Yesterday, Auburn pulled a shocker when it landed four-star offensive guard Eric Mack, who is widely regarded as one of the strongest high school seniors in the country. He adds to the No. 1 offensive line class in the country that is headlined by Shon Coleman, one of the top 25 high school seniors in the country and the top player out of Mississippi. Coleman, with a 6'7" frame, will play tackle, and will likely be book-ended by Roszell Gayden, another 6'7" guy who comes from junior college. Coleman is a five-star guy and Gayden is four-star.
Outside of the offensive line, Auburn pulled the top JUCO player in the country to the Plains in Five-star quarterback Cameron Newton. He is 6'6" and is simply a winner. He backed up Tim Tebow for a year at Florida during Tebow's Heisman season. Newton is joined by five-star running back Michael Dyer, who is the top player out of Arkansas and the 2nd highest rated running back in the country. And HERE'S the best part: the top-rated running back, Marcus Lattimore, who is also the No. 10 ranked player in the country overall, is very likely going to sign with Auburn the day before signing day. He has narrowed his list to Auburn and South Carolina. He is from Carolina,so it would be considered a coup if Auburn were able to sign him, but from what I'm hearing from my sources, he's about 85 percent solid to Auburn and will likely visit the Plains this weekend. He would give Auburn a back that is similar to Ben Tate is physicality and ability to carry a team on his shoulders and carry the load. Also, I think people need not forget about Dontae Aycock, who redshirted last year. I think he'll be a bigger factor in the offense this year than people think. Auburn backed off Lache Seastrunk, who is also a five-star running back, or he would have already committed. Be the coaches had their reasons. Basically, Seastrunk would be somewhat of a project but has all the raw talent in the world, whereas Dyer and Lattimore are ready right now, and are sure things.
Auburn also has a commitment from Louisiana's top player, athlete Trovon Reed. He will be a receiver and headlines the top wide receiver class in the country this far. Jeremy Richardson and Antonio Goodwin will join him next year and all three are four-star guys who can really bring it.
So basically, what you are hearing is that Auburn stands to have the top quarterback class, running back class, offensive line class AND wide receiver class in the nation when all is said and done. How's THAT for a successful recruiting year. And we haven't even talked about the defense yet.
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