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re: Class of 2019 Recruiting MEGATHREAD: That's a Wrap Edition
Posted on 3/20/18 at 8:31 am to TideSaint
Posted on 3/20/18 at 8:31 am to TideSaint
Alabama’s 2018 class may not be complete as Tide look to bolster defensive line
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Alabama signed two defensive linemen in the 2018 class in 4-star prospects Stephon Wynn and Christian Barmore. The team was hoping to add at least one more but missed on 4-star defensive end Bobby Brown, who flipped from Alabama to Texas A&M on National Signing Day, and 4-star defensive end Malik Langham, who signed with Florida.
“We were actually hoping to get one more defensive lineman in this class,” Nick Saban said on National Signing Day. “We feel really good about the two guys that we got. Stephon Wynn is a really good player, a big power guy. Barmore is the same kind of guy.
“I think some of the outside backer-type guys have become defensive linemen, so the fact that we got some really good guys at outside backer that have really good size and really good size potential may grow into something else in their career here. But that’s something that remains to be seen. But we feel really good about those two guys.
“Again, if we had our druthers we’d have got one more guy at that position, and we’ll continue to maybe look and evaluate and see if there’s somebody out there that would help us.”
The main name to know right now on the defensive line is Tevita Musika, an interior lineman from College of San Mateo (Calif.). Musika, a 6-foot-1, 300-pound prospect, picked up an offer from the Tide earlier this month. Defensive coordinator Tosh Lupoi is Musika’s primary recruiter.
Musika is expected to visit Tuscaloosa in the coming weeks but a date has not been cemented. From talking with people with knowledge of the team’s recruitment of Musika, it would not come as a surprise to see him join the Tide when he visits.
He is a Class of 2018 prospect, so he’s able to enroll at the school of his choice this summer.
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Posted on 3/20/18 at 8:36 am to TideSaint
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Nathan Pickering expects to be back at Auburn ‘soon’
Nathan Pickering was expected to be at Auburn earlier this month, but he had to rearrange his plans.
Still, as I mentioned earlier in March, Pickering planned to reschedule for later in the month. The 4-star defensive end from Seminary, Miss., hasn’t returned yet, but he plans to in the near future.
“Soon,” he told SEC Country on Monday evening.
Pickering originally hoped to reschedule for March 24-25, which is this weekend. As of Monday night, he wasn’t 100 percent certain whether he’d come this weekend versus wait a week, or until the spring game. But one thing is certain: Auburn is on his mind and has been the entire spring.
“They obviously will be a factor. When I put my top schools out, Auburn will be high on it. I loved it. … I’ll definitely be back. Anytime I get a chance to come, I’m coming,” Pickering said. “[Rodney Garner], he’s cool. He’s like a father figure to me. He seems like someone who I would love to be coached by.”
Auburn plans to host a solid contingent of prospects (more below) this weekend. It won’t be a junior day, per se, but it will be a star-studded group on campus nonetheless. Many of Auburn’s top Mississippi prospects will head to Atlanta this weekend for the Nike Opening Regional at Buford High School. It’s a convenient time to swing by the Plains.
Pickering, however, won’t participate in a Nike regional until the Dallas event in April.
Pickering, the nation’s No. 50 overall prospect, is Auburn’s No. 1 defensive line priority in the 2019 class. He last visited Auburn on Feb. 12 with his close friend and fellow 2019 target Dannis Jackson, a wide receiver.
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