#6 WDE Chris!
Another in-state recruit has said yes to Auburn.
Sweet Water linebacker Chris Landrum said he intends to sign with the Tigers next February, according to all three recruiting service websites that cover Auburn — AuburnSports.com, Inside The Auburn Tigers and AuburnUndercover.com.
Landrum, 6-foot-2, 215 pounds, gives Auburn six verbals so far for the Class of 2011.
According to AuburnSports.com, Landrum is projected to be one of the state’s top prospects after a stellar junior season that saw him rack up 68 tackles, including 12 sacks. Landrum was named a Class 1A first-teamer by the Alabama Sports Writers Association.
Landrum told AuburnSports.com that he initially thought he was going to sign with Alabama, but after being recruited by Auburn, he had a change of heart.
+Continue Reading
War Eagle Luke Cothron
The Huntsville basketball pipeline now apparently runs through Auburn.
Auburn coach Tony Barbee signed his second Rocket City prospect in as many weeks, as highly touted forward Luke Cothron, who inked with the Tigers on Thursday, will join Josh Langford to suddenly give Auburn’s frontcourt of the future a formidable one-two punch.
“Luke gives us a different level of talent,“ Barbee said in a university statement. “He is an immediate difference maker for us along the frontline. He is a guy who has the ability to score the ball in a variety of ways inside and outside. He has a knack for being around the ball which makes him a great rebounder.“
Cothron, at 6-foot-9 and 218 pounds, averaged 31 points, 13 rebounds and three blocks per game as a senior last year for Flora Macdonald Academy in Red Springs, N.C. He was considered the nation’s 45th best prospect and No. 11 power forward by Rivals.com.
+Continue Reading
Auburn wrapped up its second edition of Tiger Prowl on Thursday — just in time to start obeying the NCAA’s new twist on spring evaluations that will effectively prevent it from ever happening again.
The NCAA passed legislation Thursday that appears as if it were written directly in response to the Tigers’ collaborative limousine treks across the state.
The new amendment to NCAA Bylaw 13.5.1 prevents schools from sending their coaches in “limousines and extravagant buses” to visit schools during the six-week window for spring evaluations, a time where contact between university coaches and student-athletes are banned.
Schools are now also prevented from sending more than two coaches to evaluate talent at one high school. The previous rule only prevented universities from sending more than seven coaches on the road at once, but did not prevent them from traveling all together.
+Continue Reading
Tiger Prowl II The Search for more Recruits
Tigers Unlimited, Auburn Athletics’ fundraising arm, is bringing Tiger Prowl fundraising events to four locations throughout Alabama today-Thursday for meet and greets with Auburn football coaches and men’s and women’s basketball coaches.
The events are free.
Tiger Prowl will be at Lipscomb Field in Mobile today from 6-8 p.m. The TUF functions will also be in Montgomery on Tuesday, Birmingham on Wednesday and Huntsville on Thursday. All four events will run from 6-8 p.m.
Tuesday’s Tiger Prowl will be located outside the Renaissance Hotel in downtown Montgomery at the Exchange Patio adjacent to Tallapoosa St., while Wednesday’s location in Birmingham is to be determined. The Huntsville Tiger Prowl on Thursday will be at the Madison Commons Lot on Hughes Road in Madison.
+Continue Reading
