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Saturday Down South Landing three Day 1 starters on the offensive line was crucial with the entire group in transition . . . 2024 point guard Tahaad Pettiford will announce his college commitment on Wednesday at 4:00pm ET . . . Auburn currently has 1 commit in the class of 2024, as it's still very early in the cycle. The commit is from 4-star cornerback A'Mon Lane . . . Listen: Auburn's 2023 Junior Day, including the most important visitors, offensive line progress, prospects on commitment watch, underclassmen to watch in the future, and more . . . More than 150 kids showed up for the visit to check out the program and the Auburn facilities, which shows you the interest in the program. It's amazing the difference in just a year's time in that regard . . . 2025 Malik Autry had a memorable time on Auburn's campus for Junior Day, earning an offer from the Tigers . . . Saturday's Junior Day was a chance to make up some ground on 2024 prospects . . . Not only did the Tigers land a dozen players with previous college experience, but several are expected to be Day 1 starters . . . Quarterback KJ Lacey offers include Auburn, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Ole Miss . . . Jalewis Solomon, a blue-chip ATH in the 2024 recruiting class, has named his top 11 teams including Auburn . . . Watch: A couple of notable Junior Day visitors from Saturday and how things went with them . . . Auburn's annual junior day seems to be off to a great start with as many as 50 recruits expected to be on The Plains this weekend . . . On Friday Auburn extended Mike Matthews a scholarship offer to play both football and basketball . . . The Tigers are hosting junior day for 2024, 2025, 2026 and 2027 recruits, and there will be a plethora of high-profile prospects on the Plains this Saturday . . . Auburn commit Tyler Scott is now a 4-star prospect according to On3's rankings . . . A look at some of the top visitors Hugh Freeze will have on campus for Junior Day . . . Williams is a five-star prospect in the 2025 recruiting class and is being recruited as both a tight end and an edge rusher . . . Seaborn, a 5-foot-11, 170-pound signal caller heading into his freshman year of high school, started the AHSAA 7A Championship game vs Auburn High School this past season as an eighth grader, completing 13 of 16 pass attempts for 197 yards and five touchdowns . . . 2025 five-star safety Anquon Fegans announced that he would be visiting Auburn this weekend for Junior Day . . . In 2024, starting with White — ranked 92nd overall — Auburn is in the mix for multiple throwers . . . Aden Holloway was named a McDonald's All-American on Tuesday . . . Auburn has added 13 players through the transfer portal since Hugh Freeze's arrival, including three offensive lineman . . . Auburn's last five-star signees came in the 2019 class, where the Tigers landed five-stars Owen Pappoe and Bo Nix . . . If Freeze wants a longer tenure than Harsin's 19 games, it'll start with stopping the run . . . The big week actually started on Saturday with a couple of the top 2025 players in the country visiting on Saturday, Ryan Williams and Alvin Henderson. Simply put, Williams is one of the best young prospects I have seen in 24 years on this job . . . "(Freeze) just told me if I was destined to be an Auburn man, I need to be an Auburn man, but if I'm not just to let him know," Keldric Faulk said . . . Watch: A recap of a small, but important recruiting weekend for Auburn football ahead of the big Junior Day . . . Alvin Henderson, a running back prospect out of Elba, Alabama, visited Auburn and met with coach Hugh Freeze on Saturday . . . Watch: Right now, five QB targets appear to be on the board . . . Is Auburn not done trying to add pieces to the backfield? . . . Auburn has offered premier defensive back 2024 safety Anquon Fegans . . . Tayshawn Bridges, one of the top guards in the country, has revealed his 6 finalists, including Auburn . . . 2024 five-star point guard Tahaad Pettiford will be making his commitment on Feb. 1 . . . Why hasn't Jeremiah Cobb signed his national letter of intent? . . . Faulk flipped from Florida State to new coach Hugh Freeze and the Tigers last month and is already enrolled in school on the Plains . . . The Tigers were one of the busiest teams during the fall transfer window, and their bountiful haul of transfer signees certainly backs that up . . . The 6-foot-1, 200-pound Burnette announced this week he had accepted a preferred walk-on opportunity at Auburn . . . The message board writer said, "Lane [Kiffin] wants [Spencer] Sanders so Auburn can't have him. It keeps them from having a good QB and really makes Freeze year 1 a challenge . . . 247Sports' top 10 2023 transfer portal classes . . . Auburn has offered 2024 defensive lineman Jeffrey Rush Jr . . . Listen: Auburn takes aim at early 2024 recruiting targets . . . Players who could have an immediate impact at Auburn from the transfer portal . . . Auburn ranks second in the country behind Florida State when it comes to landing the most impactful transfers . . . KJ Britt excitedly quoted his brother's tweet announcing the offer, saying "Gonna make me cry. To see my little bro get an offer from my Alum! . . . Auburn hosted former Montgomery Catholic (Ala.) punter Gabe Russo on a visit on Monday, extending the opportunity to be a preferred walk-on . . . Auburn football has taken its' recruiting efforts to a new level, especially in the transfer portal . . . The Tigers are the highest ranked SEC team in the country according to the portal class rankings . . . Four-star tight end Dylan Messman announced a top 10 of Auburn, Michigan State, Minnesota, Cincinnati . . . Dylan Mesman announced his top 10, and Auburn and Kentucky are among the programs . . . Auburn went in-division to swipe not one, but two transfer additions to its linebacking corps . . . Adrian Posse, who committed to Bryan Harsin and the previous staff during Big Cat Weekend, has backed off his commitment to Auburn . . . Austin Keys became Auburn's 12th transfer and second linebacker from a Southeastern Conference program . . . OL Bradyn Joiner graded out at 93 percent as a senior with 84 pancake blocks . . . Watch: A look at Ellenwood (Ga.) Cedar Grove four-star cornerback and Auburn signee Kayin Lee . . . The Tigers still have a major need to rebuild the offensive line for beyond the 2023 season . . . Auburn signee Aden Holloway has moved up seven spots in the new national rankings for basketball prospects in the 2023 class . . . Getting a transfer from a power five school is always exciting, but it brings just a little bit more joy when the school is your SEC West foe, the LSU Tigers . . . Watch: A break down Justin Rogers' commitment to Auburn . . . Philon is the No. 1 player from Alabama and No. 6 point guard in the 247Sports Composite ranking . . . Hugh Freeze's staff has momentum on the recruiting trail, particularly in the transfer portal. Rogers is addition No. 12 for the Tigers from the portal . . . Rogers, who ranked as the No. 52 overall player in the 2020 class per the 247Sports Composite, posted 35 tackles and 1.5 sacks this season in 12 starts. Rogers also earned a 71.3 PFF grad this year, making him one of the top interior defenders in the SEC . . . Thompson, the No. 16-rated wide receiver in the country at 6-foot-3, 202-pounds, will be at Auburn on Saturday . . . Four SEC programs, Alabama, Auburn, Ole Miss, and Tennessee, made Fred Gaskin III's final cut . . . A snapshot of the Tigers' current transfer haul, as Auburn now has the nation's No. 3 transfer class . . . Listen: With Auburn now at 10 transfer additions this cycle, our roundtable crew takes a snapshot of the haul so far . . . Hugh Freeze continues to do a remarkable job of replenishing a roster that was in a bad way after the disastrous tenure of Bryan Harsin . . . Tuesday afternoon Auburn swooped in to grab the graduate transfer for his final year of eligibility. This seem to have caught Bielema by surprise . . . Jones is the third transfer addition to Auburn's offensive line, joining former Western Kentucky tackle Gunner Britton and former Tulsa tackle Dillon Wade. It's an impressive haul for Jake Thornton and Hugh Freeze . . . Offensive lineman Avery Jones became the sixth signee in the last five days with his announcement on Tuesday afternoon. The East Carolina center had been committed to Illinois . . . RB Brian Battie's 2022 seasont saw him rack up 1186 yards (at 6.7 yards per carry), eight touchdowns, and be named to Phil Steele's All-American team in an all-purpose role . . . Auburn's early enrollees will start classes on Wednesday . . . Nick Mardner, who was with Davis at Hawaii before transferring to Cincinnati for the 2022 season, has committed to Auburn . . . Former South Florida running back and return specialist Brian Battie committed to Auburn on Monday . . . Over the weekend, Auburn picked up several transfer commits and a handful of high school pledges . . . Battie is the 9th player to join Hugh Freeze's Auburn program from the transfer portal . . . It was a quick turnaround in the portal for Battie, entering on Jan. 6 and now committing to Auburn just three days later. Battie plans to enroll at Auburn shortly and be eligible for spring practice . . . Five players pledged their 2023 seasons to Auburn over the weekend . . . Auburn sits at 82 projected scholarship players on roster for the upcoming season. The NCAA limit is 85, leaving Auburn with a few spots to fill before the season begins . . . Hank Brown, one of many late additions to Auburn's 2023 class, believes in what Freeze is doing early at Auburn and sees him as a genuine coach . . . Interior offensive lineman Micah Mazzccua will be announcing his commitment on Tuesday at 8 p.m . . . What will be Auburn's hit rate on transfers? Can quarterback Robby Ashford continue the significant progress he made late last season? . . . Listen: Names to know after Auburn's busy week of transfer visits . . . Freeze and staff have had the same number of offensive tackles commit to the program (four) than Auburn signed in total from 2017-2022 . . . "This place is great," Johnson said after his visit. "It feels like the people here are just really good. You could feel the Southern hospitality . . . LSU linebacker transfer DeMario Tolan committed to and signed with Auburn, just four days after entering his name into the transfer portal . . . Lawrence Johnson, a 6-foot-4, 285-pounder, chose the Tigers after visiting the Plains earlier this week . . . CJ Johnson fielded late offers from Louisville, Nebraska and the Tigers before becoming the fifth defensive back in the 2023 class for Auburn . . . Texas A&M and Auburn are still in the mix for Justin Williams . . . Four-star linebacker Justin Williams is a top 100 recruit and on Saturday he announced his top six schools . . . Tyler Scott, a three-star cornerback from Mableton, Georgia, committed to Auburn during the All-American Bowl . . . Mosiah Nasili-Kite, a former All-Big Ten honorable mention with Maryland, will spend his last year of eligibility on the Plains . . . Swimmer Aidan Siers has announced his verbal commitment to join Auburn's class of 2028 . . . Class of 2024 SF Annor Boateng will be in the Plains this weekend for a visit . . . Auburn has four signees playing in the All-American Bowl in defensive end Keldric Faulk, center Connor Lew, cornerback Kayin Lee and defensive lineman Darron Reed . . . Auburn got some really big news on Thursday with the commitment of Gunner Britton from Western Kentucky. Along with Dillon Wade, he gives the Tigers some immediate help and a veteran presence at the offensive tackle position. It will be really interesting to see how the next few days shake out for Hugh Freeze and company because there are still big names on the board . . . Oklahoma State transfer wide receiver Bryson Green will be visiting the Tigers on Friday . . . He made some plays this week at the All American Bowl practices that caught the attention of scouts in attendance . . . "It's everything I've dreamed of having since I was a little kid . . . Auburn has gotten two major pickups along the offensive line via the transfer portal: Tulsa offensive tackle transfer Dillon Wade, who previously played for current Auburn offensive coordinator Philip Montgomery, and Britton, the former WKU tackle who committed during a visit to campus Thursday . . .
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