There’s no Greg Robinson or Dee Ford this time around; no prospects guaranteed to hear their name called when the NFL Draft begins Thursday night.
No, this year’s crop of Auburn players is a little less glamorous than last year, when the Tigers had four players selected in the draft, including a pair of first-rounders in Robinson (St. Louis Rams) and Ford (Kansas City Chiefs). But what this class of Auburn NFL hopefuls lacks in star power, it more than makes up for in depth.
According to projections by NFLDraftScout.com, which is run by CBS Sports, as many as 10 Auburn players may hear their name called at Roosevelt University’s Auditorium Theatre in Chicago during the three-day draft, which begins Thursday at 7 p.