Auburn’s star freshman Keldric Faulk has been placed on the Shaun Alexander Freshman Player of the Year Watch List

Can Keldric Faulk bring home Freshman Player of the Year?

Joshua Collins | Aug 30, 2023

Auburn’s star freshman Keldric Faulk has been placed on the Shaun Alexander Freshman Player of the Year Watch List /

In this story:

Auburn Tigers

Star freshman defensive lineman Keldric Faulk has been garnering a lot of earned attention in his brief time so far on the Plains. He has produced some stellar performances in both the spring and fall camps and is quickly rising to be one of the common names the Auburn fan base will hear come game days.

His meteoric rise has not gone unnoticed by the media and awards committees alike, as he has just been placed on the Watch List to be named the fifth recipient of the Shaun Alexander Freshman Player of the Year Award.

Shaun Alexander, the award's namesake, played for the University of Alabama during the late 90's and began his collegiate career as a 3rd string choice for the Tide. However, the fates played a different card for Alexander during a heated game against the LSU Tigers in Death Valley on the 9th of November 1996. It was here that Shaun cemented his legendary status as a Crimson Tide running back by rushing for a total of 291 yards to the tune of four touchdowns. With this, Shaun set the single-game rushing record for the Tide.

Due to his tremendous performance as a freshman, the Freshman Player of the Year Award was renamed to what it is today. Trevor Lawrence was the inaugural recipient of the award during the 2019 season.

If Keldric Faulk performs to the capacity that many on the coaching staff believe he can perform, Keldric will be a hard name to pass up voting for come award day. This young man has an extremely bright future ahead of him on the Plains, and the Auburn family is extremely excited to witness it first-hand.

If named winner, Keldric Faulk would be the second defensive player to win and the first Auburn player to win as well. The date for the presentation of the award winner has yet to be released.