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

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4-star OL Trey Hill will visit Auburn for A-Day, which will be close to double-digit times the big offensive guard will have been on the Plains. He noted that 2017 is a make-or-break season for Gus Malzahn and staff. He’ll watch that performance closely.

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Auburn and Georgia are the two programs to keep an eye on with 2019’s best tight end Ryland Goede. Goede praised Auburn’s new two-TE approach under Chip Lindsey.

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4-star DT Alfred Thomas, who looked great at the UA camp, released a top 8 without Auburn. He still wants that offer from the Tigers and said if it comes, Auburn will be able to shift the list. Thomas won’t wait forever, though.

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2019 targets Bo Nix, Pierce Quick and Clay Webb were invited to the Under Armour All-America Future 50 game. Nix, once again, looked like the best quarterback at the camp. Quick and Webb both made the Final 5 among offensive linemen. Quick and Webb are attached at the hip, and it appears likely to be an Auburn-Alabama battle for both. Package deal? Wouldn’t be surprising.

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2020 running back Cartavious Bigsby is blowing up. Auburn was the latest to offer when he visited the Plains over the weekend.

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Gerry Bohanon visited Auburn on Saturday, the Earle (Ark.) dual-threat quarterback’s third visit to the Plains.

Bohanon, his mother and younger brother arrived in Auburn Saturday morning and stayed until Sunday.

“I love it,” Bohanon said. “Auburn is nice. It’s a nice little city somewhat like where I’m from. It’s very family-oriented and I love the campus.”

Bohanon arrived in time to watch the Tigers scrimmage inside Jordan-Hare Stadium.

“They allowed the quarterbacks to make a lot of decisions on their own,” Bohanon said. “The quarterbacks sat back there and threw it, and also called some zone-reads so they could run it. The quarterbacks had to make decisions to put the team in the best situation possible.”

Bohanon would welcome the challenge. He likes to lead. Last season as a junior, Bohanon, who is 6-foot-3 and weighs 215 pounds, passed for 2,734 yards and 27 touchdowns, and rushed for 1,134 yards and 14 scores.

Auburn has offered him the opportunity to play quarterback, as have LSU, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi State, Ole Miss and Memphis. Arkansas is recruiting him as an athlete.

“Auburn wants me to come and play quarterback because I fit the style of offense they run,” Bohanon said. “They like that I can sit in the pocket and throw, and also make something happen if the play breaks down.”

Auburn has a commitment from Joey Gatewood, who is ranked the No. 7 dual-threat quarterback and No. 118 overall in the 2018 class.

It doesn’t matter to Bohanon.

“They said they are taking two (quarterbacks),” Bohanon said. “And the best one is going to win the job. I just want to compete. As long as I get an opportunity to compete, that’s all I can ask for.”

Bohanon will visit Tennessee on Saturday, and said he’ll visit LSU in late-April.

“I’ll also be back to Auburn, but I don’t know when,” Bohanon said. “Auburn is a top school.”

Bohanon, who is 6-foot-3 and weighs 215 pounds, plans to wait until after his senior season to announce his commitment.

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Mookie Blaylock played in the NBA for 13 seasons with the Nets, Hawks and Warriors. Now his son Dominick, a standout wide receiver at Walton High School in Marietta, Ga., is making a name for himself as a top prospect in the 2019 recruiting cycle.

Blaylock, whose older brothers Daron and Zack both played football at Kentucky, is ranked as the nation's No. 11 overall prospect and No. 3 wide receiver in his class by 247Sports. He already holds more than 20 offers.

Blaylock visited Auburn for the third time last weekend and has the Tigers in his top three along with Clemson and Georgia.

"I like the campus here," said the 6-foot, 175-pounder. "I liked (watching) them practicing. It was good. Another experience for me to see Auburn again.

"I like their facility, I like their academics here, I like their coaching staff and how long they're going to stay here. I like it a lot."

Blaylock's area recruiter at Auburn is running backs coach Tim Horton, who has known his father for some time. While on the Plains, however, Blaylock got a chance to meet wide receivers coach Kodi Burns for the first time and came away impressed.

"I like him a lot," Blaylock said. "He's a good receivers coach. I did not know he played here, but it was cool to meet him for the first time."

Blaylock is currently on crutches after recently breaking his ankle playing baseball. He said his recovery is going well and he should be able to start walking without crutches next week.

As for his recruitment, a decision might not be too far off. Blaylock plans to figure out where he wants to attend college this summer and then announce his commitment at a later date.

"Probably the most important for picking a school is the academics, how good the team is, how good the coaches are and how long they're going to stay," he said.

Blaylock said he will "probably" return to Auburn this weekend for the annual A-Day spring scrimmage and again over the summer. Check out his sophomore highlights in the Hudl video below.

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Sounds like Lindsey giving QBs more autonomy

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Earle (Ark)

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