nicknames :Punk
ding dong ( by teammates and coach)
rookie by ( malik and jason)
Derwin Davis was one of the main characters of television series The Game from seasons 1-5, and made guest appearances in seasons 6 and 9. Derwin is the boyfriend and later husband of Melanie Barnett-Davis.
Derwin made a return for the 100th episode and later the series finale as well. Derwin is portrayed by Pooch Hall.
Biography[]
In the first season Derwin goes through the hazing from Sabers captain Jason Pitts, and starting quarterback ,Malik Wright. Towards the end of the season, Malik and Jason "adopt" Derwin.
Derwin proposes to Melanie in "To Baby... or Not to Baby" at half-time of one of the Saber games because he thinks that Melanie might be pregnant. Melanie accepts at first feeling pressured on national television. However, later on Melanie tells Derwin that it is not the right time. Derwin meets singer Drew Sidora at a party he attends with Malik, and Drew asks Derwin to be in her new video, which he accepts not knowing he will play her love interest. Derwin and Drew get close and end up having sex. Dionne tells Derwin she knows he slept with Drew, and Melanie over-hears and calls off the engagement, and their relationship.
In season 2, Derwin starts becoming more of a playboy jock rather than his humble church ways. After a few "hookups" Derwin starts dating Janay. Although Melanie begins dating Jerome, she is jealous of Derwin and Janay. Janay finds "Dr. Grizzly", the stuffed bear Derwin bought Melanie, and Derwin says the bear means nothing to him anymore and throws the bear into a waste basket, but later recovers it and hides it in a drawer knowing he still has feelings for her. Derwin hurts his knee in a Sabers' playoff game and can not play in the Super Bowl, so he decides not to go to Miami with the team. After Melanie runs into Derwin at the store while running an errand for Jerome, Melanie realizes she misses Derwin and decides to pay him a visit, and they share a passionate kiss. The next day, Derwin goes to Melanie's job at the diner to bring her mail and apologizes to her for the intense moment they shared and hopes to at least be friends and Melanie accepts and with some words of encouragement, she convinces and takes Derwin to go to the Sabers Victory Parade.After hearing that Melanie went to L.A. with her boyfriend, Jerome, an intoxicated Derwin goes with Malik to L.A. to seek out Melanie to profess his love for her. Derwin tries to get her back, telling her," I'm lost without you, you're my light and I need you to come back to me." when that fails he tries one more time, telling her, "You look me in my eyes and you tell me you don't love me?" to which Melanie tells him that she doesn't love him anymore and he needs to let her go. Feeling defeated, Derwin apologizes to Jerome and says he won't get in the way anymore but Jerome punches Derwin in the face causing the two to fight. Later Melanie confesses to Jerome that she loves Derwin and goes to Derwin's apartment, but Derwin finds out that Janay is pregnant with his baby.
In season 3, Derwin and Melanie get back together, but Melanie becomes jealous when Derwin goes with Janay to her first pregnancy appointment. After Melanie and Derwin break up again, Derwin decides to get back together with Janay since he is the father of her baby. Janay discovers that Derwin is still in love with Melanie after she finds the bear she thought had been thrown away. Melanie and Derwin get back together and Derwin proposes again, and Melanie accepts. At their engagement party, minor issues cause Melanie begins to start having doubts about the two of them getting married but Derwin stops her and tells her to stop overreacting to everything that happens. While talking, Melanie asks Derwin why he chose to marry her over any other woman to which he tells her that he doesn't love all those other women, he loves her and tells her that he regrets not marrying her first before bringing her with him to San Diego. After a false alarm, Melanie decides she wants to marry Derwin before the baby arrives, but on the day of the wedding the baby comes right as Derwin and Melanie are at the altar. Derwin rushes to the hospital, leaving Melanie. Derwin and Melanie later get married in a private ceremony in the hospital chapel with his vows to her as the ending.
In season 4, Derwin also emerges as a superstar player. Derwin gets numerous endorsement deals, including Nike, and becomes the new face of the Sabers organization. He's also represented by Tasha. After Melanie gives DJ a DNA test behind Derwin's back, it causes a rift between Janay, Derwin and Melanie. Derwin tries to make amends with Janay by spending time with his son at her house, and it almost jeopardizes his relationship with Melanie.
In season 5, he asks Melanie if she had an abortion and she eventually admits that she did. Derwin originally believes that it was when he and Melanie were in college and apologizes for being a coward and not stepping up. However, she tells him that it was actually from her affair with Trey Wiggs back when they broke up over the whole Drew Sidora debacle. He is mad that she aborted a child even if not his. While preparing for DJ's 3rd birthday, Melanie confesses that the reason she had the abortion was to spare Derwin from living with a reminder of her affair, which is the way she feels about DJ. After talking about it, Derwin and Melanie begin a truth pact, meaning not matter how much it hurts, how long its been, big or small, they have to tell each other the truth. Since firing Tasha as his manager Derwin has been in the need of a new representation and hires his old agent Irv Smith to manage him prompting Tasha to take legal action as a way to get her money back for a Verizon sponsorship she had recently set up for him. Later Derwin attempts to build a friendship with Kwan off the field with the hope that it will build more chemistry on the field, but Kwan is non receptive and he soon learns that his friendship with Malik has been destroyed because of the Kwan situation. After fixing his relationship with Malik, Derwin attempts to get Malik back on the field with a campaign called "WMD" (What Malik Doing), Derwin admits that he has ulterior motives but he believes this is the only way him and Malik can get back to real friendship. After the owner tells Derwin that Kwan is the starter this adds further contentiousness to their relationship. Derwin finds out that Melanie is unable to have children because of a medical condition and takes it hard, handling it by having a party with Malik, Jason and Tee Tee and getting drunk. After learning of Janay's new relationship, though against the idea at first, Derwin allows Janay to take DJ with her to live in New York, even though it means that he won't be able to be in DJ's life 24/7 like he wanted to. Derwin also gives Melanie his blessing to let Tasha be the surrogate mother for their potential child. Kwan and Derwin's animosity reaches the critical level after Kwan refuses to throw Derwin the ball in the first half of a crucial game. In the locker room, they engage in a small altercation. Back on the field Kwan is told to call a pass play but at the last minute audibles out for a run, Derwin going into motion "misses" a block and Kwan's knee is brutally hurt and he is lost for the game and possibly the season. Malik comes in to fill in for Kwan and the dream team of Malik + Derwin is back together and they lead a comeback victory.
At the press conference Derwin is bombarded with questions about the play that Kwan got hurt with members of the media insinuating that Derwin missed it on purpose, Derwin leaves the press conferences without answering further questions. Back at home Derwin becomes a shell of himself isolating himself off from everyone else because of the pain knowing that everyone is blaming him for what happened. Melanie soon convinces him to leave the house and while at the gas station a fan approaches him, blaming him for the injury and spitting on his car. Later Derwin visits Malik and gets advice about how to get through this and how to not stress so much about his image and focus more on football and his career. After returning home Derwin and Melanie have a truth moment and he reveals that he missed it on purpose because of Kwan's attempt to threaten the legacy. He tells her that there are two Derwins: regular Derwin, and Der-win, by any means necessary (If it means protecting, his family, and the legacy). In the final episode of Season 5, he leaves with Melanie for Baltimore so she can pursue her dream of being a doctor after he lived his of being a champion football player.
In season 6, Derwin is traded to the Baltimore Ravens in exchange for Bryce Westbrook. After exchanging blows with Blue, Jason and Malik asks what's gotten into him, to which he admits that he doesn't want to leave, since being traded also means he has to leave behind everyone he grown close to in the last few years (Jason,Malik,Tasha,etc.). Later he confides in Tasha, telling her that he felt that him being traded was almost destiny since he hoped that he and Melanie could live out their dreams in the same city, but he had hoped that if he ever left it would be on his terms, further saying, "I used to be invincible, the last couple years I have been. I mean nothing could touch me...I got touched." Tasha comforts him, reassuring him he'll be alright because they're similar because when things get tough they don't give up. Derwin tells Tasha that he's gonna miss her before leaving.
In the Season 9 finale, Derwin and Melanie return to go and see a fertility specialist for further knowledge about their twins, where they learn that one of their children have a 50/50 chance of living. Melanie starts to freak out but Derwin assures her that both of their children are gonna make it because he has faith that they will and asks her to have faith too. At the end of the finale , 4 months later, Derwin and Melanie become parents to twins.
Relationships[]
- Melanie Barnett-Davis (Wife)
- Janay Brice (Ex-Girlfriend and Baby Mamma
- Drew Sidora (Ex-Fling)
- Raquel aka "Eggs" (Ex-Fling)
- Jazz (One-Night Stand)