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SEC, NFL fans react: Milton High’s Carl Lawson drafted by Bengals

Baker Mayfield #6 of the Oklahoma Sooners avoids a tackle by Carl Lawson #55 of the Auburn Tigers during the Allstate Sugar Bowl at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on January 2, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Baker Mayfield #6 of the Oklahoma Sooners avoids a tackle by Carl Lawson #55 of the Auburn Tigers during the Allstate Sugar Bowl at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on January 2, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
By Juliakate E Culpepper
May 1, 2017

Milton High School alum Carl Lawson was drafted in the fourth round of the 2017 NFL Draft by the Cincinnati Bengals over the weekend.

A junior defensive lineman from Auburn, Lawson recorded 30 total tackles and nine sacks in his junior season with the Tigers.

Lawson was drafted No. 116 overall on Saturday.

Here’s what Auburn and NFL fans had to say about Lawson going to the Bengals:

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