AUBURN, Ala.- The 2025 Preseason Coaches All-SEC Football team has been announced, and it promotes some familiar names that have been buzzing all offseason for the Auburn Tigers. Out of 16 SEC teams, six of them included multiple first-team selections, one of them being the Auburn Tigers.

The school announced that it would be retiring Newton’s No. 2 number after he led the football program to a national title in 2010 and won the Heisman Trophy. He is one of the best players in Auburn history and is only the fourth Auburn player to ever have his number retired, joining Bo Jackson, Pat Sullivan, and Terry Beasley.

The defensive tackle's unique journey through three levels of college football has prepared him for his final season with the Tigers after a successful stint at Florida A&M.

In a class full of defensive linemen, ESPN has Auburn Tigers star Keldric Faulk as the first edge rusher off the board in their latest NFL Mock draft.