Auburn football offers Colby Wooden’s brother, 3-star safety

The Auburn football staff is just finishing up the first month of in-person recruiting and still dishing out offers to prospective recruits. Just this morning the Tigers offered a 3-star safety out of Lawrenceville, GA, one with a name that should be familiar to Auburn fans.

Caleb Wooden, younger brother of standout defensive end Colby Wooden, received an offer from Auburn football with a spot in the class of 2022. He has offers so far from schools including Duke, West Virginia, Appalachian State, Louisville, and Georgia Tech. He spent time at Clemson earlier this month, and officially visited Auburn on June 25.

The 3-star safety is ranked as the #80 recruit out of the state of Georgia, and the #55 safety in the recruiting class of 2022. According to his MaxPreps recruiting profile, Wooden has recorded 36 total tackles, including 19 solo tackles. He averaged 7.2 tackles per game in the 2020-21 season and racked up 3 interceptions.

According to Mountaineer Maven, WVU has a chance with the safety and was his first offer from the Big-12 conference, where Wooden said he could see himself playing. He’s focused on three specific things when it comes to choosing and committing to a football program:

"When he’s looking at the schools that are recruiting him, Wooden said there are three important factors he’s considering in choosing a school: his relationship with the coaching staff, opportunities to play early, and the ability to play in the NFL."

Smoke Monday won’t be around to dominate for the Tigers forever, so beefing up the safety depth chart can’t be a bad idea. Safeties arriving on the Plains for the 2021 season include Juwon Gaston, a 3-star signee out of Montgomery, AL, and Cayden Bridges, a 3-star signee out of Magee, MS.

Auburn football has extended offers to 24 safeties so far in the recruiting class of 2022, but has no commitments in the position so far, though Tre Donaldson and Emory Floyd could be a few prospects to keep an eye on.