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July 9, 2020
Inside the Auburn Tigers The 5-foot-11, 197-pound Banks was offered by SEC powers Auburn and Tennessee late last month. Pirates' head coach Tim Carter thinks it will be just the start of Banks' recruitment . . . Peters, who was a safety in high school, helped the Tigers at that position as a sophomore and will head into his senior season with a significant amount of experience at both the nickel and safety spots . . . "I talk to (secondary coach Wesley McGriff) almost every day . . . Nick Davis, who coached Hamm at Spalding High School in Griffin, Ga., shared the grief with a young man who had been more than just another football player to him . . . All it takes is one bad outbreak from a party to derail a college football program's season . . . The 6-foot, 185-pound senior narrowed his college choices to six on Wednesday . . . Bigsby, Lester says, has skills that few have, the kinds of skills that can't be taught by a coach . . . Auburn placed one player on both the first- and second-team defense . . . Auburn Undercover Podcast: Staying hot on the recruiting trail? . . . In two seasons Schwartz has a combined 1,126 yards and 10 total touchdowns, but his best football is is likely still ahead of him when you factor in the addition of Chad Morris as Auburn's offensive coordinator . . . Pitching for 5-Star National as the program won its third straight World Wood Bat national title, Nelson was named the Most Valuable Pitcher of the tournament after going 1-0 in two appearances with 13 strikeouts . . . "It's a little strange, but we play so much golf at home with no fans that we're used to it both ways . . . The Tampa-based team's roster already included former Auburn players LaRon Smith and Desean Murray, so when Bryce Brown and Horace Spencer joined the team, GM Matt Moschella told Auburn it was an "easy choice" to change the name, as well as the colors, to reflect the players' alma mater . . . "I feel like I have a big opportunity in front of me . . . Asked if he misses not being able to compete on a baseball diamond, Greenhill said, "I would say definitely. It shows it can be taken away like that . . . The 142nd player drafted in 2020, Horn received a $150,000 signing bonus . . . The former Auburn All-American wrote on his Instagram account on Thursday that he had a larger goal than his paycheck in the 2020 season . . . It's been two years since the three competed together, but Spencer said it's not hard to believe they'd get the chance to reunite after all this time . . . The biggest change came in the household with the Burchams becoming the legal guardians of Joshua Bramblett . . . Cam Newton, the 2010 Heisman Trophy winner for Auburn's undefeated BCS national-championship team, has reached an agreement on a one-year contract with the Patriots . . . Leatherwood is no surprise at No. 1 as the Alabama standout was sure NFL Draft pick had he opted to forego his remaining eligibility with the Crimson Tide . . . Wilson eschewed baseball, Auburn in doing so. The rest, as they say, is history . . . The penalties levied against Oklahoma State on Friday were fairly severe: A postseason ban for 2020-21, three years of probation, loss of a scholarship for three years and other various recruiting restrictions . . . Amid a pandemic, a domestic financial crisis and growing civil unrest, Greene couldn't help but wonder how — as a leader of a major university's athletics department and hundreds of young adults — he can have an impact on what's going on in this country. His conclusion: "Follow your north star . . . |
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