Under Armour All American Game

The day after the Outback Bowl, in St. Petersburg (a 30 minute drive from Tampa), the Under Armour All American game will be played at 11 a.m ET. For those Auburn fans who want to see the future of Auburn football but cannot attend, the game will be televised on ESPN. Here are some players to watch:

Commitments:

• Michael Dyer - White Team #5 - RB
• Antonio Goodwin - White Team #7 - WR
• Dakota Mosley - White Team #81 - TE/LS
• LaDarius Owens - Black Team #15 - LB
• Cody Parkey - Black Team #18 - K
• Jake Holland - Black Team #50 - LB

Targets:

• Corey Lemonier - White Team #55 - DE
• James Stone - White Team #64 - OG
• Mike Thornton - White Team #73 - DT

Recruiting Notes

• C.J. Mosley will take in the Auburn-Kentucky game next weekend. He will be at LSU this weekend.
• Vic Beasley will take an official visit to Auburn for the Iron Bowl.
• Trovon Reed's top three are still Auburn, LSU and Florida. Auburn appears to currently hold a lead over the other two.
• I would expect to see Shon Coleman, Jake Holland and possibly D.J. Howard pick up a fourth star on Rivals when the updated rankings come out.
• Ed Christian still appears to be taking his official visit next weekend for the Kentucky game. It appeared as if he would possibly commit after the Kentucky game but he has now opened up to even more schools such as Alabama, Florida, Tennessee and Clemson.
• Offensive lineman Daryl Williams will likely take an official visit to Auburn in January.
• Auburn is the early leader for 2011 offensive tackle Alan Posey. Posey is from Athens, GA but does not seem to want to go to Georgia. Posey has only visited Auburn, UGA and Georgia Tech.

Holland An All American

Linebacker commitment Jake Holland has been invited to the 2010 Under Armour All-American Game and has accepted. It will be January 2nd in Orlando, FL, on ESPN. Cody Parkey and Antonio Goodwin will also be playing in the game.

State Rankings

Alabama's Rivals state rankings have been released. Prospects of interest for Auburn fans include (Auburn commits, uncommitted targets): LaDarius Owens (3), Jeremy Richardson (6), C.J. Mosley (8), Jake Holland (12), Jawara White (13), Pee Wee Cobb (19), Anthony Wilson (20), Kenneth Carter (22), Chase Hughes (24), Quinterrious Eatmon (31), D.J. Howard (37) and Dale Trimble (38). Full top 40 here.

Press-Register Elite 18

The Press Register's list of the top talent in the state of Alabama. Complete article here.

1) DeMarcus Milliner (Alabama)

2) Jarrick Williams (Alabama)

3) C.J. Mosley

4) LaDarius Owens

5) Solomon Patton (Florida)

6) Jeremy Richardson (Auburn)

7) Corey Grant

8) Nick Perry (Alabama)

9) Jawara White (Auburn)

10) Jalston Fowler (Alabama)

11) Craig Sanders (Alabama)

12) Jake Holland (Auburn)

13) D.J. Howard

14) Nigel Terrell

15) Jeremiah Jackson (Arkansas)

16) Deion Belue (Alabama)

17) Sam Gibson (LSU)

18) Wilson Love (Alabama)

Owens Update

Ladarius Owens told BamaOnline that he is not limited to Alabama and Auburn.  He says he will visit LSU, Tennessee, FSU, Clemson and South Carolina this summer.  He also said that he is going out to eat with Auburn commitment Jake Holland later tonight.  

Late Night Studying Notes

Finals are about halfway done.  I have one Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and then freedom!  Until summer classes at least.  I only have a few more notes for today:

• Prattville athlete Sam Gibson told SuperPrep.com that he believes the next offer he will receive will be from Auburn.
• 2010 commitment Jake Holland also says he has been talking to many other recruits and trying to recruit them to Auburn.  He says he feels like many are very close to committing.
  
• Coaches are back out on the road doing spring evaluations for the 2010 class.
• Bo Jackson will speak at graduation.  Commencement takes place May 9 and 2,823 degrees are expected to be handed out.
• 2009 signees Nick Fairley has been cleared by the NCAA to attend Auburn.  He and DeAngelo Benton will report to Auburn on May 20.  Summer classes begin the 21st (which just so happens to be my birthday, mark that on the calendar).
• Paul Finebaum's new article might surprise some Auburn fans.  He says Auburn's Tiger Prowl has gotten the best of Nick Saban.  Full article here.

Weekend Wrap Up

Hey everyone.  Finals end Thursday so bear with me.  Here's some notes for the weekend:

• Today was the Elite Action Combine.  I have a few quick notes from that:  the state of Alabama's top prospect, Demarcus Milliner, ran a 4.31 on the 40 yard dash.  Milliner claims his all time fastest time at 4.28.  Milliner also recently discussed the Tiger Prowl.  He said that it made an impact on him.  He said what really affected him was all seven coaches visiting.  He said he likes "that Auburn is headed back to being a winning program". 
• Auburn commitment Jake Holland posted a 4.53 40 but by the time he ran it was steadily raining.  Auburn target Sam Gibson ran a 4.55.  Former 2010 commitment B.J. Chitty ran a 4.52 and corner back target Dale Trimble ran a 4.53.
• From an interview with GamecockCentral, Marcus Lattimore says Auburn is still on top.  He also said that he does not intend to graduate early and join a school in the spring semester.  
• Trovon Reed told Warchant.com that he intends to visit Auburn, LSU, USC and Oregon over the summer.
• CollegeFootballNews.com rated the top 10 new coordinators for the 2009 season.  New defensive coordinator Ted Roof came in at number ten and offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn came in at number one.  They stated that if the risk pays off with Malzahn, it could takes years for the SEC to catch up.

Early Monday Notes

• More articles have been written regarding Marcus Lattimore's visit.  Lattimore told SCVarsity.com that not only is Auburn number one, but they also have a "big lead".
• Offensive tackle recruit Eric Mack was in Tuscaloosa for Alabama's spring game this weekend.  He did say he has Auburn "very high" and wants to return to the Plains very soon.
• LaDarius Owens was also in Tuscaloosa.  He now lists his top three as Auburn, Alabama and LSU.  He still has not decided if he will commit in the spring or hold out.
• Jonathan Mincy has listed his top three now as Tennessee, Auburn and Georgia.  He brought his mom for a visit to Auburn last week.  He was in Tennessee this weekend.
• Four star defensive end Anthony Williams took in Georgia Tech's spring game this weekend.  Williams has named Auburn and Tech as his top two.  He will attend the NIKE Camp this weekend.
• Commitment Jake Holland was at the Scout.com Southeast Elite Camp Sunday in Tuscaloosa.  
• I've seen our new commitment's name spelled Shon, Shun and Shalon so I am trying to sort out which he goes by right now. 
• The coaching staff gave interviews Sunday.  Nothing surprising came out of those.  Chizik said he needs more than 15 practices to decide his starting quarterback but he does not want it to eat too far into fall practice.  Ted Roof named Craig Stevens as the top defender for the spring.  

Videos For Two Commitments

For your viewing pleasure, videos for Shaun Kitchens and Jake Holland.

Kitchens #4


Holland #5

Sunday Recruiting Notes

Yesterday was a busy day in Auburn football but it was also the Alpha Psi Rodeo so you understand the lack of quality updates right? If you know the rodeo you know what I mean. Here are some notes:

• Top in-state linebacker LaDarius Owens has narrowed his choices to Auburn and Alabama. I like Auburn to win this guy. Owens has family ties to Auburn and he says he wants to have a decision soon. He is also close to Jake Holland who committed yesterday and Owens says that seriously helps.
• Four star defensive tackle Jeffrey Whitaker picked up an offer on his visit to the Plains this weekend. Whitaker says he has no favorites at all but "Auburn's on the map".
• Cornerback Darius Robinson has said that Auburn is now his favorite. He and Westlake teammate Michael Taylor visited this weekend. Robinson does not currently have an offer from Auburn.
• Safety Davin Hawkins visited Auburn for the third time this weekend. While calling Auburn "top notch", he says he plans to wait until National Signing Day to decide.
• Four star offensive tackle James Stone (Number 36 on the Rivals 100) visited Auburn this weekend. He has also visited Vanderbilt, Alabama and Tennessee. He says the visit definitely put Auburn on his radar. Linemen is Auburn's top priority.

Auburn Picks Up Second Commitment (Now With Video)

Auburn picked up their second commitment of the 2010 class today. Pelham High School's Jake Holland committed after visiting Thursday's practice. He says he is not visiting any other schools right now and is fully committed to Auburn.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jur_N4QzvZ0