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USA Today Simmons was the Auburn No. 3 wide receiver last season behind KeAndre Lambert-Smith and fellow freshman Cam Coleman. With Eric Singleton Jr. and Horatio Fieds coming in from the transfer portal, Simmons is technically knocked down a peg as he competes with Perry Thompson for action. That isn't stopping him from putting in the work . . . Singleton arrives at Auburn flashing serious deep threat potential, and the argument goes far beyond merely the eye test. He recorded 56 receptions for 754 yards and three touchdowns in 2024 after logging 714 yards and 6 TD catches the previous season as a freshman . . . Barring something totally unexpected, Jackson Arnold will be the starter . . . Auburn is 13-0 against Mercer . . . "I'm gonna be scoring touchdowns on both sides . . . Auburn returns Damari Alston and Jeremiah Cobb to the team and welcomes UConn transfer Durell Robinson. One of the Tigers' top recruits from the 2025 class is Alvin Henderson . . . Sept. 20 is when Arnold and Auburn will come to Norman. It's ironic that Arnold's SEC debut with his new team will be against his old team . . . WATCH: Also there are plenty of new faces in the Auburn locker room. One of the most important new players to The Plains is quarterback Jackson Arnold . . . "I'll play any position they want me to play," he said. "I just like playing football . . . The Cardinals travel to Jordan-Hare Stadium Saturday, September 6th. This is the Cardinals fourth matchup against Auburn in program history. The most recent meeting was in 2009, with Auburn winning 54-30 . . . This year, Coleman will be joined by two solid transfer receivers in Eric Singleton and Horatio Fields in addition to key returner Malcolm Simmons and Perry Thompson, who could break out this season . . . While Auburn brought in just one 4-star transfer on the defensive side of the ball, Auburn has seven high school recruits in the past two classes who were ranked top 10 at their respective positions nationally . . . If Auburn wins a huge opener at Baylor, it could start strong and have a redemptive season under Freeze . . . The new duo of Coleman and Singleton Jr., an architect route runner from Douglasville, Ga., is listed as one of the best duos in the Southeastern Conference . . . The four-star Thompson signal caller dominated against every team in the pool play bracket of the tournament . . . "Auburn been treating me good . . . If Arnold is truly the upgrade he is expected to be, he can sustain drives and improve on the 246.6 passing yards per game the Tigers averaged in 2024, then he could easily put together one of the best statistical seasons in program history . . . The highlight of the announcement is that the Deep South's Oldest Rivalry, set for October 11, has been given a night designation. It will be the first time Auburn hosts Georgia at night since 2012 . . . "Whoever picks me will get a good player, a dog, somebody who's going to contribute to winning . . . Parker high headlined the seven total in-state schools in attendance. Auburn high, Pike Road, Benjamin Russell, Mary G. Montgomery, Opelika and Ramsay also participated . . . In Wednesday's reveal, Auburn's nine remaining games will consist of one night kickoff, two afternoon kickoffs, one early kickoff and four flex dates . . . The Tigers got a commitment from three-star athlete Eric Perry out DeSoto Central High School in Mississippi . . . He announced his flip from Florida State to Auburn on social media, becoming the Tigers' first commit in the class of 2027 . . . Haven is the best quarterback in the nation for the 2027 class . . . "I feel like I made the right decision . . . The videoboard stands at 47 feet high by 154 feet wide, totaling 7,238 square feet of LED space and replacing the old scoreboard, originally installed in 1987 . . . Freeze is due -- make that overdue -- for the kind of season he and others in his position have had elsewhere . . . Harris has already been committed for nearly a year to the Tigers. He committed July 27, 2024. Despite the commitment, several programs are vying for Harris in the hopes of flipping him . . . The Tigers may have their most talented front five in nearly a decade . . . "It already feels like my second home . . . WATCH: Auburn's challenges at linebacker recruiting, strategies for landing top prospects, and the importance of securing Auburn legacies . . . Auburn football's roster construction is headlined by back-to-back top 10 recruiting classes and the No. 1 transfer portal class . . . The Tigers know who their leading roles will go to, but who are some names that are potentially being slept on in terms of big contributions this fall? . . . Adding Singleton and Fields to the returning receivers from last season gives the Tigers a talented group . . . The program's last 1,000-yard receiver was Ronny Daniels in 1999 . . .
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