re: 2019 Football Recruiting Thread - Auburn Goes 4/7 & Land Brothers

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4-star DL Khris Bogle, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

- Khris Bogle has been in regular contact with defensive coordinator Kevin Steele and area recruiter Larry Porter. They offered recently, and Bogle knew he wanted to visit. He chose this weekend because of the family atmosphere, but also the fact that Noah Cain and Booth were visiting. Those three are friends.

- Auburn is recruiting Bogle to play the Buck, he said. Bogle said he has mixed reactions about that because he plays with his hand down for his high school team. Still, he likes what Steele has been telling him about that position. He wants to learn a little more about it on his next visit.

- About that, Bogle said there’s a “100 percent” chance he returns for another Auburn visit.

- The other schools Bogle has interest in are Tennessee, Florida, Miami, Clemson, Alabama, Ohio State and Penn State. His high school coaches want him to commit in July before his season starts, but if he doesn’t do it then, Bogle plans to wait until National Signing Day.

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4-star RB Noah Cain, Bradenton, Fla.

- Auburn isn’t always mentioned by others when it comes to Noah Cain. He set the record straight: “Auburn is definitely a big school in my recruitment. I talk with somebody from the staff every day. They make me a priority. They make me feel at home. I really can see myself here.”

- Cain kept using the word “genuine” to describe Auburn and its coaches. He said that’s how his mom and dad feel, too, which is why both of them have made return trip to the Plains. It’s an interesting word choice given the fact he said he plans to decipher each school from the next by how genuine he feels they are.

- Cain said one of Auburn’s big sales pitches is coming to Auburn to help dethrone Alabama. He smiled at the notion, saying the talk of the entire country is to beat Alabama, and there would be no better place to do that than at Auburn.

- He will cut down his list to a top 5 before the start of his senior season, take his official visits in the fall and make his commitment decision after his senior season.

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3-star DT LeDarrius Cox, Mobile, Ala. (Tennessee)

- LeDarrius Cox, a Tennessee commit, landed an offer from Auburn at Big Cat Weekend. Steele, his area recruiter, offered him midway through the event. Cox’s smile talking about receiving the in-state offer told the story.

- Cox made it clear he’s still committed to Tennessee, but he’s keeping his options open. That isn’t exclusive to Auburn, but the Tigers made an impression.

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4-star 2020 WR Kobe Hudson, Lagrange, Ga. (Auburn)

- Kobe Hudson said little has changed since committing to Auburn. Other schools stay in contact with him, but he’s made it clear Auburn is where he wants to be.
He said, despite what Mwikuta says about his recruitment, he won’t give up recruiting him. “Every day, whenever I can,” is how Hudson describes the the regularity of his recruiting pitches to his Troup County (Ga.) teammates.

- Hudson has developed a friendship with 2019 wide receiver commit George Pickens. He said he talked with Pickens a lot during the visit and that the two were talking about how they needed to make sure more elite wide receivers followed their lead.

- He’s also taken on an ownership role recruiting for the 2020 class. Here are the names Hudson mentioned as guys he communicates with weekly: Leonard Manuel, Jermaine Burton and Javon Baker. Those three guys, plus Hudson, make up some of the best 2020 wide receiver talent in the country.

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I still don't think this will be an easy flip. That's my opinion.

But Jadon, for the first time, sounded a little iffy with his pledge yesterday. We'll see what happens.

Some fans on Twitter acted like we were stirring things up. I can't control what the kid's say, and I don't ask leading questions -- quite frankly, that is unlike some who cover the team Haselwood currently is committed to. Just spitting out the truth.

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AUBURN — For Big Cat Weekend X, the Tigers brought in some ringers to pitch in. Former Auburn quarterback Cam Newton, who won the Heisman Trophy in 2010 and now is one of the most recognizable names in the NFL, was there. So were Tiger greats Ronnie Brown, Chis Davis and Montravius Adams.

Adams, now a defensive tackle with the NFL’s Green Bay Packers, said when Auburn coach Gus Malzahn and defensive line coach Rodney Garner phone him and invited him to the event, he couldn’t say “No.” He arranged his own travel plans from Green Bay, where offseason actives are underway, just to make it.

“I came down just for this,” Adams said.

The reason?

“I mean, because it’s real,” Adams said. “You ask any person around, it’s because it’s Auburn and Auburn is family. This is my family. If the coaches are gone or not, I’m still going to come back here because I love to be here.”

As a high school recruit, Adams, a 5-star target, signed with the Tigers in 2013. He attended Big Cat Weekend the previous spring. Malzahn and Garner weren’t yet at Auburn. Gene Chizik was head coach. Big Cat, like it is today, was mostly about bonding and fun activities back then, too. But when Adams was there, he had a different kind of experience in 2012 than he did this weekend.

“I don’t think I got to do any of that when I was here,” Adams recalled, laughing. “I was with the coaches the whole time.”

On Saturday, he was part of Garner’s team, which included several of the coach’s top recruiting targets. They competed against teams led by other Auburn assistants in a variety events, from eating contests to a scavenger hunt.

“I had fun — and we won,” Adams said. “That was fun, too.”

For Adams, a third-round draft pick in 2017, it felt great to be back in Auburn. He not only got to spend time with Garner, who he considers a father-figure in his life, but he chatted up the recruits and their families about his NFL experiences.

“I’m glad I came. It was just fun,” Adams said. “I miss it. I’m not going to say I miss all the coaches but I miss it. At the end of the day I felt it made me better being at Auburn. I feel like it helped me in a lot of ways. I’m just happy to have had the experience.”

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