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High school coach of offered Auburn star QB recruit dials his hype up to 100

By Andrew Hughes

The head coach of star Thompson quarterback and recently offered Auburn football recruit Trent Seaborn dialed his hype up to 100 Mandatory Credit: The Montgomery Advertiser
The head coach of star Thompson quarterback and recently offered Auburn football recruit Trent Seaborn dialed his hype up to 100 Mandatory Credit: The Montgomery Advertiser /
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Though he is four years away from graduating high school, Thompson quarterback Trent Seaborn is already one of the most highly-coveted recruits in the state of Alabama — and Auburn football offensive coordinator Philip Montgomery made sure to give him an offer the first chance he got following the conclusion of a 7-on-7 tournament the Warriors won on the Plains.

AU joins Arizona State, Arkansas, Maryland, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ole Miss, Oregon, and Wisconsin as the Power Five programs in the mix for Seaborn. What those programs don’t have that Auburn does is the advantage of Seaborn having already played on Pat Dye Field inside Jordan-Hare Stadium. Seaborn threw 12 completions in 14 attempts for 207 yards and five touchdowns (and an interception) against Auburn High School in the 2022 Class 7A State Title game. The hype train has already left the station due to that November 30 masterclass showing, but Seaborn’s head coach at Thompson, Mark Freeman, dialed that hype up by describing the eighth grader’s winning mentality.

“He has God-given talent,” Freeman said. “It’s been crazy to watch him grow. Now, he’s developed into a really good quarterback. He’s also a great young man, very mature for his years. His composure is great on the field. He understands at a young age what we are trying to do, and he understands he is not going to be perfect. He can play the next play and not get hung up on the previous one. Today, he overthrew two or three passes in a row, but when we had to have it on third down, he made another great throw. No one will be 100 out of 100. The great thing is he can put the last play behind him whether it is a perfectly thrown pass or one that is overthrown. It’s uncanny.”

Hugh Freeze and Auburn football coaching staff must make AU the place to be for a star quarterback

Bo Nix was the last can’t-miss in-state QB Auburn football landed on the recruiting trail, but with how poorly things ended for him, even as a legacy whose father played for the Tigers in the 1990s, that hasn’t been the case in recent recruiting cycles. Briarwood Christian’s Christopher Vizzina is the latest example of a Birmingham-area recruit scoping to see if the grass is greener elsewhere, in his case, Clemson.

Hugh Freeze and Co. must change the narrative for that shift, and if they do, someone like Seaborn won’t overlook the Plains like many before him have.

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