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Inside the Auburn Tigers The NCAA on Wednesday extended the recruiting dead period for Division I and Division II through May 31 due to the coronavirus pandemic . . . Auburn currently sits in the No. 5 spot . . . With Auburn basketball squarely in the mix for two 5-star players this cycle (guard Jalen Green and power-forward Greg Brown) who likely will announce their decisions in late April, today we take a look at the 10 highest-rated signees of the Bruce Pearl era at Auburn (2014-present) . . . Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, Georgia, Ole Miss and LSU are among the programs hoping they're smiling in the end of this recruitment as they are in good position to ultimately sign McKinstry who not only has a couple football state championship rings on his fingers but as a 1,000-plus point scorer in basketball has one in that sport as well . . . "Auburn has come on, they came at me pretty hard too . . . Four-star big man Cliff Omoruyi announced his commitment to Rutgers on Sunday, electing to go with the in-state Scarlet Knights over his other two finalists, Auburn and Arizona State . . . Here's our story on Jackson from last week, which notes his close family ties to the Auburn football program . . . Since the coronavirus pandemic hit, the future Auburn linebacker has lost access to his school's weight room . . . On Tuesday, Auburn unveiled one step it's taking to be innovative on the recruiting front during this unplanned dead period when the program's official Twitter account posted the first installment of a new video series called "T-Will's Takeover . . . He added Auburn to his long list of offers recently . . . "He's so explosive . . . Currently the Tigers have Justin Powell, the No. 2 player in the state of Kentucky, Chris Moore, recently named the Arkansas player of the year, and McDonald's All-American Sharife Cooper signed for next year . . . Mims recently trimmed his list to 12 schools: Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, LSU, Oregon, South Carolina, Southern. California, Tennessee, Texas A&M . . . The 6-feet-1, 185-pound back grew up an Auburn fan and the Tigers probably are the early team to beat . . . Moore, a 6-feet-7 power-forward from West Memphis (Ark.), has been named the state Player of the Year in Arkansas as part of the Arkansas All-State boys basketball team presented by Suddenlink . . . Brown, a native of Austin, Texas, is rated as the No. 9 overall player in the 2020 class and the nation's top-rated power forward . . . Jared Wilson is currently a high 3* (88.25) in the 247 Composite rankings, but with offers from Auburn, Clemson, Florida, Florida State, and Georgia . . . Podcast: How the coronavirus is impacting Auburn recruiting . . . The NCAA has now made a ruling for all member schools -- it has decided all recruiting activities, both on- and off-campus, will be cancelled until April 15 as an effort to curb the impact of the novel coronavirus outbreak . . . Auburn coach Gus Malzahn has not commented on Moore's departure . . . Football was a part of Marco's life from a very early age . . . Looking at the numbers from the last five recruiting cycles (2016-20), it's obvious what Auburn coach Gus Malzahn and his staff consider the program's recruiting bread and butter . . . Auburn's commitments are defensive tackle Blount defensive lineman Lee Hunter (56) and Hewitt-Trussville running back Armoni Goodwin (85) . . . During Malzahn's time at Auburn, the Tigers signed more Texas products in the 2020 class (three) than they did in all of his other classes combined (two) . . . Watch: AU commit Lee Hunter season highlights . . . Williams replaces Marcus Woodson as the recruiting coordinator . . . Georgia, FSU, LSU, Florida, Texas A&M, Penn State, and Auburn all made Ahmari Harvey's top seven . . . He'll arrive at Auburn as a motivated man in May . . . Although replacing those major contributors (specifically Davidson and Brown) will be tough a challenge for coach Gus Malzahn's staff, the recruiting class the program brought in this cycle could help ease the burden . . . Overall, Auburn had a successful recruiting year, but below is a position-by-position look at how Auburn did . . . So, how exactly did this class come together and which coaches had the biggest role in landing Auburn's seventh-ranked class? . . . Assures fans that Auburn will really start using tight ends more with Chad Morris running the offense . . . Physicality and size up front is one thing, but bringing in guys that are ready to help out early was a must for the Tigers in this class after losing Derrick Brown and Marlon Davidson on the defensive line along with four senior starters on the offensive line . . . "I just want to make sure — our staff's done a very good job recruiting this year, so we're going to give them extended time off and come back refreshed here are the end of next week and be ready to go . . . Which of Auburn's 26 signees will contribute immediately? . . . With National Signing Day, and thus the 2020 recruiting cycle, now in the books, Auburn settled at No. 7 in the 247Sports Composite team rankings . . . While Bigbsy will deal with splitting carries his freshman year, he looks likely to be the future of the running back position at Auburn . . . Three-star junior college defensive tackle Marquis Burks announced his commitment to Auburn on Wednesday morning . . . With his National Letter of Intent sent in, Butler became the 25th member of the Class of 2020 to sign with Auburn . . . "I think it's the right decision for me . . . Four-star tight end Brandon Frazier, who committed to Auburn just last week, sent in his National Letter of Intent to the Tigers early Wednesday morning . . . He's expected to pick between Alabama, LSU, Auburn and Texas A&M . . . Wednesday morning marks the beginning of National Signing Day 2020 where Auburn will look to close out the class with momentum for next season . . . There's not much left for Gus Malzahn's program to do, but the Tigers can still put some finishing touches on what should be, on paper, one of the best recruiting classes of the Malzahn era . . . That means Pate will not receive a scholarship, but is guaranteed a roster spot . . . Nothing is final in recruiting until pen hits paper on Wednesday, but the Tigers not getting Jones to campus probably doesn't bode well for their chances of landing him . . . Auburn, Florida, Baylor, and Texas are the four finalists that remain in the hunt to land Umanmielen . . . Watch: Some of O'Brien's high school highlights . . . Three-star defensive back Phillip O'Brien committed to Auburn on Saturday during an official visit to campus . . . Kaine Williams has offers from all the usual suspects when it comes to mining talent out of the southeast: Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Miami, Mississippi State, Florida State Texas A&M and LSU . . . Coaches from Auburn spent time with Broderick Jones on Thursday...He is set to take an official visit to Auburn this weekend . . . Defensive tackle McKinnley Jackson is expected to announce his commitment and sign with the team of his choice Wednesday at his high school. Alabama and Texas A&M are considered the favorites, with Auburn and LSU still in contention . . . This weekend, Auburn gets a shot at the biggest unsigned offensive line recruit in the country . . . The 6-foot-7, 247-pound tight end is the 25th commit in the Tigers' class, which signed 23 players during December's early signing period . . . "I'm not sure what I'm going to do, but the only thing I'm for sure about is they want me to do kickoff . . . "We think he could help us immediately and he'll be getting here early too . . . Auburn is considered the heavy favorite to land Marquis Burks, an uncommitted three-star defensive tackle out of Iowa Central Community College ranked 25th in the JUCO class . . . Butler, a standout at Independence Community College (Kan.) and the No. 1-ranked junior college strong-side end in the industry generated 247Sports composite, committed to the Tigers on Sunday during his official visit . . . Auburn is Georgia's threat for 5-star offensive tackle Broderick Jones, and the Lithonia native plans on visiting there next weekend . . . Have Auburn football signees been underrated by the recruiting industry in recent years? Or overrated? . . . The 6-foot-2, 330-pounder is also being recruited by Alabama and Auburn . . . Five-star point guard signee Sharife Cooper was one of 24 boys basketball players from across the country named to the 2020 McDonald's All-American game roster on Thursday . . . Thompson kicker/punter Evan McGuire announced his commitment to Auburn via Twitter, giving the Tigers their 24th commit of the 2020 class . . . He'll join the Auburn program in June after graduating from high school this spring . . . Gardner paid him a visit Friday night before he announced . . . Lovasea Carroll shared a top five of South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Auburn and Ohio State . . . While Jones remains committed to Georgia, he's essentially re-opened his recruitment and said Thursday that he plans to visit Arkansas this weekend, Georgia the following week and Auburn on the weekend of Jan. 31-Feb. 2 . . . The Tigers loved his potential and thought highly of him as a person, but his academic situation was too big a hurdle for Auburn . . . While LSU is having a strong year on the recruiting trail, the Tigers are not alone. In fact, Alabama and Auburn lead the way with the number of signees and commitments on the Southern 120 . . . The 6-1, 186-pounder chose the Tigers over scholarship offers from Alabama, Arkansas, Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, LSU, Michigan, Michigan State, South Carolina and many others . . . In Florida, he said the race, as it stood, was a "50-50" battle between Auburn and Georgia . . . In Florida, during both practices and the game itself last week, he was among the most physical players on hand . . . "I'm expecting a little bit of slowdown learning the playbook, because that's one of the most important parts . . . "The coaching staff, they were pretty authentic with me," said Chris Thompson, "and they had a plan for me to go to the league in three years. That kind of stood out to me . . . In two years, the friends will be on opposite sides of the Iron Bowl rivalry . . . Here's a look at how Alabama, Auburn and in-state players fared in the game, according to the stats released by Under Armour All-American game officials . . . Tank Bigsby – the 5-star running back from Callaway (Ga.) – wants to get on the field immediately and that's a big reason he plans to enroll this month and participate in spring practice . . . As the Under Armour All-American Game in Orlando, Simpson explained his decision . . . "I trust in what he had going at Arkansas, and I still trust him now," Frazier said . . . Frazier will sign on the regular National Signing Day on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020, with Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn or Texas Tech . . . Tank Bigsby plays with good vision and does a nice job picking his way through the line to get to the second level . . . Watch: Auburn fans can skip ahead to the 17:20 mark to hear the Auburn-centric discussion . . . There are some in Auburn who think the program has a real chance to flip Broderick Jones . . . Wesley Steiner signed his letter of intent this week to head to Auburn, and the Houston County Bears linebacker showed why he was one of Middle Georgia's most highly sought-after players . . . Inspired by all those soon-to-be freshmen, we've put together a projected top 25 . . . Clemson and Alabama are followed in order by Ohio State, LSU and Auburn . . . With Auburn still thin on quarterback depth — with only Cord Sandberg and 2020 signee Chayil Garnett behind starter Bo Nix — Hudson could also see reps at the position as an emergency or Wildcat/specialized package option . . . With the early, three-day football signing period opening on Wednesday the Tigers added four wide receivers and a super-sized tight end to catch passes for the 2020 season . . . Following two straight years outside the top-10, Auburn made a return to that tier with its 22-member signing class on Wednesday . . . Meet Auburn's 2020 early signing class . . . 2 Minute Drill: Auburn has a big National Signing Day . . . The four-star safety announced at 3 p.m. on Wednesday that he would become an Auburn Tiger . . . "We think he's gonna be a really good player . . . After years of recruiting misses and limited signees at that particular position, Auburn was going to make the offensive line a priority in the 2020 class . . . The 6-foot-4.5, 255-pound Foster-Allen, a defensive lineman, signed with Auburn . . . The Tigers picked up their third new commitment of the day Wednesday, flipping three-star Miami commit Romello Height early in the afternoon during the start of the early signing period . . . Tisdol committed to Auburn on Wednesday morning, at the start of the early signing period, choosing the Tigers over Tennessee during a ceremony at Wilcox County High in Rochelle, Ga . . . Auburn beat out Alabama, which made a late push, and Ole Miss, which is just right down the road from where he lives, to land Pegues . . . The day will be no different across the country, but the theme at Auburn will change from previous years: the bulk of the class is expected to sign during the early signing period and the backbone consists of a much-needed group of offensive linemen . . .
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