Marlon Davidson

Former defensive end at Auburn. 2019: 7.5 sacks, 12.5 tackles for loss, 49 tackles.

DE · Auburn · Sr. · #3

6′3″ · 278 lb · Greenville, AL

Atlanta — drafted 2020, Rd 2, Pick 15, #47 overall

Recruiting

4★

SDE recruit

No. 32 nationally · Signed with Auburn

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive end at Auburn. 2019: 7.5 sacks, 12.5 tackles for loss, 49 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Auburn in 2016.
Drafted round 2 by the Atlanta in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Auburn, 16 sacks — drafted at #47 overall by Atlanta.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

201613 games

Signed with Auburn4-star out of Greenville

2020

Drafted by Atlantaround 2, pick 47

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#32 national

CFB

College

Auburn

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #47

Atlanta · 2020

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

1 coach

2016–2019

Gus Malzahn

Auburn

Played his entire career under Gus Malzahn.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

AtlantaEntering 7th NFL season

#47Rd 2 · Pick 15

AtlantaEntering 7th NFL season

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2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Gus Malzahn — 35-18 over that span.

2016Auburn8-5HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-heavy

2017Auburn10-4HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-heavy

2018Auburn8-5HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-leaning

2019Auburn9-4HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (98th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (97th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Sacks#49 / 2688 · 98th pct

7.5

Tackles for loss#76 / 2688 · 97th pct

12.5

QB hurries#115 / 2688 · 94th pct

Tackles#687 / 2688 · 74th pct

Solo tackles#681 / 2688 · 74th pct

Passes defended#1097 / 2688 · 48th pct

Forced fumbles#78 / 721 · 45th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	4.1	1.0	0.6	0.1
Road4g	4.0	1.1	0.8	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.0	0.8	0.5	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	4.2	1.4	0.8	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Alex Golesh

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Auburn	49	30	12.5	7.5	1	--	--
2018	Auburn	46	20	4.0	3.5	3	--	--
2017	Auburn	40	18	6.0	3.0	1	--	--
2016	Auburn	38	23	6.0	2.5	4	--	--
Career		173	91	28.5	16.5	9	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2019

W 48–45

vs Alabama

2 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 QB HUR

Edged out Alabama at home in a shootout.

With B. Nix — 173 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · 44 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD · J. Whitlow — 114 rush yds (16 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week