AUBURN, Alabama — Deshaun Davis is headed to the Reese's Senior Bowl after all.

The Auburn linebacker was not among the initial 14 linebackers invited to the all-star game in his hometown of Mobile, but the bowl game and Auburn made waves on social media Thursday with a "surprise" phone call from Jim Nagy, the executive director of the Senior Bowl.

The announcement was made via Twitter in a taped segment of Nagy phoning Auburn coach Gus Malzahn in the middle of a team meeting Thursday. Malzahn answers his iPhone and turns it over to Davis, who subsequently received an official invite from Nagy in the interview.

Davis accepted the invitation.

"We've been holding back a couple of week to do something special for our Mobile native and Vigor [High School] alum," Nagy tweeted Thursday.

It was quite the change of tune for Nagy, who didn't believe Davis fit the "prototype" of an NFL player.

“We like Deshaun,” Nagy said on WNSP-TV less than one week ago. “He’s a really good player. I’ve said it before: He doesn’t fit the prototype. Just being honest. The league is a going to look at him. He’s going to be undersized. He’s going to be all the stuff the league doesn’t want. But, at the end of the day, he’s a really good football player. And, I’ve tried to make that point.”

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Davis was a first-team linebacker in the SEC after recording 107 tackles, including 14 for losses, in the regular season. Davis' height (5-foot-11) has been a criticism concerning viability in the pros.

Nagy said last week the all-star game was awaiting decisions and potential moves by juniors, who had already graduated and were heading to the NFL.

“He’s a really good player,” Nagy said in the radio interview. "I have 14 really good linebackers. That was the hardest position to cut this year. We put an emphasis on finding fast, athletic linebackers that the league wants to play with.

“We like Deshaun quite a bit. We’d love to have him in the game. He’s a hometown favorite. Hopefully, we’ll have a spot for him.”

NFL Hall of Famer Robert Brazile was involved in the call as well that was shared on social media. Brazile is also a Vigor High alum.