HONORS AND AWARDS
Bednarik Award Midseason Watch List
SEC Co-Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 27)
Bronko Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 28)
Chuck Bednarik Award Semifinalist (Nov. 11)
2025: Has played in 10 games with 10 starts this season … leads the team with 78 tackles and 15.5 TFLs this season … his 15.5 TFL are fourth in FBS and the fourth most in Auburn’s single-season history dating back to 1981, including the most by an inside linebacker in program history … tied for the SEC lead in tackles on the season and leads the league with 66 tackles in league play ... his 11.5 TFL in SEC play are 2.0 more than any other player ... has led or tied for the team lead in tackles in each SEC game … kicked off his Auburn career with five tackles and a QBH at Baylor (8/29) … had five tackles, including 2.0 sacks and 4.0 TFL, vs. Ball State (9/6) … it marked his first game with a sack or TFL in his career … totaled two tackles with the first fumble recovery of his career vs. South Alabama (9/13) … had seven tackles at Oklahoma (9/20) … totaled a career-high 10 tackles and returned an interception 73 yards at Texas A&M (9/27) … also tallied 2.0 TFL, 1.0 sack and the first FF of his career at Texas A&M … totaled eight tackles and 1.0 TFL vs. Georgia (10/11) … had one PBU and two QBH against the Bulldogs … totaled 11 tackles with 2.0 sacks vs. Missouri (10/18) … recorded a career-high 13 tackles with 2.0 sacks, 4.0 TFL and a forced fumble at Arkansas (10/25) … became the first Auburn player with multiple sacks in back-to-back SEC games since Carl Lawson in 2016 and the first with multiple 4.0 TFL games since Stanley McGlover in 2005 … was named the SEC Co-Defensive Player of the Week and Bronco Nagurski Award National Defensive Player of the Week for his performance … totaled eight tackles with a TFL vs. Kentucky (11/1) … totaled nine tackles with 0.5 sacks and 1.5 TFL at Vanderbilt (11/8), marking his sixth straight game with at least 1.0 TFL.
Before Auburn: Played as a freshman at LSU in 2024, recording three tackles in seven games played … led Summer Creek High to 14-2 record and UIL Texas Class 6A Division II title game as a senior …. 102 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, 2 interceptions and 3 forced fumbles for Coach Kenny Harrison … 2024 Mr. Texas Football finalist … played freshman through junior seasons at Jonesboro-Hodge (La.) High … 218 tackles, 28.0 tackles for loss and 8.0 sacks in 13 games as a sophomore … also a track and field letterman
Personal: Birthday is September 12 … son of Latrica Atkins … has four siblings: Dewayne, Zion, Dakari and Malaysia … studying in the University College