It was a drought-breaking draft process for the Auburn Tigers this time around.
After not having a first-round pick in the NFL Draft in five years, former Auburn edge rusher Keldric Faulk broke the drought after going 31st overall to the Tennessee Titans on Thursday.
Auburn ended the 2026 draft with five players drafted.
Edge Keyron Crawford was the second former Tiger off the board as the 67th pick in the third round. Center Connor Lew was taken 128th overall in the fourth round by the Bengals before the Saints snagged Jeremiah Wright with the 132nd overall pick in the fourth round. Defensive lineman Bobby Jamison-Travis was the final Tiger off the board, going 186th overall to the Giants in round six.
Crawford began his college career at Arkansas State before spending his final two years in orange and blue. He played and started in all 12 games in 2025, finishing the season with 36 tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss and five sacks after a five-sack campaign in 2024. Per Pro Football Focus, he ranked fourth in the SEC with 43 pressures.
Lew, a Signing Day flip from Miami, was thrust into a starting role in 2023 after Avery Jones went down with an injury and earned Freshman All-American and SEC All-Freshman Team honors. He started all 12 games at center in 2024 and was a 2025 team captain before missing the final six games of the season with an ACL injury.
Lew marks Auburn’s first offensive lineman drafted since 2020 – Prince Tega Wanagho and Jack Driscoll.
Wright signed with the Tigers in the 2020 class as a defensive lineman out of Selma. The big 6-foot-5, 335-pound lineman flip-flopped between offensive and defensive line roles before tearing his ACL in 2021. Coming back from the injury, Wright focused on his offensive line duties and became the Tigers’ starting right guard, where he made 24 consecutive starts.
Jamison-Travis played three seasons at Auburn and became a full-time starter in 2025. At 6-foot-4 and 322 pounds, he started all 12 games last year en route to a career-high 36 tackles on the year. He was formerly the No. 1 JUCO prospect from the state of Iowa and No. 3 JUCO defensive line prospect nationally out of Iowa Western.
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