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Jets rookie RB Isaiah Davis alive to chase NFL dream thanks to quick-thinking dad

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Isaiah Davis , now a rookie running back with the Jets , recalls the 2011 tornado that killed 158 people in Joplin , Mo.

His father grabbed a mattress from a bunk bed and threw it over Isaiah and his brother in the hallway.

The family stayed under the mattress, wedged between two walls, for three to four minutes as destruction surrounded them.

Cedric Davis went on to become a top football player in Joplin and then at South Dakota State .

The Jets selected him in the fifth round of this year ’s draft.

Davis has come a long way since that harrowing day in 2011 .

He is now catching no-look passes from Aaron Rodgers and preparing to play his first NFL game.

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