I’m taking a look at this Auburn Tigers Of the 23 scholarship seniors (not counting Brian Battie), only four were high school signees who were with the program throughout their college careers. Three of them were brought by Gus Malzahn. Oscar Chapman, Brandon FrazierAnd Luke Agreement – during Jarquez Hunter He is the only player on the roster for Bryan Harsin’s 2021 signing class.

Keionte Scott While Harsin was the only senior to have a middle school signature, Eugene Asante And Jayson Jones They are the only seniors on the roster that Harsin signed through the transfer portal. In total, Malzahn added three 2024 seniors and Harsin added four.

In just his second season, Hugh Freeze is responsible for bringing in 16 of the 23 scholarship seniors.

Izavion Miller came from junior colleges, while the other 15 transferred: Payton Thorne (Michigan State), Jerrin Thompson (Texas), KeAndre Lambert-Smith (Penn State), Austin Keys (Ole Miss), Dorian Mausi Jr (Duke), Rivaldo Fairweather (Florida Atlantic), Robert Lewis (Georgia State), Isaiah Raikes (USC), Jalen McLeod (Appalachian State), Fa’Najae Gotay (Maryland), Griffin Speaks* (Baylor), Percy Lewis (Mississippi State), Ronan Chambers ( Akron), Trill Carter (Texas) and Philip Blidi (Indiana). *Speaks was a player who earned a scholarship ahead of the 2024 season.

When we look at Auburn’s scholarship students, we see that most of them were brought in by Freeze. There are only 18 scholarship juniors, two of whom were former candidates: Justin Jones and Sean Jackson.

Tate Johnson, Jeremiah Wright and Zykeivous Walker signed with Malzahn in the 2020 class.

Damari Alston, Camden Brown and Caleb Wooden signed with Harsin in the 2022 class.

The other nine young people were brought in by Freeze. Laquan Robinson, Champ Anthony and Quientrail Jamison-Travis are among the college signings, while Sam Jackson V (California), Keyron Crawford (Arkansas State), Jahquez Robinson (Colorado), Dillon Wade (Tulsa), Jaden Muskrat (Tulsa) and Gage Keys He came to Auburn via the (Kansas) transfer portal.

Looking at Auburn’s scholarships, six of the upperclassmen were high school signees with Malzahn and four were high school signees with Harsin. Harsin brought in a player from junior college and a pair of players who committed as recruits to Auburn went on to earn scholarships.

Freeze, meanwhile, brought in 25 juniors and seniors — four from junior college and 21 from the transfer portal.

Looking at the contributors at each position, Freeze appears to make up the bulk of the signees. (It should be noted that the list below is not a depth chart. This is a list of cut-off contributors that does not include all scholarship players).

quarterback

Payton Thorne – Frozen Transfer from Michigan State
Hank Brown – Freeze Signature

Running Back

Jarquez Hunter – Harsin Signature
Damari Alston – Harsin Signature
Jeremiah Cobb – Harsin Commitment, Freeze Signature

Tight End

Rival Fairweather – Freeze Transfer from Financial Intelligence Unit
Brandon Frazier – Malzahn Signature
Luke Agreement – Malzahn Signature
Micah Riley – Harsin Signature

Wide Receiver

KeAndre Lambert-Smith – Frozen Transfer from Penn State
cam coleman – Freeze Signature
Robert Lewis – Frozen Transfer from Georgia State
Malcolm Simmons – Freeze Signature
Sam Jackson V – Frozen Transfer from Cal
perry thompson – Freeze Signature
Camden Brown – Harsin Signature
caleb burton – Frozen Transfer from Ohio State

Offensive Line

Izavion Miller – Freeze Signature from Junior College
Dillon Wade – Freeze Transfer
Connor Lew – Freeze Signature
Jeremiah Wright – Malzahn Signature
Bradyn Carpenter – Harsin Commitment, Freeze Signature
Tate Johnson – Malzahn Signature
Tyler Johnson – Freeze Signature
Percy Lewis – Freeze Transfer
Ronan Rooms – Frozen Transfer from Akron

Defensive Line and Buck

Keldric Faulk – Freeze Signature
Quientrail Jameson-Travis – Freeze Signature from Junior College
Philip Blidi – Frozen Transfer from Indiana
Jalen McLeod – Frozen Transfer from Appalachian State
Keyron Crawford – Frozen Transfer from the State of Arkansas
Malik Blocton – Freeze Signature
Amaris Williams – Freeze Signature
Zykeivous Walker – Malzahn Signature
Jayson Jones – Harsin Transfer from Oregon
Isaiah Raikes – Frozen Transfer from USC
Trill Carter – Frozen Transfer from Texas

defender

Eugene Asante – Transfer Harsin from North Carolina
Austin Keys – Frozen Transfer from Ole Miss
Dorian Mausi Jr. – Frozen Transfer from Duke
Demarcus Riddick – Freeze Signature
Robert Woodyard – Harsin Signature

Secondary

Kayin Lee – Freeze Signature
jay crawford – Freeze Signature
Jerrin Thompson – Frozen Transfer from Texas
Caleb Wood – Harsin Signature
Kaleb Harris – Freeze Signature
Sylvester Smith – Freeze Signature
Kensley Louidor-Faustin – Freeze Signature
Keionte Scott – Harsin Signee from Junior College
Champion Anthony – Freeze Signature from Junior College
J.C. Hart – Freeze Signature
Antonio Kite – Frozen Transfer from Alabama
jahquez robinson – Frozen Transfer from Colorado

Special Teams


Oscar Chapman – Malzahn (Blue shirt offer)

Alex McPherson – Harsin Signature

Towns McGough – Freeze Signature

These are the numbers of signatories that are among the top contributors to the list above.

Freeze – 39

Harsin – 10

Malzan – 6

Finally, below are the number of scholarship signees for each coach currently on the roster.

Freeze – 62 (Jerrin Thompson, Payton Thorne, Laquan Robinson, Perry Thompson, Kayin Lee, Terrance Love, KeAndre Lambert-Smith, Bryce Cain, Austin Keys, Cam Coleman, Walker White, Caleb Burton, Amaris Williams, Jamonta Waller, Malcolm Simmons , Dorian Mausi Jr, Rivaldo Fairweather, TJ Lindsey, Robert Lewis, Tyler Scott, Hank Brown, Keldric Faulk, Demarcus Riddick, Rico Walker, Kaleb Harris, Sam Jackson V, Sylvester Smith, JC Hart, Brian Battie, Isaiah Raikes, Jeremiah Cobb , Jay Crawford, Keyron Crawford, Champ Anthony, A’Mon Lane-Ganus, Kensley Louidor-Faustin, CJ Johnson, Jahquez Robinson, Joe Phillips, DJ Barber, Jalen McLeod, Fa’Najae Gotay, Griffin Speaks, Darron Reed Jr, Malik Blocton, Dillon Wade, Bradyn Carpenter, Jaden Muskrat, Seth Wilfred, Favor Edwin, Dylan Senda, Izavion Miller, Percy Lewis, Ronan Chambers, Connor Lew, Clay Wedin, DeAndre Carter, Tyler Johnson, Trill Carter, Gage Keys, Philip Blidi, Quientrail Jamison-Travis)

Harsin – 14 (Keionte Scott, Damari Alston, Camden Brown, Eugene Asante, Holden Geriner, Robert Woodyard, Caleb Wooden, Jarquez Hunter, Alex McPherson, EJ Harris, Sean Jackson, Justin Jones, Micah Riley, Jayson Jones)

Malzahn – 6 (Tate Johnson, Zykeivous Walker, Jeremiah Wright, Luke Deal, Brandon Frazier, Oscar Chapman)

In the second year, That Freeze signed an incredible 62 of its 82 scholarship players. Just two years after his firing, Harsin was responsible for just 14 scholarship players. And only nine of those 14 were high school signees. Two of them were ordinary people, one was a college signee, and two were from the portal.

Only six Malzahn players are still on campus.

Gus Malzahn appears to have nearly as many players left at Auburn as Harsin. There is no denying the extent of the damage Harsin has done to the Auburn roster during his short tenure. Freeze has just begun to dig Auburn out of the hole.

However Another top 10 recruiting class on the way.The talent at Auburn is unquestionably on the rise.