re: 2018 Football Recruiting Thread -- Final OP Update Edition

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4* OT Dylan Wonnum

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AU is 3rd now behind SC & LSU.

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AUBURN, Ala. — Auburn had another successful on-field performance. From an off-field recruiting standpoint, it was probably the best weekend yet.

Here are my biggest takeaways from the morning and afternoon of recruiting.

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4-star DT Coynis Miller, Birmingham, Ala.

- Coynis Miller made his last pre-commitment game visit to Auburn-Ole Miss rather than Florida-LSU. While he didn’t want to overplay it, Miller admitted it plays in the Tigers’ favor that they are receiving the last game trip before the Oc. 14 announcement.
- Miller will do a commitment video with AL.com. He’s already filmed it — minus the ending. He’ll put the finishing touches on that sometime at the end of next week.
- He says Florida still leads, but “it’s close, real close.”
- Miller laughed when asked if commits had been recruiting him hard throughout the day. Needless to say, Asa Martin and Shedrick Jackson were in his ear for most of the game.
- Even when Miller announces, don’t be surprised to see him take visits to the schools he didn’t choose. He wants to enjoy the remainder of the process.
As for my projection, I’m sticking with Auburn until I have a good reason to think otherwise.

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4-star OL Trey Hill, Warner Robins, Ga.

- For the second time this season, Trey Hill made it to Auburn for a game. He noticed several improvements from the Georgia Southern game to the Ole Miss game. This visit was particularly notable, considering FSU — one of his top schools — had perhaps its biggest game of the year against Miami. Hill, however, said not to read into that too much.
- The only official visit Hill has set so far is to Southern Cal. Other than that, he’s not sure who will receive them, or if he’ll even take others. It’s unlikely he’ll take one to Auburn or Georgia since he’s been to both so many times.
- Auburn’s family atmosphere has made a major impression on Hill and his father. If the Tigers were to win out, it would be that small-town home feel of the program and its staff that did the trick.
- Also, don’t expect Hill to narrow his list of schools down. He says it hasn’t been narrowed down at all, and even if it has, he’s not going to be relaying that information publicly. He said Saturday that he’ll probably just decide to commit on a whim.
- This is purely speculation on my end, but I think this one comes down to Auburn and Georgia. The fellow recruit relationships at Georgia will be tough to beat, but the number of times he’s visited Auburn is too much to ignore.

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Other notes

- Offensive line commit Jalil Irvin made sure Hill knew he was wanted in this class by the rest of the offensive linemen. Irvin said Hill is a tough one to read, but the Tigers are certainly “up there.” As for Dylan Wonnum, a close friend, Irvin thinks it could go either way between Auburn and South Carolina.
- 4-star receiver Justyn Ross was back for his second visit in as many weeks. Not much new to report here, other than he was spending a lot of his time with fellow receiver target Anthony Schwartz.
- Speaking of Schwartz, I haven’t spoken with him yet, but will try to have more on him over the next day or two. He does plan to stay the night. Don’t count the Tigers out of this one even though Florida seems to have a major edge.
- Joey Gatewood, Seth Williams, Saivion Smith and Quay Walker didn’t make the trip. Walker wanted to go to FSU-Miami instead. Personally, I can’t blame him for wanting to see that one. Gatewood wanted to make it, but his late game last night didn’t set up well with the 11 a.m. CT kickoff in Auburn.
- 5-star 2019 offensive lineman Clay Webb was back again. He hung out with Herb Hand for a while before the game. He also got a chance to hangout postgame with his high school teammate KJ Britt.
- Quindarious Monday, Shedrick Jackson, Josh Marsh, Jalil Irvin and Asa Martin were the commits spotted at the game. It was Monday’s first game visit, and he was blown away by the experience.

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