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Auburn football has 2 players listed in CBS Sports' top 100 players list

By Andrew Hughes

One Auburn football defender and one player on the offensive side of the ball were listed as top-100 players in the sport
One Auburn football defender and one player on the offensive side of the ball were listed as top-100 players in the sport / Steve Roberts-Imagn Images
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Auburn football has two top players in CBS Sports' top 100 players in college football list: upperclassman transfer receiver KeAndre Lambert-Smith and second-year defensive lineman Keldric Faulk.

Lambert-Smith was listed at No. 51. Faulk was listed at No. 91.

Speaking on Lambert-Smith, CBS Sports' Blake Brockermeyer had endless compliments of the former Penn State star.

"Lambert-Smith is averaging 21 yards per catch with six touchdowns, serving as a bright spot in Auburn's passing game," Brockermeyer wrote of KLS. "He excels at attacking the middle of the field on posts and slants, and he's capable of stretching the field vertically and stacking defenders. Lambert-Smith has great situational awareness, making impressive catches with his feet barely in bounds and even while falling on his back."

Brockermeyer then relayed that Faulk was a player opposing offensive coordinators need to game-plan for every week.

"Faulk has been on a mission this season, recording five sacks and 31 pressures for the Tigers," Brockermeyer wrote of Faulk. "He possesses excellent length and power, along with the versatility to line up anywhere on the defensive front. Though he's just missed several sacks, Faulk is a player opposing teams must game-plan for each week."

Auburn football features too much talent to be losing this much

Auburn is not missing that many pieces. The receiving corps is finally up to snuff after years of the opposite being true. The offensive line is decent enough for Jarquez Hunter to be No. 15 in the country in yards per carry through the first seven weeks of the season. Defensively, while the secondary is lacking after losing talent to the NFL, the trenches are giving the team a chance to win week in and week out.

AU really is just too mistake-prone offensively, and it starts at the QB position; one Hugh Freeze chose not to address this past offseason, thinking he had enough in his QB room to get the job done.

There's no reconciliation with a losing season or even a failure to take a step forward from 6-6 if AU can pull off late-season miracles in 2024. But there is at least hope that this coaching staff is doing most things right.

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