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USA Today 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 . . . For Auburn, that means receiving National Letters of Intent from the majority of its 20-member (as of early Wednesday morning) class, which enters the day ranked ninth nationally . . . Morris, who was hired as Auburn's new offensive coordinator December 10, has a reputation as a great offensive mind and a strong recruiter . . . That's what makes the 2020 recruiting class that Auburn will start to finalize when the early signing period begins on Wednesday so crucial — the program is trying to rebuild its offensive line depth with one big swing . . . Three-star offensive guard Tate Johnson had a really good first impression of Morris . . . Immediately after Hudson signs Wednesday morning on Signing Day, he will move to Auburn to start participating in bowl practices . . . On Wednesday, Auburn will have an even clearer idea after the Class of 2020 signs on National Signing Day . . . Garnett is known for his precise execution on the field, but the dual-threat quarterback is also a walking brainiac . . . Early on, Foster-Allen knew that Auburn was the place for him . . . Check out McLaughlin's 2019 season highlights, which include a number of long passes to Capers, wearing No. 23 . . . DT McKinnley Jackson, the nation's No. 10 defensive tackle and No. 113 prospect overall, is considering Alabama, Auburn, LSU, Ole Miss and Texas A&M . . . "After visiting, Auburn definitely went up on my list," Rucker said in regards to his top schools . . . Javion Cohen is committed to Auburn but says he is still 50/50 between the Tigers and Alabama . . . Watch: Highlights of Auburn 5-star commit Tank Bigsby . . . Dallas Walker said he likely would official with the Tigers in the next two weeks. Now, that official is set . . . Auburn will have a big official visit group this weekend and one of the top names is junior college cornerback Brian George . . . Auburn newcomer Johnny Ceccoli decided to skip his senior year at All Saints Episcopal in Tyler, Texas to begin his career with the Tigers . . . Four-star senior linebacker Desmond Tisdol still plans to choose between Auburn, Tennessee and South Carolina . . . Lee Hunter, five-star defensive line prospect from Blount High School (Eight Mile, Ala.), committed to Auburn just two days after watching the Tigers drop the Crimson Tide . . . Texas, Clemson, Alabama, LSU and Auburn are the programs that remain standing for the 6-foot-6, 283-pound Tommy Brockermeyer . . . The 6-foot-5, 290-pound recruit is from M.T. Blount High School in Prichard, Alabama, and is now the highest-ranked commitment in the 2021 class for Auburn . . . Class of 2021 defensive tackle Lee Hunter announced Tuesday he's committed to the Auburn Tigers amid interest from the Alabama Crimson Tide, Ole Miss Rebels and Tennessee Volunteers . . . With his commitment, Auburn now holds four total commitments in the 2021 recruiting cycle. The class now jumps into the top 10 nationally with Hunter committed to join Gus Malzahn's program . . . Zykeivous Walker gives Garner and the Tigers another big piece for the future of the defensive line . . . Zykevioius Walker, a 6-foot-4, 270-pound defensive lineman from Schley County (Ga.), committed to the Tigers . . . After the game, you go straight to Auburn as an early enrollee. When will you get on campus? . . . That ranking, of course, is buoyed by the strength of the diminutive Cooper — a 6-foot, 160-pound point guard out of McEachern High in Powder Springs, Ga . . . Fast Break: Auburn with impressive early signing class . . . Landing this top-10 class was years in the making for Pearl and his coaching staff . . . Dynamic with the ball in his hands and also a distributor, Cooper's addition is an important one for the future of the program . . . Cooper tweeted a video in the early hours Sunday announcing that he signed his National Letter of Intent with Auburn . . . Defensive lineman Jay Hardy — the recent Auburn commitment — dominated the line of scrimmage . . . Florida State's class was ranked No. 1, followed by LSU, Arizona, Auburn and Oklahoma in the top 5 . . . Another talented infielder expected to sign with Auburn is Pearl River (Miss.) Community College freshman Bryson Ware . . . Brenden Coffey, a 3-star junior college tackle from Butte College (Calif.) gave his verbal to the Tigers via Twitter on Saturday night . . . He chose Auburn over Tennessee and Georgia Tech . . . In a 51-0 win Thursday evening over Columbus (Ga.) Jordan, the 6-feet-4, 315-pound Johnson did something most linemen never have the chance of doing -- catch a pass and score . . . To date, Auburn's biggest gets at the position with Malzahn as head coach (2013-present) have been 2013 signee Nick Marshall and 2017 addition Jarrett Stidham . . . Montevallo football announced and the AHSAA confirmed that Auburn receiver commit J.J. Evans has been added to the roster as an injury replacement for the annual Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Classic, set for Dec. 14, in Hattiesburg, Mississippi . . . Defensive line coach Rodney Garner recently visited Bankston in Kansas . . . The timing of Auburn's in-home is significant because Moore will officially visit Auburn on Nov. 1-3 . . . Wearing an Auburn towel while alternating between rushing the quarterback and dropping into coverage, Riley looked the part of a Power 5 recruit . . .
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