In our opinion while certainly not the best recruiting ever, Chizik and Auburn filled some outstanding needs in 2012.
Depending on who you listen to, Auburn either under achieved or failed miserably at recruiting this year. We tend to disagree, on both counts.
Not every kid is looking for “immediate playing time” as the primary reason to commit. If they were, Alabama wouldn’t land any big time recruits.
Did Auburn miss on some big names they were after, without a doubt. However, it can’t be called a complete failure when they did land a 4 star DB, 2 4 Star LBs, and a 4 star DT. Auburn is loaded at DE now as it is, and they satisfied a need filling players at every other spot. Yes, we all wanted Goldman, and yes we wanted Kwon. We missed. It happens.
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War Eagle Big Zeke
The summer recruiting season began with a bang last Wednesday. Not two days after Chizik and company were on the practice field trying to figure out their quarterback situation, the coaching staff landed one for the future in five-star quarterback Zeke Pike. Zeke chose Auburn over finalists Michigan*, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Purdue. Bryan Matthews of AuburnUndercover.com was on the ground in Edgewood, Kentucky and has free video of the announcement, which you can see here.
Meanwhile, a day later and a lot closer to home, Dadeville athlete Darrion Hutcherson made his announcement, choosing Auburn over Oklahoma State, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Utah, and others. David Morrison has the video and coverage to prove it. Hutcherson’s commitment, after Pike’s, marks the fifth commitment for Auburn early in this 2012 class.
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Darrion Hutcherson is Auburns fifth commitment for 2012
DADEVILLE—At the end of football season in November, Dadeville’s Darrion Hutcherson was far from a known commodity.
A physical specimen, sure, at 6-foot-7, 245 pounds, but hardly the type of prospect that was a lock to garner major college offers.
Then the Dadeville staff started sending out film so college coaches could see their junior tight end’s hands, how they were big enough to completely envelop a football.
They could see him blocking on screen plays, getting out into space and planting linebackers into the turf.
They could see his unusual speed for his size, quantified recently in a 4.7-second 40-yard dash at a camp in Leeds.
“Once they saw the film on him, they wanted more,” Tigers head coach Richard White said. “Word of mouth gets around. Next thing you know, we’re getting phone calls from everybody, 10, 12, 15 phone calls from coaches trying to get him to visit, to get film on him.
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just wait...it's not over yet.
The biggest catch of Auburn’s Class of 2011 still is not entirely in the boat.
Two days after Cyrus Kouandjio — the five-star, top-rated tackle prospect in the country — committed to the Tigers on ESPNU, his letter of intent still hasn’t found its way to Auburn, Alabama, New Mexico, Iowa or anywhere else.
Kouandjio spent Thursday meeting with family members and his coach at DeMatha Catholic High, Bill McGregor.
McGregor told Rivals.com his star prospect’s choices are down to Auburn and Alabama. McGregor said Kouandjio spoke with Gene Chizik and other Tigers coaches Thursday, and that McGregor had spoken with Alabama’s staff, but he wasn’t sure if Kouandjio had.
McGregor said Kouandjio has not set a timetable on his decision.
“I think he’ll stick with Auburn actually, but I could be wrong,” McGregor told Rivals.com.
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