lot of situations where now he’s playing in the slot, playing wide receiver.” Thomas made it clear the game plan is going to get Sisa as many touches per game as possible. With Davis in the lineup, that means Sisa will get to play all over the field. He’s looking forward to that. "We can do a lot, way more than last year,” said Sisa, a senior who rushed for 1,374 yards with 25 TDs in 2022. And though Davis hasn’t been at Houston a week yet, he’s looking forward to the role he’ll have on offense. "I think we’re going to be the best duo in Tennessee,” Davis said. Sisa mentioned during his busy summer, when he visited seven football camps, that college coaches mentioned they wanted to see his ability at wide receiver. Sisa said he plans to get some time a slot receiver as well as returning punts and kickoffs during his senior season. Chandler Day, the junior quarterback for Houston, is excited to see what the offense can look like with both Sisa and Davis. "They’re two different runners," Day said. "Damon’s a scatback, he can get out and more very well. And Celley, he’s very smart. He can see very well and he can run through anybody.” Monday was one of the first chances Houston had to get a good look at what they have with training camp starting in the Tennessee high school football season. And it was an unconventional start for the Mustangs, who were dealing with the Germantown water crisis. "It sucked,” Sisa said. “We had cold water every day and now we got bottled water.” Sisa didn’t stress over the water situation because he and his teammates were able to practice through the water emergency, thanks to the booster club assisting with bottled water for the team the past couple of days. "Our booster club was on top of it,” Thomas said. “They had 10 cases of water here within two hours of me asking and needing bottled water.” Now that Houston is no longer affected, that’s one less thing it will have to worry about with the season around the corner. "Coming off of dead period, getting the guys back together, back in shape, dealing with the heat issues, the water issues, dealing with the rain and the storms and all kinds of stuff,” Thomas said. “But when you get out here between the lines, it’s still great to be doing football again.”

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WHY HOUSTON FOOTBALL WILL HAVE 'THUNDER AND LIGHTNING' IN ITS OFFENSE THIS SEASON

WYNSTON WILCOX

Commercial Appeal | 7/24/2023

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