re: Old Recruiting Thread: RIP insiders

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This will be the highest rated Auburn class in HISTORY

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If it’s better than that #3 class Chiz had, I might get banned on tRant.

What are these upside down Auburn hats I see recruits wearing? Anyone explain that?

Updated A Day visitor list per Clemente:

2024

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5-star WR Perry Thompson | Foley (Ala.) | Alabama commit

5-star WR Cameron Coleman | Central (Ala.)

5-star LB Demarcus Riddick | Chilton County (Ala.) | Georgia commit | FRIDAY AND SATURDAY

5-star ATH KJ Bolden | Buford (Ga.) | FRIDAY AND SATURDAY

5-star JACK Jordan Ross | Vestavia Hills (Ala.)

4-star CB A'Mon Lane | Moody (Ala.) | Auburn commit

4-star CB Jayden Lewis | Anniston (Ala.) | Auburn commit

4-star QB Walker White | Little Rock Christian (Ark.) | Auburn commit | FRIDAY AND SATURDAY

4-star RB J'Marion Burnette | Andalusia (Ala.) | Auburn commit FRIDAY OR SATURDAY

4-star RB Kevin Riley | Tuscaloosa County (Ala.) | FRIDAY AND SATURDAY

4-star OT Kevin Heywood | Pope John Paul II (Pa.)

4-star WR Braylon Burnside | Starkville (Miss.)

4-star DL Terrance Hibbler | Holmes County Central (Miss.) | FRIDAY AND SATURDAY

4-star DB Zaquan Patterson | Chaminade-Madonna (Fla.)

4-star TE Martavious Collins | Rome (Ga.)

4-star TE Carter Nelson | Ainsworth (Neb.)

4-star CB Jalewis Solomon | Schley County (Ga.)

4-star JACK Joseph Phillips | Booker T. Washington (Ala.)

4-star LB Sterling Dixon | Mobile Christian (Ala.) | Alabama commit

4-star DL Jeremiah Beaman | Parker (Ala.)

4-star DL Justin Greene | Mountain View (Ga.)

4-star DL Charleston Collins | Wilbur D. Mills (Ark.) | FRIDAY AND SATURDAY

4-star DB Courtney Crutchfield | Pine Bluff (Ark.) | FRIDAY AND SATURDAY

4-star CB Jalyn Crawford | Parkview (Ga.)

4-star IOL William Satterwhite | Archbishop Hoban (OH)

4-star LB Bradley Shaw | Hoover (Ala.)

4-star TE Amir Jackson | Portal (Ga.)

3-star DL Marcus Downs | Greer (SC)

3-star RB Elijah Hall | Booker T. Washington (Ala.)

3-star WR Bryce Cain | Baker (Ala.)

3-star RB Derrick Butler | WP Davidson (Ala.)

3-star DB Tevis Metcalf | Parker (Ala.)

3-star LB D'Angelo Barber | Clay-Chalkville (Ala.)

3-star DL Malik Blocton | Pike Road (Ala.)

3-star OT Isaiah Autry | Itawamba Agricultural (Miss.)

3-star LB Zavier Hamilton | Navarre (Fla.)

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2025

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5-star WR Ryan Williams | Saraland (Ala.) | Alabama commit

5-star LB/JACK Zayden Walker | Schley County (Ga.)

5-star LB Jadon Perlotte | Buford (Ga.) | Georgia commit

5-star WR Caleb Cunningham | Choctaw County (Miss.)

4-star JACK Jared Smith | Spain Park (Ala.)

4-star WR Koby Howard | Pensacola Catholic (Fla.)

DL Malik Autry | Opelika (Ala.) | Auburn commit

RB Alvin Henderson | Elba (Ala.)

TE Ryan Ghea | Milton (Ga.)

WR Daylyn Upshaw | Central-Phenix City (Ala.)

QB Nino Freeman | Lighthouse Christian Academy (Fla.)

OL Mal Waldrep | Central (Ala.)

LB Elijah Melendez | Osceola (Fla.)

OT Dontrell Glover | Langston Hughes (Ga.)

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4* OT Fletcher Westphal visited today ( not sure if he plans on attending the game tomorrow or not, JLee has him on his A Day list, but Clemente doesn't) anyway here's some quotes:

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"It was definitely good," Westphal said. "It was like a breath of fresh air compared to last year’s Auburn under (Bryan) Harsin and whatnot. It’s a completely new program. Obviously with a new facility but the team culture has changed completely."

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Regarding his tweet about Freeze being his favorite coach:

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"So, funny thing about that tweet — I was on a FaceTime call with Coach Freeze when he was at Liberty," Westphal explained. "He knew I wasn’t going to Liberty so he was like, ‘We’re going to mess with all these coaches.’ He was like, ‘You don’t have to do this but go to your Twitter and just be like: Just got off a Zoom call with my favorite head coach, Coach Freeze.’ So I do it, I post it and he retweets it and I was laughing my butt off while we did it. Me and Coach Freeze get along very well."

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Freeze being at Auburn is a big deal in his recruitment:

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"Yeah that’s definitely a huge part why they’re a big contender in my recruitment," Westphal said. "I really liked him when he was at Liberty and now he’s at an SEC school with all the bells and whistles."

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On OL coach Thornton:

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"I like him, this is my first time seeing him in action," Westphal said. "I really have only been talking to him over the phone before but actually seeing him, meeting him, getting to sit down and talk, watch him coach his dudes and sit in the team meeting, I really like how he runs things."

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Auburn is pushing hard:

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"Definitely pushing really hard," Westphal said. "I’m calling at least one of their coaches every week. I think I’ve called Coach Freeze like seven times since he’s been here. Definitely pushing pretty hard."

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Auburnfan2015 doing the Lord’s work

Is this a Hugh thing or a coincidence?


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What are these upside down Auburn hats I see recruits wearing? Anyone explain that?

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Team motto this year is "flip the script", so they took that literally for the hats and flipped the Auburn script upside down. Just a way to do something a little different.

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You just pull this out of nowhere?

Trovon Reed has been wearing the upside down Auburn hats since last season. It’s just a style.

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I think he's the one who came up with it.

Edit- The idea for the hats and the motto. I think he's friends with the guy who makes them.

How we feeling about Cam Coleman?

Clemente posted that UGA commit 5* Landen Thomas couldn't make it. Someone on On3 posted that a Bama mod said Ryan Williams didn't either. Take the Ryan Williams thing with a grain of salt. I'll wait until Clemente or KN post differently to say he didn't come

Clemente posted an update on Joseph Phillips, he left early due to the rain but he said Auburn's pushing him really hard to join the class RN. He still wants to wait until summer to make a decision and will be back soon.

Coach Freeze met with a big group of the top guys and said the message was they're the change and what the program needs. He still feels good about his crystal ball on Phillips.