BIOGRAPHY
Carlton Davis III was born on December 31, 1996, in Chesapeake, Virginia. He is a cornerback in the NFL. He played college football at Auburn.
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. He played in the Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl and was named Class 6A all-state and first-team All-Dade County.
During college, he started 32-of-38 career games, totaling 138 tackles (4.5 for loss), 33 passes defensed, four interceptions, three forced fumbles and four fumble recoveries. Davis declared for the NFL Draft following his junior season (2017), when he earned first-team All-American honors from Sports Illustrated, as well as first-team all-Southeastern Conference from the league’s coaches, while also earning second-team All-American distinction from the Associated Press, American Football Coaches Association and Walter Camp and second- team All-SEC honors from AP and Phil Steele.
He started all 13 games as a junior, recording 36 tackles, 12 passes defensed, one interception, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery. As a sophomore (2016), he started 10-of-12 games, tallying 46 tackles (two tackles for loss), 10 passes defensed and a forced fumble, earning third-team All-SEC selection from Athlon. Davis was named 24/7 Sports Freshman All-American and SEC All-Freshman team as a true freshman (2015) after playing in 13 games with nine starts, registering 56 tackles (two for loss), 11 passes defensed, three interceptions and one forced fumble.
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. 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.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers selected Davis in the second round (63rd overall) of the 2018 NFL Draft. Davis was the ninth cornerback drafted in 2018. On May 24, 2018, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers signed Davis to a four-year contract. He started 12-of-13 games he played, recording 40 tackles, including one for loss, four passes defensed, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery.
In March 2022, he signed a three-year extension.
