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Inside the Auburn Tigers The Tigers may not be done as the top wide receiver in the Transfer Portal, Penn State's KeAndre Lambert-Smith has been in contact with the program . . . Auburn hopes most of its work was done in the first portal window. The Tigers added nine transfers thus far, and all were present for spring practice . . . The transfer portal is once again open for business . . . Blidi was one of Indiana's top defensive players last season, playing on the defensive line. He enjoyed his best collegiate season by making 30 stops with four tackles for loss and a pass deflection . . . Coach Pearl is still looking to add some depth across the roster, and he has reached out to former Clemson forward RJ Godfrey . . . Johnnie Harris and her staff were looking for someone to come in and lead the way for the Tigers in the 2024-25 season. On Sunday they found their girl . . . Last season at Arkansas, Scott—a true freshman—averaged 22.1 points per game on an average of 36.4 minutes of action in her 20 total appearances . . . Pegues' transfer to Auburn comes after three seasons at Furman . . . Arkansas transfer guard Taliah Scott announced her commitment to the Tigers . . . With the losses of Tre Donaldson and Aden Holloway, Auburn was looking for someone to run the show. The Tigers now have that guy . . . Freeze pointed out after the A-Day game that they needed more guys on the defensive line, hinting that Auburn may pursue some guys out of the transfer portal at the position . . . Auburn likely needs to pursue another transfer guard . . . The portal opens for business on Monday. The spring portal window will remain open until April 30 for undergraduate student-athletes and until May 1 for grad transfers . . . Pegues averaged 18.4 points per game and 4.3 rebounds per game during the 2023-2024 season. He shot 36% from beyond the arc . . . "I also love how they operate in a family oriented environment which was a big priority for me . . . "It's very family-oriented," Smith told Auburn Undercover I grew up an Auburn fan. My mom fell in love with Auburn. I fell in love with Auburn. My coach went to Auburn . . . Thompson, in flipping from Alabama, was one of the first splash commits of the 2024 class for Coach Freeze, so you could say this turned the tide . . . The 5-foot-10, 198-pound rising senior will decide between Auburn, Penn State, Miami and Florida State . . . Carde Smith, a 4-star offensive lineman who measures 6-foot-6 and 285 pounds, announced his commitment to Auburn . . . The Tigers landed a strong 2024 signing class of defensive linemen . . . Pettiford is getting ready to participate in the McDonald's All-American Game, which will give him the opportunity to play against the best high school players in the country . . . There's much to be happy with regarding Auburn's current 2025 commitments, and more on the way . . . The transfer portal continues to churn across college basketball, and the Tigers may not be done with both incoming and outgoing moves in the backcourt . . . "Everyone assumed Tahaad was going to come in and be our point guard. He's not . . . The Tigers are beating Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Florida State, Florida, and other top programs for recruits . . . How the story ends: They both transferred to Auburn . . . Auburn is going after elite recruits . . . "It's a great town, I love the town feeling. Great people there as well . . . He is the third offensive lineman to commit to Auburn's 2025 signing class, joining Spencer Dowland and Tavaris Dice . . . With Buster's commitment, Auburn's 2025 recruiting class grows to nine commitments, including three offensive linemen . . . "Cam Coleman just makes us look different . . . While Auburn is hoping to make a run to the Final Four, Coach Bruce Pearl and his coaching staff have to start looking at the transfer portal for next season . . . When recruits make their final decisions, each prospect picks a coach or coaches at the school, not the school itself, far more often than not. For the Tigers, King-Williams already understands . . . The Tigers have eight commitments in the 2025 class, headlined by four-star EDGE Jakaleb Faulk and four-star defensive lineman Jourdin Crawford . . . Freeze and company are tracking for another Top 10 haul in 2025, currently sitting on eight early commitments . . . With his commitment, Auburn has landed its second offensive lineman of the 2025 cycle . . . There will be more transfers to come when this season is over . . . Williams joined a seventh-rated overall class in the country and became the ninth commit of the class, along with the first defensive back of the group . . . "I am so beyond excited to announce my verbal commitment to further my academic and athletic career at Auburn University . . . Auburn recruiting is on the rise . . . Following Williams' commitment, Auburn's 2025 recruiting class ranks No. 7 nationally . . . Devin Williams, the 4-star cornerback prospect out of Georgia committed to Hugh Freeze and the Tigers Monday . . . Coleman signed with Auburn as the No. 2 wide receiver in the 2024 class and as the top recruit from the state of Alabama from nearby Phenix City. He, along with Perry Thompson, Bryce Cain, and Malcolm Simmons make up the top wide receiver signing class in Auburn history . . . Ellis is a recruit Auburn fans should get to know well and he's happy to discuss why he chose to come to the Plains . . . The academic aspect obviously matters when it comes to the business of college athletics. It all ties together . . . When discussing Auburn, he tells Shaw that Bruce Pearl and the atmosphere around campus stands out to him the most . . . Davis' No. 6 ranking comes after he helped Auburn land a quartet of wide receivers in 5-stars Cam Coleman and Perry Thompson, in addition to 4-stars Bryce Cain and Malcolm Simmons. Together, Davis' crop of signees average a player rating of 95.47 . . . The spring game will be the first opportunity for Auburn fans to see their team in Year 2 under Hugh Freeze. The Tigers have made some big additions in the transfer portal this offseason. Auburn also signed the nation's No. 10 recruiting class from the high school ranks in 2024 . . . "I'm definitely 100 percent still with Auburn, but . . . "He said, 'Gabe, when you recruit, you better not forget about toughness.' He said that's the No. 1 thing you better look for . . . The 6-foot-5, 238-pound Georgia native is commitment No. 8 for Auburn . . . Perlotte, a Georgia pledge since December of 2022, visited Auburn on Sunday for the seventh time since the 2022 football season . . . Reddick's flip to UCF comes eight days after Auburn's former director of recruiting and football relations Trovon Reed was hired away from The Plains to join Gus Malzahn's staff at UCF . . . The Tigers had seemed content to stand pat with their quarterback . . . Auburn has been working on Perlotte for a long time. He attended the 2023 Iron Bowl and he's been to the Plains multiple times overall. Perlotte definitely likes Georgia a lot, but the Dawgs are not a lock here . . . When Redmond was LSU's director of player personnel, his greatest responsibility was helping craft and maintain a "recruiting board" for LSU's coaching staff, meaning Redmond did the work behind-the-scenes to assess the needs of LSU's roster and then evaluate prospects who could help fill those voids . . . Randall spent the last two seasons at the University of Houston, where he served as the Cougars' assistant director of player personnel in 2022 . . . Auburn took a different route this weekend with just one unofficial visitor. Four-star wide receiver Travis Smith Jr. made the trek from Atlanta to the Plains . . . Quarterback signee Walker White is among the nation's best at the position. White is considered to be the fifth-best quarterback in the class . . . "He said to me today is that he's here and he wants me here with him . . .
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