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Posted on 9/27/22 at 8:45 pm to jangalang
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The Auburn coaching staff finally feels like it’s competing on a level playing field on the recruiting trail.
Auburn’s collective, On To Victory, is starting to ramp up after raising over 10 million dollars this year. Last year, a separate NIL collective’s efforts distributed $6.4 million before they had to raise money to make it more sustainable moving forward.
The lack of certainty on a consistent NIL front for Bryan Harsin and the Auburn football program could have put the Tigers behind the eight-ball when it came to securing top talent in the 2023 class compared to fellow top 25-type programs.
“If you have no money in the collective, then there’s no money for NIL deals so what are you supposed to do?,” an SEC source said. “You can’t tell them that there’s going to be money there if there’s no money there.”
The national average for NIL payments for a college football player is currently about $3,400 a month. The average amount being paid out to Auburn’s football players is now $7,400 a month in NIL deals.
The Tigers are closer to being able to offer a competitive NIL rate when competing with other schools in the SEC, especially compared to its positioning at the beginning of the offseason.
I think the issue with not having early commitments was truly because our collective was not set up until about three weeks ago,” Drew Fabianich, AU General Manager and Director of Scouting, told Auburn Daily.
Since Auburn has gotten its feet up under it, we’ve seen them garner some momentum on the recruiting trail. On September 18th, Auburn added a verbal commitment from defensive linemen Jammarion Harkless, and the following day, they earned a commitment from offensive lineman Gernorris Wilson. Wide receiver Adam Hopkins jumped on September 15.
Of course, NIL is more complex in the recruiting process and the Tigers could have landed either of the new pledges without it becoming a part of the equation, but it’s one less detraction other programs could potentially use against Harsin’s program as the class of 2023 winds down. AU now sits at 10 verbal commitments, eight of which have gone public with a pledge on or after July 1.
Between the spring evaluation period and the early in-season evaluations permitted with the high school season underway, Auburn appears to be making up ground in the recruiting region, but especially within state lines.
Auburn’s coaching staff is believed to have trekked to over 200 Alabama high schools this year. Circling back on those relationships, especially with the strong home slate at Jordan-Hare Stadium this fall, should help to keep top talent on campus throughout the fall. Against Penn State, many of the state’s top uncommitted recruits took in the game in person, including the top two seniors on the board within state lines in Montgomery (Ala.) Carver High School duo James Smith and Qua Russaw.
Plenty of work remains for Harsin and his assistant coaches moving forward, however. As things sit near the end of September, Auburn is ranked outside the top 50 recruiting classes in the country. It will continue to pursue priority talent at obvious positions like offensive line while also working in hopes of flipping up to ”five or six” targets currently committed to other programs before the early signing period, per Fabianich.
On the NIL front, the Tigers are going up against schools that have found success early on the NIL front. Alabama quarterback Bryce Young was reported of having an $800,000 deal before taking a snap as a starter last fall. At Texas, a group has agreed to pay offensive linemen on scholarship $50,000 annually. Texas A&M athletes received $4 million in NIL deals in 2021 with football bringing in $3.3 million of that.
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Posted on 9/27/22 at 9:20 pm to jangalang
Thanks jang. Much appreciated
Posted on 9/27/22 at 9:33 pm to jangalang
Haven’t seen a list yet but I’ve been checking
Posted on 9/28/22 at 7:18 am to TheJones
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Haven’t seen a list yet but I’ve been checking
It’s so small you might have missed it.
Posted on 9/28/22 at 7:29 am to AUDevil
I know 4* LB Arion Carter and 5* CB Tony Mitchell will be there. I think Russaw and Smith intend to be there again but they’ll be traveling home that morning so it’s not set in stone
Posted on 9/28/22 at 7:35 am to TheJones
We put all of our eggs in the PSU basket. We sucked.
Posted on 9/28/22 at 11:10 am to jangalang
Jang who cares what the national average is for recruits.
What is the SEC average for recruits? We are told we stand either last or next to last in SEC recruiting depending on who you listen to.
What is the SEC average for recruits? We are told we stand either last or next to last in SEC recruiting depending on who you listen to.
Posted on 9/28/22 at 4:17 pm to jangalang
quote:this was posted by Clemente in his insider post
LSU is in town this weekend. Any croots?
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Official visitors
* 5-star S Tony Mitchell | Alabaster, Alabama | Alabama commit
* 4-star IOL Bradyn Joiner | Auburn, Alabama | Auburn commit
* 3-star LB Alex Sanford | Oxford, Mississippi | Arkansas commit
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Unofficial 2023 visitors
* 5-star DT James Smith | Montgomery, Alabama
* 5-star edge Qua Russaw | Montgomery, Alabama
* 4-star DL Keldric Faulk | Highland Home, Alabama | Florida State commit
* 4-star edge Gabriel Harris | Bradenton, Florida | Georgia commit
* 4-star DL Rueben Bain | Miami, Florida
* 4-star DL Daevin Hobbs | Concord, North Carolina
* 4-star OL Clay Wedin | Tampa, Florida | Michigan State commit
* 4-star LB Arion Carter | Smyrna, Tennessee | Memphis commit
* 4-star OT Bo Hughley | Fairburn, Georgia | Georgia commit
* 4-star TE Jelani Thurman | Fairburn, Georgia | Ohio State commit
* 4-star LB Stanquan Clark | Miami, Florida | Louisville commit
* 4-star RB Jeremiah Cobb | Montgomery, Alabama | Auburn commit
* 4-star WR Adam Hopkins | Thomasville, Georgia | Auburn commit
* 4-star DL Wilky Denaud | Fort Pierce, Florida | Auburn commit
* 4-star WR Daquayvious Sorey | Chipley, Florida | Auburn commit
* 4-star S Terrance Love | Fairburn, Georgia | Auburn commit
* 3-star DL TaDerius Collins | Shreveport, Louisiana
* 3-star DL Joshua Horton | Fairburn, Georgia | North Carolina commit
* 3-star ATH Edwin Joseph | Hollywood, Florida
* 3-star OL Gernorris Wilson | Lakeland, Florida | Auburn commit
* 3-star CB JC Hart | Loachapoka, Alabama | Auburn commit
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Unofficial 2024 visitors
* 5-star DL Kamarion Franklin | Lake Cormorant, Mississippi
* 4-star QB Air Noland | Fairburn, Georgia
* 4-star LB Myles Graham | Atlanta, Georgia | Florida commit
* 4-star DB Zaquan Patterson | Hollywood, Florida
* 4-star DB A'Mon Lane | Moody, Alabama | Auburn commit
* 4-star QB Adrian Posse | Hialeah, Florida | Auburn commit
* 3-star WR Cameron Coleman | Phenix City, Alabama
* 3-star CB Jayden Coleman | Phenix City, Alabama
* 3-star WR Lawayne Mccoy | Miami, Florida
This post was edited on 9/28/22 at 4:21 pm
Posted on 9/28/22 at 4:49 pm to AUFan2015
I know they live close but Smith and Russaw must be in line for some fat NIL stacks from Auburn to keep coming back
Posted on 9/28/22 at 5:30 pm to AUdime
Smith and Russaw are a maybe.
They play Friday night in Baton Rouge so if they make it back into town and feel like coming to watch the game they may make it. If not they won't.
They play Friday night in Baton Rouge so if they make it back into town and feel like coming to watch the game they may make it. If not they won't.
Posted on 9/28/22 at 5:32 pm to CorchJay
Right on cue Chad Simmons predicts Qua to Bama
https://twitter.com/on3recruits/status/1575241333412835328?s=46&t=l52YqcTtr-B1-wRt_oyiCw
https://twitter.com/on3recruits/status/1575241333412835328?s=46&t=l52YqcTtr-B1-wRt_oyiCw
Posted on 9/28/22 at 7:03 pm to CorchJay
Aw shite there's a Boise State QB entering the portal
Posted on 9/28/22 at 7:12 pm to CorchJay
Auburn’s selling point will be NIL and proximity to their training center in the gump. Auburn should empty out the NIL for those two
Posted on 9/28/22 at 7:16 pm to TheJones
Have 2 500k linemen in my opinion
Posted on 9/28/22 at 7:16 pm to TheJones
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Auburn should empty out the NIL for those two
That’s the word on the street. Auburn will not be outbid.
Posted on 9/29/22 at 1:39 am to jvilletiger25
Agreed AU wont be outbid for them but I don't think AU will go outside of what they feel their value is. Same with UGA and bama so all 3 will be within a range of something similar. So comes down to where they want to play and where they can get the attention to be top draft picks. However I think Russaw will be the better college player I think Smith has the higher NFL potential. Russaw's lack of length will hurt him on draft boards.
This post was edited on 9/29/22 at 1:41 am
Posted on 9/29/22 at 7:25 am to CorchJay
NIL should pay 5 stud OL 250,000 a year for their 4 years. Consider that their 5 million dollar plan stimulus boost. And then see where we are at from there. We don’t need Cadillac give me Cassininous Moore and let’s ride.
Posted on 9/29/22 at 3:28 pm to AUdime
If we get a big name coach that can recruit the boosters will open up the NIL money for them.
This post was edited on 9/29/22 at 3:30 pm
Posted on 9/29/22 at 3:40 pm to Stidham8
We don’t have a top 150 football recruit for the 2023 class. The money we have is going towards Bruce and basketball program. No one’s dishing out for football recruits at the moment.
Hire a big name and that could change. Until then, Auburn is a basketball school with football as an afterthought.
Hire a big name and that could change. Until then, Auburn is a basketball school with football as an afterthought.
This post was edited on 9/29/22 at 3:42 pm
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