Back in August, then-Alabama defensive lineman Raekwon Davis expressed disappointment that an underwhelming junior season in 2018 necessitated his return to Tuscaloosa for a final year of eligibility.

Davis, by his own admission, might not have rebounded in 2019 the way he had hoped.

The tallest defensive lineman (6-foot-6 and 1/8 inches) at the NFL combine spoke to reporters Thursday and was asked to compare his junior and senior seasons.

“I honestly couldn’t answer that,” he said. “But I could say there was just a lot of things I weren’t doing just to improve my game. I would say I wasn’t really focused enough, sometimes.”

A reporter then asked if Davis was referring to his 2018 or 2019 season.

“2019, honestly,” he said. “Just lot of stuff I wasn’t doing.”

He was then asked what he could have done differently last season.

“Just staying more focused on my own thing,” Davis said. “It wasn’t no bad energy or something that was gonna be bad. Nothing like that.”

Davis reiterated Thursday that he bought into media “hype” before his junior season that he could be a top 10 pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, adding, “I feel like it got into my head.”

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Davis saw his production drop from 8.5 sacks as a junior in 2017 to 1.5 sacks in 2018. He decided against entering the draft early and instead came back to Alabama for his senior season.

The Associated Press named Davis to its preseason All-American first team last August. Yet a second offseason of build-up around Davis mostly did not materialize.

Playing in only 12 games because of Alabama missing the SEC championship game and College Football Playoff, Davis saw his production drop again to 47 tackles, three tackles for a loss and 0.5 sacks -- all lows for his three seasons as a starter.

Davis, named to the All-SEC second team by coaches, has generally not been projected as a first-round pick in mock drafts. ESPN ranked him as its 53rd overall prospect, while CBS Sports placed him at No. 69 in the class.

“I’m a big guy. I do a lot of things," Davis said Thursday when asked to describe his game. "My favorite is stopping the run. I can pass rush. Just some things I need to work on. [But] just as a player, I’m a great player.”

Davis added that he sometimes “needs to show” that he can be a pass rusher, noting that teams have asked him about employing a second pass-rush move more quickly when his first fails.

The 311-pound lineman had his own point to impress upon NFL teams in interviews this week in Indianapolis.

“Showing them the real me. Showing I have great character,” he said. Davis answered questions Thursday from reporters about throwing punches during a 2018 game against Missouri, and about being shot in the leg in 2017 -- saying he was in the “wrong place in the wrong time” for the latter.

Davis, who is training in California this offseason, pulled out of the Senior Bowl last month because of an ankle injury. He said Thursday that the injury is “much better” after rehab and he will go through all drills at the combine.