re: Roster as of 1/12 @ 10pm

Demario Tolan

A much needed younger linebacker ended for depth come to AU from LSU. Auburn finished second in his recruitment out of high school and once he decided to get out of Red Stick he came calling to Auburn. We have plenty of experienced some what unproductive linebackers so bringing in a 1 and done here wouldn’t have made much sense for roster management. I could see us close out the winter transfer period with possibly another younger linebacker as well or post spring. Have to layer the depth on the roster and Tolan definitely does that. Tolan is extremely fast but is a little undersized. Some of our best LBers have been undersized. Hard to say what type of player Tolan will be for the 23 squad but he provides depth at minimum to a weak linebacker room. I could see Tolan being anything from special teams player to a starting backer.

Coach Roberts scheme requires different types of line backers. They have to be able to move to be able to pressure or to drop and be in their gap assignments. Tolan has that skill.