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

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Top 2019 tight end expresses love for Auburn

My Dawgnation colleague Jeff Sentell caught up with a key 2019 prospect who visited for the Auburn-Georgia game.

Ryland Goede is one of the top tight ends, if not the best tight end in the 2019 class. He has always considered Auburn and Georgia to be the two teams to beat in his recruitment, with a few others lingering around. Georgia has been spun as the team to beat for quite some time, and one game isn’t going to change his impression of either school, as Sentell articulated in his article.

With that said, Goede’s impression of Auburn has always been top-notch. Here’s what he told Sentell about how he perceives Auburn and its coaching staff.

“Auburn kind of feels like home for me,” Goede told Sentell. “That campus fits me. That coaching staff and the personalities of that staff just fit me. I was at camp this summer, and they had a cookout at the camp. I just sat down with the coaches and talked for hours after that camp. It was me and all the coaches and their families. We just sat down and talked. It was fun to get to know them better.”

That sounds like a guy who really loves the Plains. He has two really close friends — Dominick Blaylock and J.D. Bertrand — who already committed to Georgia in the Class of 2019, which is probably why he claims the Bulldogs have the lead by a slim margin over Auburn and Michigan.

Still, Goede expects to be back for the Iron Bowl, and that’s something to watch. He hopes to have an offseason decision.

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Dude's childhood friends are both committed to UGA & he's a top rated TE. Don't see him coming here unless one of those dudes decommits or TE all of a sudden becomes a big time target in our offense

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Auburn quarterback target commits to another schools

An Auburn quarterback target committed to another program Monday.

A.J. Curry, the under-the-radar guy Auburn has identified recently, decided to announce his commitment to Western Carolina. Curry held offers from programs like Western Carolina, Florida Atlantic, South Alabama and others, but Auburn, Ole Miss and Mississippi State began to communicate regularly with him. That communication included two game visits to Auburn.

Part of Curry’s decision was based around Auburn’s attempt to land other higher-ranked quarterbacks in the 2018 class such as Jarren Williams and Emory Jones. Curry wanted to secure his spot in the class of a program who already offered. If other opportunities end up arising, he’ll go from there.

“The plan was, if I didn’t get offered this weekend [at the Auburn game], then it was time to work out my decision the next day. I told my family it’s better to attack the opportunity I already have,” Curry said. “I’m still open to all schools.”

In other words, we will double back around on Curry if the Tigers miss on Williams and Jones to see what Auburn’s next plan is at the quarterback position. For now, keep your sights set on the two aforementioned 4-star quarterbacks.

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Respect how kid is handling process. Make sure you got a free ride somewhere to play football & if someone else better comes calling later then jump on that

Look at some of the WR GA Tech has produced the last ten years, so for some reason logic isn't always the strongest recruiting tool

KN says #1 JUCO CB Saivion Smith wants to OV for the Iron Bowl. Bama considered team to beat at moment but AU trying to make a push

How bout another #1 team beatdown leads to another 4* CB commit

4* CB Christian Tutt commits to AU!!!!

247 article

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THOMSON, Ga., — A late surge by Auburn has paid off in a big way.

The Tigers on Tuesday landed a commitment from 4-star cornerback Christian Tutt of Thomson High, who chose the Tigers over Ohio State. As recently as a month ago, Auburn wasn’t thought to even be a factor.

The 5-feet-10.5, 193-pound Tutt is the No. 25 corner and No. 221 overall recruit in the 247Sports Composite. He’s also a U.S. Army All-American.

"It was just the perfect fit," Tutt told AuburnUndercover.com.

For the Tigers, Tutt is commitment No. 15. With his pledge, Auburn jumped from 19th to No. 14 in the 247Sports recruiting team rankings. At one point during the summer, the Tigers weren’t even in the top 50.

For the past several months, most thought Tutt was Nebraska bound. But a rough season for the Cornhuskers opened the door for the Tigers.

After working hard to get Tutt on campus, he officially visited last weekend. Tutt arrived in Auburn late Friday night after his team's playoff game in Atlanta and stayed through Sunday. Not only did he witness Auburn’s 40-17 drubbing of unbeaten Georgia at Jordan-Hare Stadium, but he got extensive tours of the campus and met at length with the coaching staff.

Tutt's father was among those who joined him on the visit.

Auburn linebackers coach Travis Williams is Tutt’s area recruiter, but secondary coach Greg Brown also was extremely vital to this recruitment. Tutt told AuburnUndercover.com last week he was impressed by Brown’s track record, which includes time in the NFL.

Tutt is Auburn’s first cornerback commit for the 2018 class. The Tigers could add one to two more.

Tutt graduates in December and will enroll at Auburn in January.

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Tutt committed to AU according to KN

BREAKING: 4-star cornerback commits to Auburn over Ohio State, Nebraska (SECCountry)

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THOMSON, Ga. — Just two days after his official visit ended, Christian Tutt joined Auburn’s 2018 class.

The 4-star cornerback took an uncommon recruiting road to choose Auburn over Ohio State, Nebraska and others, but in the end, his experience on the Plains over the weekend proved to Tutt where he needed to be. Tutt’s commitment gives Auburn its 15th commitment in the 2018 class, which moves the Tigers up to No. 14 nationally in the team rankings.

Tutt attributes Auburn’s growing need at cornerback — plus proximity to home — as the primary reasons for his decision.

“It’s about what school fits me,” Tutt said. “The situation they’re in right now with guys trying to go to the league with some guys that don’t fully play corner and can fit in at safety, it’s a need right now. Without any corners in this class right now, they need me to come in as a mid-year and get into the system, get in the weight room, get bigger.”

Tutt’s recruitment, for the longest time, didn’t include Auburn.

The 6-foot, 180-pound cornerback narrowed it down to Alabama, Georgia, Ohio State and Nebraska during the spring. Tutt said he was close to a decision then, but many of those schools had to go back to the recruiting board to see where Tutt fit in priority-wise.

All the while, Auburn didn’t waver.

Kevin Steele and Greg Brown made sure to make their interest in Tutt known throughout the process, as the Tigers tried to figure out its own cornerback board. Tutt kept a close eye on Auburn and remained conscious of the Tigers’ prioritization despite having Nebraska and Ohio State as the public leaders.

“Auburn hasn’t stopped recruiting me hard since, even when I was going other places, I really wasn’t coming here, Auburn was still in it,” Tutt said. “Coach Brown came down in the spring and watched me practice and filmed me some. He’s a great guy. Of course he coached in the league and he knows exactly what he’s doing. He’s a great father figure and that’s exactly what I need coming to school.”

Tutt’s decision fills a major need for the Tigers.

Carlton Davis appears to be on the fast track to the NFL. Javaris Davis and Jamel Dean will soon be on the back end of their careers, so Auburn has a major hole at cornerback in the near future. Until now, the Tigers didn’t have any players committed in the 2018 class at cornerback.

Tutt changes that. But that depth-chart availability is a key reason for Tutt’s ultimate decision.

“That’s very important to me. Me coming from where I’m from, I’m trying to get on the field early. I’m trying to feed my family. I don’t want my mom to work anymore,” Tutt said. “I’m not that far from home, I’m three hours away from home and my parents can come up and see me play. That need meant a lot to me. It was an eye-opener for me.”

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Good that he will be an early enrollee

Yeah I was going to be really shocked if Tutt didn't pick us, it seemed pretty obvious for the past couple weeks. Now here's to hoping we can get another CB from the same region ;)

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Wiltfong says close to flipping CB pick on Hill from UGA to AU

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