Carlton Davis

Carlton Davis III (born December 31, 1996) is an American football cornerback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Auburn.

Carlton Davis III
Davis in 2019
No. 24 – Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Position:Cornerback
Personal information
Born: (1996-12-31) December 31, 1996
Chesapeake, Virginia
Height:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:206 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school:Miami (FL) Norland
College:Auburn
NFL Draft:2018 / Round: 2 / Pick: 63
Career history
Roster status:Active
Career highlights and awards
  • First team All-SEC (2017)
Career NFL statistics as of 2019
Total tackles:100
Sacks:0.0
Forced fumbles:1
Fumble recoveries:1
Pass deflections:23
Interceptions:1
Player stats at NFL.com

Early years

Davis attended Miami Norland Senior High School in Miami Gardens, Florida, where he played high school football. He originally committed to Ohio State University to play college football but changed his commitment to Auburn University.[1][2]

College career

Davis was a starter as a true freshman at Auburn in 2015.[3] He finished the season with 56 tackles and three interceptions.[4] As a sophomore in 2016, he recorded 46 tackles.[5][6] Davis finished the 2017 season with 36 tackles, 12 pass deflections, and 1 interception. On January 3, 2018, Davis declared his intentions to enter the 2018 NFL Draft.[7]

Professional career

Davis attended the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis and completed the majority of drills, but opted to skip the short shuttle and three-cone drill. Davis finished eighth among all cornerbacks in the broad jump and bench press.[8] On March 9, 2018, Davis participated at Auburn's pro day and performed the majority of drills, but elected to skip the bench press, vertical jump, and broad jump. Davis also improved his times in the 40-yard dash (4.44s), 20-yard dash (2.60s), and 10-yard dash (1.59s). At the conclusion of the pre-draft process, Davis was projected to a second round pick by NFL draft experts and scouts. He was ranked as the sixth best cornerback prospect in the draft by Sports Illustrated, was ranked the eighth best cornerback by DraftScout.com, and was ranked as the ninth best cornerback in the draft by Scouts Inc.[9][10][11]

External video
Carlton Davis' NFL Combine Workout
Pre-draft measurables
Height Weight Arm length Hand size 40-yard dash 10-yard split 20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump Bench press
6 ft 1 in
(1.85 m)		 206 lb
(93 kg)		 32 3⁄4 in
(0.83 m)		 8 7⁄8 in
(0.23 m)		 4.53 s 1.59 s 2.64 s 34 in
(0.86 m)		 10 ft 4 in
(3.15 m)		 16 reps
All values are from NFL Combine[12]

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers selected Davis in the second round (63rd overall) of the 2018 NFL Draft.[13] Davis was the ninth cornerback drafted in 2018.

External video
Buccaneers draft Davis 63rd overall
NFL Draft Profile: Carlton Davis

On May 24, 2018, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers signed Davis to a four-year, $4.39 million contract that includes $2.43 million guaranteed and a signing bonus of $1.27 million.[14]

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

2018 season: Rookie year

Davis made his professional debut in Week 1 during a 48–40 win against the New Orleans Saints in which he had 4 tackles. In Week 2, during a 27–21 win against the Philadelphia Eagles, Davis recorded 6 tackles, a pass deflection, and his first career fumble recovery via a strep-sack by teammate Kwon Alexander on Nick Foles. In Week 16, during a 27–20 loss to the Dallas Cowboys, Davis recorded 2 tackles and his first career forced fumble.

Davis finished his rookie season with 40 tackles, 4 pass deflections, 1 forced fumble, and 1 fumble recovery.

2019 season

In Week 1, during a 31–17 loss to the San Francisco 49ers, Davis recorded tackles and his second career fumble recovery. In Week 2, during a 20–14 win against the Carolina Panthers, Davis recorded 7 tackles and 2 pass deflections. In Week 4, during a 55–40 win against the Los Angeles Rams, Davis recorded 8 tackles. In Week 12, during a 35–22 win against the Atlanta Falcons, Davis recorded 5 tackles, 5 pass deflections, and his first career interception on Matt Ryan.

Davis finished his sophomore season with 60 tackles, 19 pass deflections, 1 forced fumble, 1 fumble recovery, and 1 interception.

2020 season

On April 8, 2020, Davis announced that he would be changing his jersey number from 33 to 24 in honor of the late Kobe Bryant[15]

NFL career statistics
YearTeamGGSTacklesInterceptionsFumbles
CombTotalAstSackSFTYPDefIntYdsAvgLngTDsFFFRYdsTD
2018TB 1312403640.004000001100
2019TB 1414605460.0019100001160
Total272610090100.0023100002260

References
  1. "Former Ohio State CB commit Carlton Davis picks Auburn".
  2. "Norland's Carlton Davis switches to Auburn".
  3. "Auburn DB Carlton Davis not treated like a freshman anymore". November 6, 2015.
  4. "Carlton Davis in line to return as starting cornerback in Auburn secondary".
  5. "Carlton Davis returns to starting boundary corner role in Auburn secondary".
  6. "Most important Auburn players in 2017 – No. 5: CB Carlton Davis".
  7. "Carlton Davis entering the 2018 NFL Draft". Auburn Undercover. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
  8. "NFL Scouting Combine: Top Performers". NFL.com. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  9. "Carlton Davis, DS #8 CB, Auburn". draftscout.com. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  10. "NFL Carlton Davis -ESPN". draftscout.com. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  11. "The 2018 NFL Draft Big Board, Vol. 2". si.com. March 7, 2018. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
  12. "NFL Events: Combine Player Profiles – Carlton Davis". NFL.com. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  13. "With the 63rd pick, the Buccaneers select Auburn's Carlton Davis". BucsNation.com. July 7, 2018.
  14. "Spotrac.com: Carlton Davis contract". Spotrac.com. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  15. "Kobe". twitter.com. April 8, 2020.
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