Back in 2015, despite the preseason hype, Auburn football went a paltry 7-6 and beat Memphis in the Birmingham Bowl. We watched Alabama get another national championship, and things felt really stagnant on the Plains with concerns over Gus Malzahn’s job taking hold.
One of the positives that season was a skinny freshman from Miami named Carlton Davis, who earned a start against Mississippi State early in the season and never let that spot go in his time at Auburn.
As a freshman, Davis earned an All-SEC Freshman team nod, and was mentioned as a Freshman All-American by some publications with 56 tackles and three interceptions that season.