SEC Network announcer slammed for ‘tasteless’ comments about Kentucky RB Ray Davis… comparing his college football career to when ‘nobody wanted him’ in foster care

A college football player has drawn criticism after bizarrely contrasting Kentucky running back Ray Davis’ success on the field with his harrowing experiences in foster care.

Davis scored a touchdown and amassed nearly 100 yards — both running and receiving — to help Kentucky to a 2-0 victory over Eastern Kentucky on Saturday.

Midway through the fourth quarter, the TV cameras were focused on the former Vanderbilt player. He had just scored a 24-yard touchdown to extend Kentucky’s lead.

That turned out to be the cue for SEC Network commentator Pete Sousa to bring up Davis’ childhood, when “no one wanted him” while he was in foster care.

“There’s Ray Davis — 51 yards on that drive alone — running and receiving,” Souza said.

“Eleven years ago, no one wanted him as a foster kid,” Pete Sousa said

“He’s a guy who came over from Vanderbilt. When he jumped into the portal nine months ago, everyone wanted him.

‘Eleven years ago, as a foster child, no one actually wanted him. And now here he is: he’s found love, he’s found football and he’s had an amazing journey.”

Fans on social media responded to the comments, claiming they were ‘cringe’, ‘terrible’ and ‘tasteless’.

Davis has previously opened up about his heartbreaking route from San Francisco to the football field, which involved being in care from the age of eight and briefly homeless at the age of twelve.

“I sat there for days, texting family members, texting friends, asking someone to take me in temporarily, just for maybe two or three weeks. So I can be back in the real world, so I can go to school,’ said Davis, via 247sports.

Davis has previously opened up about his heartbreaking route from San Francisco to college

“But as the days go by, you start to realize that no one wants you.”

He added: “I was waiting to be adopted or for someone to take care of me temporarily… it was tough because I felt like no one wanted me. Nobody wanted a twelve year old. Everyone wanted someone younger that they could raise, they wanted it to be theirs.”

Davis went to the homeless shelter with his two younger siblings, but later made the choice to have them live with a godmother.

“I had to make the decision to separate us,” he said. ‘She had no room for me. So I had to make a very important decision. I was 12 and I made that decision because I didn’t want them to go through the same hardships I did.”