{"id":1184211,"date":"2026-04-27T08:12:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T14:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/?p=1184211"},"modified":"2026-04-27T08:12:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T14:12:00","slug":"keldric-faulk-becomes-first-auburn-first-round-selection-since-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/keldric-faulk-becomes-first-auburn-first-round-selection-since-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Keldric Faulk Becomes First Auburn First Round Selection Since 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Auburn Tigers\u00a0had their first first round selection in the NFL Draft since 2020 on Thursday night when the Tennessee Titans took edge rusher Keldric Faulk with the 31st overall pick.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Earned this Moment \ud83e\udd85<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FaulkKeldric?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FaulkKeldric<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NFLDraft?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NFLDraft<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8zjsjxJn3J\">pic.twitter.com\/8zjsjxJn3J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Auburn Football (@AuburnFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AuburnFootball\/status\/2047516749411561603?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A Moment <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FaulkKeldric?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FaulkKeldric<\/a> will never forget \ud83e\udd85<\/p>\n<p>2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NFLDraft?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NFLDraft<\/a> &#8211; April 23-25<br \/>\n\ud83d\udcfa: NFLN \/ ESPN \/ ABC <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8DTZgO4IyY\">pic.twitter.com\/8DTZgO4IyY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Auburn Football (@AuburnFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AuburnFootball\/status\/2047513240872141235?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Faulk became one of the nation\u2019s premiere pass rushers during his three years on The Plains, racking up 109 tackles and 10 sacks over the course of his career and helping establish the elite defense\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/yellowhammernews.com\/alex-golesh-leaning-on-gus-malzahn-for-advice-assistance-ahead-of-first-auburn-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Auburn<\/a>\u00a0had this past season.<\/p>\n<p>He joins a rebuilding Titans team with an exciting young quarterback and Cam Ward and Tennessee certainly hopes Faulk can be another building block to help this team get back to contending for a playoff spot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">One word to describe Keldric Faulk = happy<\/p>\n<p>2026 NFL Draft starts on NFLN\/ESPN\/ABC<br \/>\nStream on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFLPlus?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NFLPlus<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MO4lwxOL95\">pic.twitter.com\/MO4lwxOL95<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NFL (@NFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL\/status\/2047511747075129615?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t even know how to feel right now,\u201d an emotional Faulk said in his interview after he was drafted. \u201cI\u2019m just\u2026.I\u2019m happy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2020, the Tigers actually had two first round selections with Derrick Brown at No. 7 overall and Noah Igbinoghene at No. 30 overall, both of whom would go on to become solid NFL players.<\/p>\n<p>Auburn fans will certainly be watching the Highland Home native very closely and rooting for him strongly as he joins a team to stay in the South and hopefully take the next step towards becoming a tremendous pro player.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The Auburn Tigers\u00a0had their first first round selection in the NFL Draft since 2020 on Thursday night when the Tennessee Titans took edge rusher Keldric <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/keldric-faulk-becomes-first-auburn-first-round-selection-since-2020\/\" title=\"Keldric Faulk Becomes First Auburn First Round Selection Since 2020\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4874,"featured_media":1087218,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[145,10,147],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1184211","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-auburn","8":"category-tigers-plains-war-eagle","9":"category-featured-news"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/dhh23123097aub_vs_mar_mcbowl.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4874"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1184211"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1184212,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184211\/revisions\/1184212"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1087218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1184211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1184211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1184211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}