Auburn football: 2 WR recruits trending towards the Plains

Things change quickly in the world of recruiting, which can only bode well for Auburn football’s recruiting class of 2022. With only 13 commits on the roster so far, the Tigers’ 2022 class sits at second-to-last in the Southeastern Conference, just ahead of Vanderbilt.

As if things weren’t hard enough, the Tigers are also in the middle of the search for a new offensive coordinator after first-year head coach Bryan Harsin sent Mike Bobo packing. Names like Zach Kittley, Zak Hill, and Dell McGee have all been thrown around, but nothing has been made official, which may hurt Auburn’s recruiting.

However, with the early signing period quickly approaching, we can expect the class to grow and improve considerably. Several of Auburn football’s key recruiting targets plan to announce their official decisions in the coming days, including Austin Ausberry on December 13 and many more recruits like Khurtiss Perry and Keionte Scott planning to announce on December 15.

One of the most pressing issues for Auburn football’s coaching staff is improving the wide receivers room, a position group that struggled all season and still needs a talented leader to get the ball rolling. Sophomore wide receiver Elijah Canion announced after the Iron Bowl that he would be entering the NCAA transfer portal, and senior transfer Demetris Robertson is officially out of eligibility.

Of course, the Tigers will be looking to the transfer portal to beef up the WR room, and Jay Fair, Omari Kelly, and Kobi Albert are already on the 2022 roster, but what about adding more WR recruits? Fly War Eagle brings to you two wide receiver prospects who are trending towards the Plains.

WR Prospect trending towards Auburn football #1: Camden Brown

Camden Brown is a 3-star wide receiver out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, who attends St. Thomas Aquinas. The receiver originally committed to Pittsburgh back in July, but backed off and re-opened his recruitment just last week, coincidentally on the same day that Bryan Harsin visited him.

Brown officially visited with Auburn football this past weekend and was extremely impressed.  However, South Carolina is pushing hard for the WR, and one-loss Georiga will host Brown for an official visit next weekend.

Though he’s always considered Auburn to be “top-tier” one of the main draws for Brown is the opportunity to play early on the Plains, which coaches have made well-known to the prospect, per Auburn Undercover:

"“(Receivers coach Eric Kiesau) talked about how I was going to be playing, all the receivers that are going to be leaving. That’s what really stood out to me. And everything going on with Auburn is good.”"

Brown will make his official decision at the beginning of the early signing period on December 15 and will choose between Auburn, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida State, and Pitt. The Tigers are in a good spot with Camden Brown, but they’ll have to keep going hard to keep him from UGA.

WR Prospect trending towards Auburn football #2: Darrius Clemons

The recruitment of 4-star wide receiver Darrius Clemons has been quite a rollercoaster. For a while, it seemed certain that the Oregon native would be moving across the country to join Auburn football’s 2022 roster, but when the Ducks lost two major WR commitments they turned the heat up and it seemed all hopes of Clemons donning orange and blue were lost.

However, with the recent coaching drama taking place at Oregon, it seems the Tigers are back on top for Clemons. Nothing shakes things up quite like your future head coach leaving for Miami, right?

Because Clemons is an early enrollee and plans to sign on December 15, the remaining or new staff at Oregon will have very little time to warm up to Clemons. 247 Sports reports that Auburn football wide receivers coach Eric Kiesau will make an in-home visit to Clemons this week and that the WR has begun communicating with Auburn recruits a lot more over the past week.

It’s likely that Clemons will take no more officials before signing, and that his choices are truly down to Auburn and Oregon, but things are looking good for Coach Harsin and the Tigers.