re: Inactive recruiting thread

Last year we were struggling. Had three or four and then had a 4 month boon and our commitment numbers swelled to 17 pretty easily. This year it does feels like the outcome can be different if we don’t have preseason marquee visiting weekends.

Hoping we got plenty of evaluations in. Coaches won’t see any kids this summer at camps (most likely) so what we have is what we have

Lack of visits hurting us bad. The best thing about Auburn is the atmosphere.

I'm not really worried about our recruiting tho tbh. This staff has always recruited well. I'm gonna give them the benefit of the doubt until they prove me wrong.

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There is pretty much no one left on the board out of the top 247 that you could say we are the favorites to sign.

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Also not sure this has much meaning either. I’m looking at the 2020 class and I’m seeing a lot of surprise commitments. Guys we learned were leaning to AU right before they committed. Only seeing 2-3 guys that seemed like Auburn guys from the start

Exactly. New targets will appear, rankings will change etc. Also when all of this is over and football season is in finally in full swing it will change minds of recruits as well for the good or bad. Keith also explained how Tennessee is hamering the early PT situation. Cody and Brooks both have an easier path there than at auburn. And explained how even though brooks is highly touted he’s a year or two away from being a contributor if he came to auburn. His body isn’t up to par with what Coach G wants and he’d need time in the weight room before even being in the regular rotation much less an immediate contributor as a true freshman like ppl think just bc of the 5star rating. RB, Dline and LB are the least of my worries rn. Also said if Fairchild does choose uga he must really like the school bc their oline unit is stacked and auburn is selling the early PT like they do will most lineman

I just dont understand why we cant get more OL recruits interested. Lets hear the excuses, our scheme is not good for the pros, our coach doesnt like recruiting (havent we used this one for the last four OL coaches). We dont get on players early (wrong, quite the contrary we seem to get on them and lose them). We are too picky. etc, etc.

Georgia had two tackles go in the first round, both with eligibility left, and they will still have a line far far better than us this fall.

With no spring practice, we enter the fall with one starter and the remaining four positions will be filled with two DL converts, two JC players, one grad transfer and a hodge podge of other players.

QBs sell tickets, lines win championships.

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Auburn’s struggle right now in the 2021 class is a little overstated.

Alabama is currently ranked 12th... in the SEC. Ohio State is the only school really killing it right now. Tennessee has landed some big targets but it’s only May and they’ve already tallied 11 3* guys and not one of them is of the high end variety

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What I was trying to say. You just did so much better at it.

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Top 247 is going to change another billion times before signing day.

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Not sure about that with no Spring or Summer ball or camp for sites to eval & rate. If we get a legit high school season & All Star games my guess is it will be updated 3 or 4 more times.

4* WR Malcolm Johnson Jr will visit Auburn, he says. Track guy from VA.

Also looks like the Brockermeyer kids will visit Auburn, according to their dad. Says it won’t be easy to make it everywhere they need to visit. Talks to the staff often. Says Chad Morris has been in Texas a lot

His dad also posts (or, posted, before the recruitment fired up) on the Bunker on the reg