Updates

• Shon Coleman did indeed show up in Tuscaloosa for his official visit to Alabama. Coleman will also visit Miami this weekend. He has been quiet about his recruitment lately but some are starting to think he is Alabama's to lose.
• Also visiting Miami this weekend is Jeffrey Whitaker. He will announce his decision on Monday. It is likely that Whitaker is deciding between Auburn and Georgia. I still think Whitaker signs with the Tigers.
• Jonathan Mincy will not take any visits this weekend. He originally planned on visiting South Carolina but has decided against it.
• All signs point to Arkansas having a slight lead for Byran Jones. Jones could make an announcement tomorrow.
• Vic Beasley is still considering a visit to Auburn.
• No word yet on if Markeith Ambles will visit Auburn this weekend. I believe he will and I would keep an eye on him. Auburn could definitely steal Ambles.
• Gene Chizik will make an in-home visit to Marcus Lattimore tomorrow. South Carolina will visit him Saturday.
• Auburn Undercover says that Lane Kiffin and Southern Cal made a late push for Joel Bonomolo but got nowhere.
• Right now it appears D.J. Howard will not sign with Auburn but rather Kentucky or Clemson. He may visit Kentucky this weekend.

Where Do We Go From Here?

Auburn has five spots remaining for the 2010 class but may take only 2-4. Here are the recruits still on the board and what I predict:

***** - RB - Marcus Lattimore - I believe Auburn will land Lattimore over South Carolina and have for some time. The latest I have heard is Auburn has a slight lead.

***** - RB - Lache Seastrunk - I see Seastrunk as an Oregon Duck next season.

***** - WR - Markeith Ambles - Wide receiver has off the field issues. The staff has pulled his offer but he has a lot of interest in Auburn. If you watched the Army All-American game, you know this guy is a game changer. If Auburn has room and will risk offering him, I see him ending up at Auburn, however, I do not see an offer being extended. I see him either going back to UT or switching to UNC.

**** - OG - James Stone - Has said his finalists are Auburn and Alabama. He plans to visit Auburn this weekend. With Mack's commitment today our offensive line may be full. He has been rumored to be 'Bama bound anyways so I expect him on the Tide.

**** - OT - Damien Robinson - Again, I believe we are done recruiting offensive line but we were never a serious contender for Robinson I do not believe.

**** - DE - Corey Lemonier - Has made his decision and will announce on National Signing Day. He has narrowed his choices to Auburn, Miami and Florida State. Has visited Auburn and FSU officially and may take an unofficial to Miami. I say Auburn is the leader for Lemonier but he may want to stay closer to home. I will predict him to be a Tiger.

**** - DT - Jeffrey Whitaker - Whitaker is between Auburn, Miami and Georgia. He visited Auburn this past weekend and was blown away. He will visit Georgia this weekend and Miami the next. Barring an overwhelmingly impressive official in the next two weeks, I think he is an Auburn Tiger on NSD.

**** - DT - Mike Thornton - Thornton has eliminated Auburn. According to sources, there was an incident on the Auburn coaches' visit to the Thornton household in which Thornton's father would not allow the coaches in to talk to him. Apparently the coaches were the ones who backed off of him, not he who backed off of Auburn like he claims in a recent article. Either way, I have always projected him to UGA.

**** - DT - Byran Jones - Jones is down to Auburn and Arkansas. Jones had a great visit to Auburn this weekend and will officially visit Arkansas next weekend. Does not claim a favorite right now. Right now I will call this a toss up. He will make his decision after the Arkansas visit but will not announce until NSD.

**** - DB - Ahmad Dixon - Recently re-committed to Baylor. Has previously committed to Texas, Baylor and Tennessee. Dixon cannot make up his mind but I think he stays with Baylor.

*** - ATH - Vic Beasley - Clemson commit could play linebacker or safety in college. Right now I am not positive that Beasley has a committable offer from Auburn. He claims to be 90% to Clemson right now but plans to visit Auburn this weekend. I will say Clemson right now but will re-evaluate after this weekend.

Now if there is room, where else might the staff look? Here are some names:

CB - Akeem Cunningham - haven't heard much about him lately.

ATH - Eric Russell - if an offer is extended he would accept.

S - Patrick Swilling - if an offer is extended, he would consider.

One More Month

It is just one month until National Signing Day of 2010 and Auburn is sitting pretty with recruiting. New SEC rules cap the total amount of signees for 2010 at 28 but Auburn can technically bring in 33, counting 5 early signees toward the 2009 class (Curry, Newton, Sanders, Gayden and B. Mosley). So, with Auburn currently at 27 total (22 counting toward 2010), how will NSD look for the Tigers? Let's take a look:

Current Commitments Who May Be Wavering:

• **** Shon Coleman - OT - looking around at schools such as Ole Miss, Miami (FL), Tennessee and Arkansas. He also has set an official visit to Auburn. I say Auburn holds onto Coleman but he is a very soft verbal.
• *** D.J. Howard - S - looking at Clemson and Kentucky. Auburn is recruiting him as a safety but he wants to play running back in college, which is more likely at Clemson. I say it is 50-50 between AU and Clemson right now.

Top Uncommitted Targets:

• ***** Marcus Lattimore - RB - Auburn appears to be in great shape for the number 2 running back in the nation according to Rivals. If I had to guess right now, I would say Lattimore picks Auburn over his home state Gamecocks but with three official visits still planned (Oregon, Georgia and USC) anything could happen. EDIT: Lattimore has eliminated UGA since I posted this.
• ***** Lache Seastrunk - RB - Due to Dyer's commitment and Lattimore's interest in AU, Seastrunk appears to not be Auburn bound. Lache has been very quiet lately regarding recruiting but appeared to enjoy his Oregon visit and the Ducks could be the team to beat, as well as the Southern Cal Trojans.
• **** Eric Mack - OG - the current South Carolina commitment was spotted wearing an Auburn hat at the Under Armour All American game (link here, pic courtesy of Auburn Eagle). It has long been speculated Mack would change to the Tigers and I see that happening.
• **** James Stone - OT - considering a January visit to Auburn but it is not likely Auburn lands the Nashville tackle. His top four are Auburn, Stanford, Alabama and Tennessee and I see him either playing for Saban or Kiffin next season.
• **** Jeffrey Whitaker - DT - All American is likely to sign with Auburn. I don't want to use the word "lock" but I would be very surprised if he went elsewhere.
• **** Mike Thornton - DT - many think Auburn is the leader here but I am skeptical. He has Auburn, UGA, Penn State, Florida and Miami at the top of his list. My prediction is UGA or Penn State for Thornton.
• **** Byran Jones - DT - I think Auburn swoops in and steals another top Arkansas player. The second best player in the state seems to be leaning toward Auburn and if the Tigers indeed do not land Thornton then I would not be surprised to see Auburn land this four star.
• **** Corey Lemonier - DE - this Florida d-end appears to be Auburn bound. He will decide on NSD between Auburn, Florida, Florida State, Miami, LSU and Tennessee. The All American seems to enjoy the family atmosphere at Auburn and I see him in orange and navy next season.
• *** Ken Adams - DE - JUCO defensive end originally signed with Tuberville's staff out of high school. He is deciding between Auburn, LSU and UNC. I see Auburn as his leader and would look for him to sign soon.
• *** Vic Beasley - LB - Clemson commitment is open and if there is room I see Auburn in Beasley's future. The Auburn legacy would wrap up an amazing linebacker class for the Tigers.

So there are my predictions for the rest of this class: Ken Adams, Corey Lemonier, Byran Jones, Jeffrey Whitaker, Marcus Lattimore, Eric Mack and Vic Beasley (obviously D.J. Howard would have to decommit to fit all of these seven in). With Auburn's class currently ranked THIRD on Rivals, it is safe to say this class would end up in the top five.

Recruiting Catch Up

I wanted to clarify for anyone what exactly is going on with the early signing period for JUCO and early graduates. Wednesday is signing day for January enrollees. Auburn is looking to sign five on Wednesday. They will all roll back to the 2009 signing class.

Jessel Curry and Craig Sanders are likely to sign on Wednesday along with current Tennessee commitment and former Auburn signee Ken Adams. Adams will make an announcement tomorrow as to whether he will stay with the Vols or switch to Auburn, which is very likely. Also, Roszell Gayden could also make a decision soon and could possibly sign with Auburn on Wednesday. Gayden is likely down to just Auburn and Cal.

Here is the latest on other top targets:

• OL - Eric Mack - Feel good about this South Carolina commitment. Auburn is in very good shape to steal him.
• OL - John Cullen - This JUCO lineman will probably not make a decision until close to signing day. Tennessee currently leads for Cullen but he plans to visit Auburn in January and teammate Joel Bonomolo could help pull Cullen to the Plains.
• OL - Brandon Mosley - Appears to be down to Auburn, Ole Miss and FSU. Ole Miss is leading but Mosley visited FSU this weekend and an announcement is expected this week. He will sign in December in enroll in January.
• OL - Laurence Gibson - Gibson committed to Clemson last night.
• RB - Marcus Lattimore - Five star running back still has Auburn and South Carolina on top. I feel great right now about signing Lattimore in February.
• RB - Lache Seastrunk - I am no longer expecting Auburn to have a serious chance with Seastrunk.
• DT - Byran Jones - Arkansas is the public leader for Jones right now but I have heard whispers that Jones could be an Auburn lean. He will take an official visit to Auburn in January and could wrap him up then.
• DT - Mike Thornton - Still an Auburn lean the last I heard but the Tigers have a lot of competition.
• DT - Jeffrey Whitaker - Auburn in awesome shape for this stud defensive tackle. I expect him to sign with the Tigers.
• DE - Corey Lemonier - Auburn has put themselves in good position with Corey. Right now it is a toss up between Florida, Florida State, Auburn, Tennessee, LSU and Miami.
• LB - Vic Beasley - Toss up between Auburn and his current commitment of Clemson. Says he will talk to his parents about visiting Auburn and if he makes it down, we could steal him.
• LB - C.J. Mosley - I would say there is a 85% chance Mosley ends up wearing crimson next season.
• DB - Ryan White - White will take an unofficial visit to Auburn next weekend and could commit then. He is probably Auburn's top uncommitted defensive back target. White also plans an official visit for the last weekend in January.
• DB - Rashad Knight - Visited Auburn this weekend but Auburn wants White over Knight. With Davis committing this weekend and Auburn in good shape with White, there may be no room for Knight.
• DB - Ahmad Dixon - It is questionable right now if Auburn would take Dixon right now. Dixon also has grade issues.
• DB - Bradley Roby - Auburn could make a move for this Vanderbilt commitment if he visits. He currently plans to take an official to the Plains on January 8th.

Big Recruiting Update

• Rivals tells us that Auburn will have many visitors for the Iron Bowl.
• The first name is Brandon Mosley (who could play LB, DL, OL or TE). This guy out of Kansas has visited Auburn's campus before and will take an official visit this weekend. He also plans to take officials to Ole Miss and Florida State according to AuburnSports.com.
• JUCO corner Mike Harris will also be officially visiting. This California JUCO four star has offers from Alabama, Florida, Florida State and Miami (his hometown), among many others. Alabama is currently leading for him and he will also officially visit Ole Miss.
• Antonio Goodwin may be wavering on his commitment. He visited Georgia this past weekend. He will visit Auburn, Tennessee, Georgia and North Carolina before making his decision. His commitment is anything but solid in my opinion right now.
• Other official visits this weekend include Roszell Gayden, Akeem Cunningham, C.J. Mosely and Cody Parkey.
• Other unofficial visitors include Vic Beasley and Laurence Gibson, a huge Hargrave lineman who recently picked up an offer from the Tigers.
• Ahmad Dixon tells Auburn Undercover that Tennessee is now his leader along with Baylor. Due to playoffs, he will not be able to visit this weekend but still plans to take an official visit to Auburn after the season.
• Robert Johnson will visit Auburn in January.
• Auburn legacy Davis Dudchock has changed his commitment from Vanderbilt to Stanford.
• Other commitments who will be in Auburn this weekend include Chad Slade, Jawara White, Jeremy Richardson, Kenneth Carter, Shaun Kitchens, Demetruce McNeal and LaDarius Owens.
• Obviously high school playoffs are hurting Auburn's chances at landing some targets on campus Friday.
• Jay Hughes will take an official visit to the Plains January 21-23.
• Marcus Lattimore's high school teammate Nick Jones has committed to South Carolina.
• Michael Dyer rushed for over 200 yards but his team still came up short this weekend in his state semi-finals loss to Greenbrier.
• Info thanks to AuburnSports.com, AuburnUndercover and TechSideline.
• More to come later this week.

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.

Vic Beasley Update

Victor Beasley, Jr. is still committed to Clemson but is leaning heavily toward Auburn. He says Auburn is the team he likes the most other than Clemson. He plans another visit to Auburn and I could see his commitment change. Auburn's success this season seems to have renewed Beasley's interest. His top three seem to be Clemson, Auburn and Tennessee, in that order.

Recruiting Wrap Up

• Auburn impressed just about every recruit who visited this weekend. The game and the fans were huge.
• Bradley Roby was unable to make the trip this weekend. He says he is firm to Vanderbilt at the moment but plans to visit Auburn.
• Dquan Menzie also could not make it this weekend but plans to visit before the season is over.
• Auburn Undercover is reporting that Auburn is the leader for Eric Mack. Even though he is committed to USC, I could see that changing in the near future.
• Michael Dyer seems ready to publicly commit to Auburn. He says he will make an announcement before one of his games at his school in the next couple of weeks.
• Vic Beasley says his mom was very impressed by Auburn and their coaches. He describes himself as a very soft verbal to Clemson and will take an official visit to Auburn. Other schools he is still considering include Tennessee and Florida State.
• Not a ton of feedback from Trovon Reed but he seemed impressed by the passing offense. He said Auburn looked like Florida on offense. It will be an Auburn-LSU battle for the number 6 receiver in the nation and he plans to take an official visit for the Iron Bowl.
• No word yet coming out on Jeffrey Whitaker or Mike Thornton. When something does, I will post it.

WVU Unofficial Visitors UPDATED 11:43 AM (A Bunch At The Bottom)

This list will continually be updated and moved back to the top every time I update it. NOTE: I am only going to list uncommitted prospects. Many commitments will also be on the Plains.

• Jeffrey Whitaker **** DT
• Michael Thornton **** DT
• Trovon Reed **** WR
• Michael Dyer ***** RB
• Dakota Mosley *** OL
• Victor Beasley *** LB (Clem Commit) (no longer an official visit)
• Eric Mack **** OL (USC Commit) (official visit)
• Steven Clark ** P (official visit)
• Dequan Menzie **** CB
• Willis Wright *** WR
• Tristan Hardin *** OL
• Spencer Region OL (2011)
• Jeremy Nicholson *** WR
• Bradley Roby *** WR (Vandy Commit)
• Gabe Wright DE (2011)
• Rodney Thomas (NR) DT
• Reese Dismukes OL (2011)
• Ken Adams *** DE
• Tevin Pullum (NR) ILB
• Catlin Alford *** OG (GT Commit)
• Dareon Mays *** ILB
• Jake Smith (NR) OG
• Jamaal Woodyard *** ATH

Owens Strikes Down Rumors

A quote floated around following Vic Beasley's commitment to Clemson that caused some uneasy feelings in the Auburn fanbase regarding LaDarius Owens. Beasley said he did not want to have his commitment turned down by Alabama like they did to Owens. This caused questions from Auburn fans who feel Owens is a strong Auburn lean.

Today, LaDarius Owens told Auburn Undercover that Beasley got bad information and that Owens never attempted to commit to the Tide. He says he does not know what Beasley is talking about and that his last visit was to Auburn on August 2.

I personally still feel Owens is a strong Auburn lean and that he will wear orange and blue. Owens' uncle James was Auburn's first black scholarship football player.

Beasley Update

Vic Beasley chose Clemson over Alabama.

Beasley Eliminates Auburn

Vic Beasley, son of former Auburn player Victor Beasley, has elected not to follow in his father's footsteps to the Plains. Beasley has a final two of Clemson and Alabama. Beasley was going to announce tomorrow but now does not have a final decision. Beasley does not know when a decision will come out but knows it will be this week.

Beasley

Victor Beasley did not visit this weekend but will be in Auburn next weekend.

Visiting Today

The following are for sure visiting:

• Dakota Mosley
• Alex Hill
• Armand Williams
• Ken Adams

The following are possibilities:

• Vic Beasley
• Catlin Alford
• Dan Koenig

Victor Beasley Update

Vic Beasley recently visited Clemson and reportedly loved it according to the Spartanburg Herald Journal. He says the schools that he currently really likes are Auburn, Alabama, Clemson and Duke and that he plans to visit Clemson, Louisville and Duke again before fall practice begins. He recently picked up offers from Tennessee and Southern Miss. Clemson likes him at tight end or linebacker but he says he prefers playing offense.

A Few Notes

• LaDarius Owens named his top five in order of favorites. They are: 1) Auburn, 2) LSU, 3) Alabama, 4) Tennessee, 5) Florida State
• Jonathan Mincy also named his top five. In no particular order: LSU, Georgia, Auburn, Ohio State and Tennessee. He said that Auburn is still up there and that he feels comfortable whenever he is on the Plains.
• Victor Beasley picked up an offer from Alabama this weekend and says he came close to committing to them. Not the best news.
• I'm hearing rumors that, after his Thursday visit, Corey Grant returned to Auburn on Friday to watch some of the passing camps. Looks like better news for us.
• Good news regarding Lache Seastrunk: He decided against showing up to the Texas camp this weekend like he was supposed to. Apparently he was not too interested in giving an interview to Texas' Rivals site either.
• Make sure you come back around 5:35 to see Jawara White's decision.

A Few Notes

• Victor Beasley has named his top 5 as ECU. Auburn, Duke, Clemson and Alabama.
• Barry James will camp at Auburn on June 13-14.  He will also camp at Florida State, LSU and Alabama.
• Some other 2011 offers on the table include James Wilder and AJ Johnson.
• There were a few changes made to the way the USA Today Top 25 poll.  Click here for more details. 
• Travis Dickson says he plans on visiting Auburn, Mississippi State, LSU and Ole Miss this summer.
• In a Q&A session, head coach Gene Chizik stated that he wants to settle on one quarterback.  He made a point to say that he is not cancelling out the possibility that Auburn could use more than one quarterback.

Catch Up Post

Sorry again I hope you all did not give up on me!  Very unexpected trip to the mountains.  From now on I will post before I do anything like that.

• Big time target J.C. Copeland has committed to Tennessee.  Copeland named Auburn his leader just a week or two ago.
• DeAngelo Benton has reported to Auburn which looks like it puts down the Arkansas rumors.  He told Rivals that he is the happiest man in the world right now.
• Three star Hoover defensive tackle Jeremiah Jackson has named Auburn and Ole Miss as his leaders.
• Ted Roof visited Anthony Williams' practice last week.
• Four star 2009 commitment Reggie Taylor will go to JUCO this season at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.  Eltoro Freeman went there last year.  Because of this, Robert Cooper has been offered his scholarship.
• Craig Sanders has committed to Alabama.  That is all I will say about that.  Not too happy about that one.
• Auburn has offered Vic Beasley.  He is son of former Auburn defensive back Victor Beasley (1982-84).  He also has an offer from East Carolina.
• West Virginia commitment Jessel Curry is reportingly looking at Auburn since receiving an offer.  Rivals lists him as an outside backer but I see him at fullback a lot of places.
• Gene Chizik's contract offer has been released.  Page 1 and page 2. $1.9 million, nice.
• Mack Brown told Auburn Undercover that Auburn "stands at the top".  I do not take that as Auburn as an absolute leader.  Probably just a top choice right now.
• Solomon Patton has named his favorites at Florida, Alabama, Southern Miss and Ole Miss.
• That's all I have got for now.