ATLANTA --- Recruiting is the lifeblood of college football, where talent acquisition is the name of the game.
Midway through the 2023 cycle, Auburn is lagging behind the competition. The Tigers have just four commits and the nation’s 74th-ranked class, according to the 247Sports Composite rankings, but head coach Bryan Harsin isn’t pressing the panic button.
People are also reading… Harsin knows the challenge Auburn faces in recruiting this cycle, with the program coming off its first losing season since 2012 — a 6-7 campaign last year that included a five-game losing streak to end the season — and a tumultuous offseason. That included an exodus of players to the transfer portal at the end of the season, turnover on the coaching staff and, most notably, the university inquiry into Harsin that cast a shadow over the program throughout February.
“There’s a great energy in our program right now,” Harsin said. “There’s alignment in our program right now. I know those recruits and families feel that when they step on campus. Auburn sells itself. It’s a beautiful campus. It’s a phenomenal stadium. The people there are fantastic. Everything about it is what you want to be a part of.
“There’s a lot more that goes into it than just grabbing the popular guy and those things like that,” Harsin said. “We’re all competing for them, they got a lot on their plate, they’re trying to figure it out, and most likely as the season goes on they’ll make decisions based off that, where the teams are doing really well and where they end up going, and where that momentum’s at in the season, too.
The other saving grace for Auburn, despite having just four commits — the other two being four-star safety Terrance Love and four-star offensive lineman Bradyn Joiner — is that the Tigers have the fourth-best average ranking per commit among SEC teams, trailing only Alabama , Georgia and LSU . Each of those teams has at least 13 commits so far this cycle.
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