The New York Giants selected Auburn defensive lineman Bobby Jamison-Travis with the No. 186 pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, giving a late-round home to a player who spent his final college season starting all 12 games at nose tackle.
Jamison-Travis led Auburn interior linemen with a career-high 36 tackles in 2025 and added two pass breakups. He was at his best in the fall stretch, posting four tackles, including his first tackle for loss of the season, at Oklahoma on September 20, then a career-high five tackles at Texas A&M on September 27. He followed with four tackles and a pass breakup against Georgia on October 11, matched that career high with five tackles against Missouri on October 18, and had two tackles, including a fourth-down tackle for loss, at Arkansas on October 25. He finished the regular season with three tackles at Vanderbilt on November 8, three more against Mercer on November 22 and a tie of his career high with five solo tackles against Alabama on November 29, when he also served as a game captain.
The selection caps a path that moved Jamison-Travis from Minneapolis North High to Iowa Western and then Auburn. At Minneapolis North, where he played for Charles Adams, he helped the program reach the Class 2A state title game as a senior, earned all-state and all-metro honors, and produced 19 sacks and 21 tackles for loss in 2019. He also played basketball only as a senior after a Twitter video of him breaking a rim on a dunk drew the attention of coach Larry McKenzie; he later scored 27 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in the Twin City Championship game. He also participated in wrestling and track.
At Iowa Western, Jamison-Travis was the No. 1 junior college prospect from Iowa and the No. 3 junior college defensive lineman nationally before Auburn. He was a NJCAA first team All-America selection and helped Iowa Western win a national title, finishing the championship game with four tackles, 2.5 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss, one forced fumble and two fumble recoveries. He posted 45 tackles, 13.5 tackles for loss and 8.5 sacks in 2022 after recording 45 stops, 6.5 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks in 2021.
His Auburn career included action in three games in 2023, leading the Music City Bowl with four solo stops, and a 2024 season that produced 14 tackles, including two against Arkansas, two at Georgia, two with a sack at Kentucky, two against Vanderbilt, a sack and two tackles against ULM, and two stops against Texas A&M. The Giants are betting that production on the interior, plus his late-season spike in 2025, can carry into the next level.
Jamison-Travis, whose birthday is April 28, is the son of Julia Jamison, has six siblings and is studying in the College of Liberal Arts.