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Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Recruiting: And down the stretch they come

National Signing Day is almost upon us.

From the sounds of it, things are going to start extremely early here at the Auburn athletic complex. The War Eagle Extra will set several alarm clocks to get out of bed and provide information on recruits as they send in their letters on intent, so check back periodically throughout the day for updates tomorrow.

Until then, here are some names to watch tomorrow in various categories. As usual, our information is gathered from a variety of recruting sites, including AuburnSports.com, AUTigers.com and AuburnUndercover.com:

Looking very good
  • Dontae Aycock: The Tampa, Fla, native had his scholarship offer from Georgia Tech pulled after visiting Auburn last weekend. That doesn't leave him many other offers on the table. The Tigers are one team, and they're recruiting the four-star player as a running back.
Committed elsewhere, but ...
  • Aubrey Phillips: Mammoth Tennessee OL commit says there might "shock" some people on signing day. Why would you say that unless you were planning on switching your commitment. His Olive Branch (Miss.) High teammate Daren Bates has already committed to the Tigers. Auburn's chances sound good her, although Florida State is in play too.
  • DeQuinta Jones: The DT is a Michigan commit but backed off quickly, making several visits in January. Arkansas and Tennessee are also in the picture.
Toss-ups
  • Emory Blake: The Texas WR (and son of former NFL quarterback Jeff Blake) is down to Texas Tech and Auburn, according to Rivals.com. Hard to believe a wide receiver wouldn't want to play in the Red Raiders' system, but Gus Malzahn has been known to pitch the ball around a bit too.
  • Greg King: The Memphis, Tenn., LB is down to Tennessee and Auburn.
Still signing?
  • Brandon Heavens: Bessemer, Ala., athlete committed to Auburn in April, but explored his . He visisted Mississippi State last weekend and, from the sounds of it, could switch his commitment.
  • Terrence Coleman: Antonio Coleman's nephew has had second thoughts about his Auburn commitment. The Mobile, Ala., native didn't like how James Willis left him in the lurch. He visisted Tennessee last week and might switch things up on signing day.
Grayshirting
  • Robert Cooper: The Daphne, Ala., athlete has accepted Auburn's grayshirt offer, according to AuburnSports.com, meaning he'll enroll as a full-time student and scholarship player at Auburn in January of next year.
If offered, will sign
  • Taikwon Paige: The two-year Georgia Military College cornerback originall signed with Minnesota but opened things up. He's got a good relationship with defensive coordinator Ted Roof but hasn't yet been offered a scholarship. UPDATE: Paige was offered Tuesday night and committed, according to AuburnSports.com, making him the Tigers' 26th commitment).
  • Mike Eargle: Same situation for the Lackawanna Community College CB, who visited Auburn last weekend.
The Lloyd Christmas "so you're telling me there's a chance" extreme longshot division
  • DeAngelo Benton: The one-time five-star WR, who prepped at Hargrave, gave Auburn a super-secret visit two weeks ago. But he's a two-time LSU signee who appears to be bound for the Bengal Tigers. It'd be shocking if the Bastrop, La., native chose Auburn.
  • Tana Patrick: All signs point to Alabama for the Stevenson, Ala., linebacker, who also visited Miami and Southern California.
Call back later
  • David Oku: The Midwest City, Okla., RB has told coaches to stop calling him (it's about time some recruit did that). He's down to Auburn, Tennessee and (oddly) Syracuse. He's already said he'll go past signing day, so don't expect a decision tomorrow.
  • Bryce Brown: Ranked the No. 1 overall recruit in the country, the Wichita, Kan., RB still has a few visits planned for after signing day. Auburn could be one of them. Right now, he's still a Miami commit, but who knows how serious that is.
Peace, we outta here
  • Tracy Moore: The Tulsa, Okla., TE/WR flirted with Auburn but stuck to his commitment at Oklahoma State.
  • Johnnie Farms: The OL gave Auburn a chance last week but elected to honor his commitment to North Carolina.
  • Corey Gaines: The DT fell in love with Ole Miss and wasn't able to be swayed on his Auburn trip last weekend.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Nice pull with the Lloyd Christmas clip!

Andy Bitter said...

I'm thinking of trying to bring that hairstyle back. That is, if it was ever in.

atlantatiger said...

Andy,
YOu do a real nice job of things. THis is the second blog that I always visit. I just more loyal to Jay G Tate.

On another note i do think that we do sign a alot of those you mentioned plus a suprise.

bow9den said...

New here, Great job Andy

Deano "aka" Jimmy Joe Meeker "aka" Fat Elvis said...

Thanks for setting the old alarm and dragging yourself out at the crack of dawn for the rest of us. We are reading and we do appreciate the blog. Keep up the good work chief! I am a big follower of your stuff.