Class of 2022 JUCO DT Taylor Lewis earns Auburn offer, will visit soon
Auburn on Monday offered College of the Canyons (Calif.) Community College defensive tackle Taylor Lewis.
The Tigers became the latest school to jump into the mix for the Class of 2022 junior college defensive tackle.
“Coach Jimmy (Brumbaugh) called (Monday) morning and offered me,” Lewis said. “It felt great. It was a good way to wake up and start the day. Auburn is another great offer and another great opportunity.”
Auburn also is home to former teammate and close friend Marquis Burks. Lewis and Burks both are from Chicago and both were at Iowa Central Community College in the fall of 2018.
“That’s my boy,” Lewis said of Burks. “We’re from the same city and grew up together. He’s been talking to me about Auburn. He said I would love it and it’s the place to be. This is his last year (at Auburn), so I would get to play with him.”
Lewis also has offers from Nebraska, Missouri, Arkansas, Oregon State and Washington State, among others.
He plans to take an official visit to Oregon State on Friday (May 20-22).
An official visit to Auburn is in the works.
“We’re working on setting that up now,” Lewis said. “I’m going to get down to Auburn, for sure, and I’m going to visit Nebraska as well.”
Lewis plans take the visit as soon as possible and enroll at the college of his choice in June. He has two years to play two.
Lewis graduated in 2018 from Kenwood Academy in Chicago, Ill. He then spent one year as a redshirt at Iowa Central Community College before transferring in the fall of 2019 to College of the Canyons. He played as a redshirt freshman in 2019 and as a sophomore in 2021. College of the Canyons did not play in 2020 due to the pandemic.
In six games as a sophomore in 2021, Lewis had 18 tackles, including seven solos, and 1.5 tackles for loss.
