Auburn defensive end Marlon Davidson knows how to punish opponents and the 6-foot-3, 303-pounder also is adept at delivering great quotes for the assembled media.
When asked what he loved most about football, Davidson responded:
“What do I love most about the game? I love most about the game is that — this is true now, OK, this is true — I love most about the game that I can literally go out there and hit a man consistently and pound him, and the police not come. That is the most enjoyable moment about ball, to just go out there and really abuse somebody, and they won’t say nothing about it in the press or anything. I ain’t on no headlines, in handcuffs, no mugshots, no nothing. I’m out here just physically abusing my man.”
“I can literally go out there and hit a man consistently, and pound him, and the police won’t come."
—Auburn DE Marlon Davidson on what he loves most about football 😳 (via @TampaBayTre) pic.twitter.com/rrQ88cmW9A
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) February 28, 2020
Davidson was in on 174 tackles in his four years with War Eagle. He had 6.5 of his 14.5 sacks in 2019. Also, he had 28 tackles for loss.
As for what being an NFL player will afford him:
“It’s going to be great, man. Just being able to have that much money in my bank account and just being able to provide for my family the way my mother did — even though she was working a 9-5 every day, waking up and just going to do what she had to do for the house. So you know, just being able to provide, have that backbone and that secure safety line to get what the family needs, and then also just have so you can be like, ‘Man, I don’t have to worry about nothing for the rest of my life.’ I’m a smart man; I’m going to invest my money, of course. I’m not going to go out there and be the one guy that gets drafted high and then be broke at the end of the day. That’s not me. I’m a country kid. I come from the trees. You don’t need too much. Get you a pair of shoes and go play ball, and we’re good.”
And what exactly does it mean to be a dog?
“I mean, it’s kind of hard to put in words. You can’t tell people that you’re a dog. You have to show people. Now, you turn on the film, you’re going to look and see every play. You’re going to see 3, and 3 gonna be doing his thing. That’s for sure. Now I just have that attitude about me, man. My mindset is to go dominate no matter what. That’s what I do.”
Here is a bit of a highlight reel of Davidson, who is projected as a second day draft choice,