During the time and miles in between his pair of speaking engagements Monday, Hugh Freeze was dropping by Alabama high schools in efforts to recruit the state’s top talent.
With Hugh Freeze and the Auburn Tigers set to host the No. 1-ranked Georgia Bulldogs later that afternoon, one might think Freeze spent Saturday morning crossing his T’s and dotting his I’s in Auburn’s gameplan against Georgia.
But if anyone thought Freeze was calling it a day and heading home with so many recruits on his doorstep, they must not know Auburn’s coach very well. It’s clear the transfer portal will continue to be a player for Auburn’s football program moving forward.“My preference would be to develop kids,” Freeze said. “But the process of becoming is kinda being lost.”
So those top-talent players are the ones Freeze and his staff have zeroed in on. And so far, there’s been success to celebrate. “You really better do your homework,” said Opelika coach Erik Speakman in August. “And I think that’s what you’re seeing now with Coach Freeze is his familiarity with the SEC from his time at Ole Miss and just the emphasis on getting in-state guys that wanna be at Auburn and wanna play for Auburn and then those guys in Georgia and some guys from Florida.”It’s an opportunity for the Tigers to get healthy after an injury-ridden start to the season.
“I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t think it was a priority,” Freeze said. “The whole state of Alabama is one that is a priority for us at Auburn, along with Georgia and Mississippi. And then we’ll spot recruit at a lot of other place. But Alabama is our home state and there’s players in Mobile and all across the state.”
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