Fast facts about Bengals' hyped rookie Connor Lew

Rolling on with our series of getting to know the Cincinnati Bengals ' draft picks, we move into the fourth round, where the Bengals made two selections. We'll start with Cincinnati's potential future at the center position , Connor Lew of Auburn. Among some of the youngest prospects in the 2026 class, thanks to graduating early Lew is still only 20 years old.

He does not turn 21 until August 30. In other words, he'll go through training camp and most of the preseason and still not even be able to legally have a drink. That's mainly because Lew successfully graduated from Auburn early, finishing in December of last year.

He elected to skip his senior season and make the jump to the NFL. Position switch in high school led to team and individual success Lew started at left tackle as a freshman at Kennesaw Mountain High School in Georgia. Lew started at left tackle as a freshman at Kennesaw Mountain High School in Georgia.

The team wasn't having much success, going 0-10 in 2019 and losing their first four games of 2020. Lew was moved to center, a position he had never played. But he took the switch in stride -- learned the position while on a family beach vacation -- and rode a wave of success.