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USA Today "A day later I hopped on a zoom call with them all. They kind of laid everything out for me, showed me my fit in their offense, our offensive depth, depth in the team in general, not just offense . . . The Tigers edged out their hated rivals in the recruiting world on Thursday with a big-time boost to their offensive line . . . Four-star offensive tackle Wilson Zierer announced his commitment to the Tigers . . . After NIL Go issued guidance that collectives could no longer "hire" players, plaintiff lawyers wrote a letter claiming that is wrong. The other side countered by claiming it is well within the bounds of the House settlement . . . Two of Auburn's signees were selected. Pearl River CC pitcher Jacob Johnson was an 11th round selection to the Texas Rangers, while high school signee Ethin Bingaman went in the 20th round to the Arizona Diamondbacks . . . Wakefield brings that to Auburn as a five-star . . . His announcement comes less than 24 hours after four-star linebacker Adam Balogoun-Ali committed to Auburn . . . "Auburn's pretty cool . . . The Tigers now have eight commitments in the 2026 recruiting cycle . . . Cohen is putting his name and reputation on the line by being so outspoken and breaking a pattern of operating outside the media landscape. There's certainly a united front behind this Auburn approach to Year 1 of the revenue-sharing era . . . Madrigal and Gregorio join a growing list of players that are set to transfer to Auburn, including UAB infielder Todd Clay, Texas State infielder Ryne Garber, and Western Kentucky pitcher Drew Whalen . . . "The main thing that I don't think people understand is retaining your current roster," Freeze said. "It used to not affect high school recruiting– you were going to sign your 20 to 25 guys. But now . . . Mathews is capable of adding something to the group. His 2023 PFF coverage grade was higher than any Auburn player who logged 100 or more coverage snaps last season . . . The tigers are back up to seven commitments in the 2026 recruiting cycle . . . "It really felt like it was a tight-knit community in Auburn, which I really liked. I really liked everything about it, the campus. Just everything about it . . . After talking with several teams, he announced his commitment to the Auburn Tigers on Thursday . . . "I can't speak for the rest of the recruiting world, but I can tell you this, Auburn is going to do it the right way . . . "The penalties for going over the cap are not fun and so you have to manage that . . . Infielders Destiny Rodriguez and McKaela Walker, will continue their softball careers at Auburn . . . Wins on the field will help . . . "It changed everything for us . . . But how does a college program like Auburn even come into contact with an international prospect like Jovic? Associate head coach Steven Pearl explained. "I wouldn't say it fell into my lap, but . . . "He understands this is his last chance . . . Mathews has 2 seasons of eligibility, with immediate eligibility for the 2025 season . . . Mathews was top-ranked safety in the class of 2022, signing with Texas A&M under current Auburn defensive coordinator DJ Durkin . . . Though the Tigers have some great freshman and sophomore talent already on their roster, their 2026 recruiting desperately needs a spark soon . . . Hugh Freeze told me he had gotten out of the business of financial negotiations with players . . . Falzone's commitment to Auburn, as well as the commitments of several blue chip prospects to SEC schools caused a shakeup in the recruiting rankings . . . "I'm blessed to be able to play at a school with a strong tradition of faith and family running throughout the university and the community . . . As a junior, he passed for 2,135 yards with 23 touchdowns and four interceptions. He also added 78 rushes for 697 yards and eight more scores . . . The support of the Auburn family continues to show through their dedication and financial support, enabling Freeze to significantly improve the roster heading into this third season . . . Auburn was the first school to offer Hepi, and he did not forget that . . . Hepi comes to Auburn all the way from New Zealand. He comes in at a whopping 6-foot-7, 370 pounds . . . "Auburn being the first to reach out to an international player who's only played the game for six months, not even played a snap in a real football game, it's definitely a big step . . . His addition puts Auburn back up to six commitments for 2026 . . . It's a brand-new group with the exception of point guard Tahaad Pettiford, who opted to withdraw from the NBA Draft. All other scholarship players are gone from last year's Final Four team . . . Early Signing Day is still close to six months away . . . "Matt's first job after his professional playing career was as a graduate assistant here at Auburn . . . He spent the previous three seasons with the Hawkeyes and was on Bruce Pearl's staff at Auburn from 2016-2018. According to the release, Gatens will be responsible for roster management and evaluation, agent and donor relations, scouting, recruiting and game planning as Auburn's general manager . . . Schumann will suit up for the Tigers next fall with Brody Singley, Finnley Conklin, Luke Bedsole, Luke Waldrep, Maston Ballew, and Paul Hong . . . Szabo, who had accepted his first head coaching job at Auburn earlier in the Aggies' postseason run, went from coaching a championship team on May 19 to a roster of just three players the next day . . . Blaydes will join the Tigers for the 2025-26 season after competing for two seasons at Georgia. The Windermere, England, native will become teammates with his older brother, rising senior Billy Blaydes . . . "I'll play any position they want me to play," he said. "I just like playing football . . . "She also brings with her an immense amount of character and family values, embodying everything that Auburn is about . . . The four-star Thompson signal caller dominated against every team in the pool play bracket of the tournament . . . "Auburn been treating me good . . . Herndon joins Alyssa Hastings (Lipscomb) and Ella Harrison (Rutgers) as a trio of transfer portal pick-ups for the Tigers. More signees out of the transfer portal are expected . . . 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 . . . Players such as Bub Terrell, Chris Rembert, Eric Snow, Chase Fralick, and Cade Belyeu are set to return next season, and the addition of these transfers will fit in nicely as Butch Thompson aims to fill the voids with the best talent available . . . Just over 24 hours after being eliminated by No. 13 Coastal Carolina, the Tigers wasted no time reloading, securing commitments from five transfers . . . Auburn was looking for help at the middle infield spots and found their guy in Texas State's Ryne Farber. A 5-11, 190 switch hitter from San Antonio . . . Auburn athletic director John Cohen confirmed that Auburn will fully participate in paying athletes, "Auburn is fully funding revenue sharing, a $20.5 million investment . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . "We are excited to welcome Fizz to our Auburn soccer family . . . "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 . . . The addition of Jovic fills Auburn's need at the frontcourt, a unit that was in desperate need of replenishing after the departures of Johni Broome, Dylan Cardwell, and Chaney Johnson . . . After seeing numerous transfers out of Auburn, Hamilton is the first that will be joining the team for the upcoming season . . . He is the only player from Auburn's rotation a season ago to return . . . Jovic averaged 12.3 points and four rebounds per game during the 2024-2025 AdmiralBet ABA League season, a professional league consisting of teams from Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the United Arab Emirates . . . "Ella comes to us after an incredible freshman year. She is among the best in the country . . . The quarterback position may not be the highest priority for Auburn this cycle, but Auburn fans can expect Hugh Freeze, Kent Austin, and the rest of the staff to continue recruiting the position . . . "Auburn was my first call, and it felt like home . . . Recent reports have surfaced around Auburn's interest in Serbian forward Flip Jovic. The 6-foot-8 forward averaged 12.2 points and 3.9 rebounds across just over 22 minutes per game with KK Mega Bemax last season . . . "KeShawn is going to be versatile; he can play 4 or 5," Pearl said. "My 4s and 5s are very interchangeable. And he can play both. He played mostly center at Mississippi State, but he's going to be a guy that can stretch it . . . It is what makes coaches like Pearl legendary . . . Losing 10 scholarship players from last season's Final Four squad — and with point guard Tahaad Pettiford in the final stages of his NBA draft decision — Auburn had to do some heavy lifting in the transfer ranks this offseason . . . Pearl hinted to reporters at the Bruce Pearl Fore the Children Golf Classic Monday afternoon that Auburn is working on signing an international player . . . The Tigers made some impact on the 2026 class with the weekend that was on the Plains. For many of the guys on campus, this was the first official visit and it gave Auburn a chance to set the bar . . . The Georgia Tech transfer was the No. 1 wide receiver in the transfer portal before ultimately becoming a Tiger . . . Singleton is the team's top transfer coming in from Georgia Tech after recording 56 receptions for 754 yards and three touchdowns. In 2023, he had 48 receptions for 714 yards and six touchdowns . . . The Tigers signed six players out of the transfer portal to go along with the three players signed in the 2025 recruiting class . . . Auburn's sixth-ranked recruiting class in 2025 was the second straight top-10 class under Auburn coach Hugh Freeze . . . Sirdah spent her first collegiate season at Indiana, where she was tabbed as one of the top 50 rookies in the nation . . . By the time the NCAA Recruiting Calendar goes dead from June 23-July 31, Auburn is expected to host more than 60 official visitors . . . The Tigers' 2025 freshmen — Sebastian Williams-Adams, Kaden Magwood and Simon Walker — are set to report to campus in the coming weeks for summer workouts . . . Auburn has the seventh-best incoming transfer class in the nation. Now, Pearl must get a group of fresh faces to come together and compete at a high level in the toughest conference in college basketball . . . As a captain in the feeder system for the reigning back-to-back Champions League winner, FC Barcelona, Casajuana Vert has led her side to four consecutive league titles since 2021, including an undefeated 2022-23 season . . . Since Hugh Freeze was hired as Auburn's head coach after the 2022 season, the Tigers have used the portal as an important tool to build out the roster. The program has signed 55 players out of the portal . . . This transfer portal class next season features the top transfer player of 2025 . . . Gillahan started all 36 contests in her two years as a Cyclone, making a jaw-dropping 158 saves, including a career-best 96 last season. Her 96 stops ranked seventh nationally amongst Power 4 keepers . . . "No other place feels like Auburn . . . "The lessons she learned from being a captain on the reigning national championship team will be extremely beneficial to our program . . . No one with firing synapses will ever expect Murphy to ever affect the Auburn basketball program the way that Johni Broome did. However, the void left by Broome creates an opening for Murphy that he fills nicely . . . Pearl said he is extremely pleased with the program's commitment to NIL this offseason — one that has required a lot of additions to replace 10 scholarship players . . . While Auburn's newest weapon has received plenty of hype heading into the fall, his true impact won't be felt until the junior straps up the pads for the first time this August . . . Tahaad Pettiford's name was included on the list released by the NBA . . . The trend for Auburn under Freeze — an under-the-radar storyline that has quietly helped the Tigers' roster growth . . . The Auburn Tigers could enjoy a deeper team from a scoring perspective. How that will translate to the court remains to be seen. With so many new faces on the court next year, Pearl will have his work cut out for him to get them all to gel . . . Pearl hopes to add one more impact player from the transfer portal, preferably a center. However, his work so far is incredible considering the loss of his entire starting five . . . Pleasant is the fourth defensive player to join Auburn through the portal in the past week . . . "Coach Crime's vision for me is making me a first rounder . . . Rayshawn Pleasant announced his commitment to the Tigers on Instagram, becoming Auburn's first incoming defensive back transfer . . . The men's college basketball transfer portal closed Tuesday night, meaning players can no longer enter the portal, unless there is a head coaching change at their school. Players currently in the portal can still commit and sign with schools . . . "Magwood is competitive, aggressive, and extremely confident, almost to a fault at times. He can be guilty of dominating the ball and settling for contested shots. He's a capable passer when he wants to be, but wired to score on every catch . . .
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