Auburn will be without All-American cornerback Carlton Davis in the Peach Bowl.

Davis, who missed the final three practices before Monday's bowl game, was officially ruled out by Auburn coach Gus Malzahn.

"Carlton Davis will not play in our bowl," Malzahn said Sunday. "He had an illness earlier in the week that has not gotten better. (Davis) went home (Saturday), just felt like he'd be better off there with the illness he has."

A second-team All-American honoree by Walter Camp, AP, Sporting News and AFCA, Davis has 36 tackles with 11 pass breakups, an interception and fumble recovery this season. He left the SEC Championship Game due to a concussion and missed all but one practice this week.

Malzahn would not address what Davis' plans are for next season, though he is widely expected to enter the NFL Draft.

No. 7 Auburn (10-3) will likely start Javaris Davis in place of Carlton Davis, who is projected as a first-round pick in the 2018 NFL Draft by NFL Draft Scout and Walter Football and second or third-round selection by Draftanalyst.com.

Javaris Davis wore an orange non-contact jersey during Saturday's fourth practice in Atlanta.

"We do have some depth. Javaris is one guy that has experience," Malzahn said. "He's healthy. Matter of fact, all of our other guys will be ready to go. That's a good thing. This rest has been very good to heal some of those guys up that were banged up in the last game.

"I mean, obviously Carlton is a great player. He's done a super job for us this year. Any time you lose a player like that, you know -- but the good thing is we do have some depth on the back end. We've got some experience on the back end. But Carlton's had a big-time year."

UCF coach Scott Frost learned of the absence of Auburn's top cover corner during Sunday's press conference and joked of hoping the list of players the Tigers would be without would grow to include the starting four defensive linemen and Kerryon Johnson.

"They have got good players everywhere," Frost said. "They have a bunch of good players in the secondary and we're missing a player or two, as well. ... So inevitably in these bowl games, there's one or two situations like that, and I feel bad for both the kids that don't get a chance to play in this game. But I'm sure they have got plenty of good corners."

James Crepea is an Auburn beat reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @JamesCrepea.