Auburn football reaches out to ‘fairly hot commodity’ in transfer portal

Auburn football reached out to Louisiana-Monroe OLB/EDGE transfer Anthony Campbell in the transfer portal on April 17. According to Auburn Daily’s Matthew Jacobs, Campbell is a “fairly hot commodity” in the transfer portal.

“Campbell, a six-foot-seven-inch monster weighing in at 283 pounds, is a Junior out of Bartow, Florida,” Jacobs wrote. “He put up 13 tackles in his first year of college, 7 solo, and 6 assisted. 1 sack and 1 forced fumble over the course of playing in 5 games for the Warhawks. He has turned into a fairly hot commodity in the transfer portal market with his size, length, and ability to get around the end and get to the quarterback.” 247Sports’ Christian Clemente believes Campbell would get extended looks at the JACK linebacker position.

“On the defensive side of the ball, Auburn lost former JUCO defensive end Jeffrey M’ba to the transfer portal,” Clemente prefaced before saying, “With Campbell’s size he could get a look as a jack linebacker, where Auburn has a huge need, or more inside as a defensive end.”

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Jacobs was extremely high on the former Warhawk, saying that the Class of 2020 would fill a “severe need” for the Auburn football defense if he decided to take his talents to the Plains for the 2023 season.

“Campbell has all the requirements one would look for to build quality depth and play a lot of snaps in the SEC,” Jacobs wrote. “He would fill a severe need on Auburn’s defense going into 2023.”

The six-foot-seven Campbell already has offers from Purdue, West Virginia, Cal, North Texas, so landing him would mean beating out a solid landing spot from the Big Ten or the Big 12, as well as a Pac-12 bottom-feeder and a darkhorse from a program making its way to the AAC in 2023, North Texas.