Auburn football WR signed by AFC North champions adds ‘stunning’ athleticism

Former Auburn football wideout Shedrick Jackson, who was recently signed by the Cincinnati Bengals as an undrafted free agent, could add “stunning” athleticism to the defending AFC North champions should he make the team — this, at least, according to Bengals Wire’s Chris Roling.

“The Cincinnati Bengals spent much of the 2023 NFL draft adding stunning athletes at key positions such as wide receiver,” Roling prefaced before saying, “Then the personnel department did it some more in undrafted free agency. The Bengals agreed to sign Auburn wideout Shedrick Jackson, per AL.com, a 6’2″ wideout with some of the best athletic testing numbers in the draft, including a 4.31-second time in the 40-yard dash.”

Roling believes Jackson will contribute to a competition in Cincinnati that will be an “all-out fight on the back end of the depth chart.”

“There’s about to be an all-out fight on the back end of the depth chart after the Bengals added Charlie Jones and Andrei Iosivas in the draft to a depth chart that also has Stanley Morgran, Trent Taylor, Trenton Irwin and Kawmie Lassiter behind the big three,” Roling wrote.

Former Auburn football wideout Shedrick Jackson faces uphill climb to make Cincinnati Bengals

It’s possible that Jackson makes his NFL debut for a different team, with Cincy Jungle’s Patrick Judis calling Jackson’s (and Houston TE Christian Trahan’s) road to make the Bengals an uphill climb.

“Both of these players have uphill battles to make the final roster, but they will have a great chance to compete to find their way onto a practice squad with some great position coaches and or talent around them to help develop them into roster-worthy players either in Cincinnati or somewhere else in the NFL,” Judis wrote.

The nephew of Auburn football legend Bo Jackson, Shedrick has the chance to play with one of the all-time SEC QB greats, Joe Burrow, should he make Cincinnati’s roster.