The NFL Scouting Combine brings some very interesting answers from draft prospects during interviews year after year. Former Auburn defensive tackle Marlon Davidson had one of those interesting answers today when he was asked what he loves most about the game of football.

“What I love most about the game is that I can literally go out there and hit a man consistently, and pound him, and the police won’t come,” Davidson said at the podium. “That is really the best moment about ball, is to go out there and really abuse somebody, and then they won’t say nothing about it in the press or anything. It ain’t on no headlines, no handcuffs, no mugshots, no nothing. I’m out here just physically abusing a man.”

Coming off a season when he led the Tigers with six and a half sacks and 12 1/2 tackles for a loss, Davidson is ready to show NFL teams what he’s made of when defensive lineman workout this Saturday.

At the Senior Bowl last month, he lined up at all three positions on the defensive line: end, nose and tackle.

“I feel like people want to see that I'm a hybrid,” Davidson said at the Senior Bowl. “I can play end or the 3 technique. It's that type of thing, wherever you want me to play. At that moment, it's all about getting paid now. It's all about showing the scouts what they want to see and get drafted.

“You compete against the best here," he said. "I'm looking to dominate like I always do. I mean, just straight up-- just being Marlon. Whoever lines up in front of me, they're getting their butt whooped and I'm going to leave it at that.”

With the most productive of his first three college seasons coming in 2017 when he totaled 46 tackles, three and a half sacks and six and a half tackles for a loss, Davidson said he needed to take his game to another level following his junior year. Because of that he bypassed a chance to declare early for the NFL and decided to stay at Auburn, a decision he said was very beneficial to him.

“It was the best decision I ever made in my life,” Davidson said at the Senior Bowl. “I put myself in a position to where a lot of people want to be at in life, especially athletes from around the world. Everybody wants to be in the situation that I'm in. I was fortunate enough to be in that situation. I played my butt off to get here. I continue to work hard throughout this whole process to show people I deserve it.”

Coming out of Greenville High School (AL), Davidson was a four-star recruit and rated highly by the 247Sports Composite. The rankings had him as the No. 32 overall player and the No. 4 strong-side defensive end in his class. He just missed out on getting a fifth star, as only 26 players that cycle received one from the composite.

As a four-year starter at Auburn, Davidson totaled 174 tackles, 28 tackles for loss, 14.5 sacks, nine passes deflected and three forced fumbles. His fellow defensive line teammate at Auburn, Derrick Brown, is also one of the premier interior defenders in this class.