In today's edition of Auburn Tigers News, a commit from the Tigers' recruiting class of 2025 flips to Ole Miss and head coach Hugh Freeze talks play-calling duties
Early signing day is just a few weeks away, and football teams all over the country are working to solidify their recruiting classes ahead of the big day. The Auburn football team got a bit of bad news earlier this week with the announcement that 3-star cornerback Dante Core flipped his commitment from Auburn to Ole Miss.
Core committed to the Tigers in May and previously said that his recruitment was shut down. He visited the Plains for the Vanderbilt matchup, but took a trip to Oxford for the Ole Miss-Georgia game this past weekend and made the decision to scrap his pledge to head coach Hugh Freeze and the Tigers.
Auburn football still holds commitments from three 4-star cornerbacks, and the recruiting class of 2025 is currently ranked #5 overall.
Hugh Freeze talks play-calling duties
Following the Tigers' second and final bye week, Auburn football head coach Hugh Freeze spoke to the media in preparation for the upcoming matchup against ULM. Despite a poor showing on the field this season, the Tigers still rank in the top 20 in a lot of offensive statistic categories.
Still, Auburn has struggled to put points on the board and win games, and Freeze and his staff have been trying to address those issues of execution with a group effort on play-calling.
“It’s a combination. Obviously, the game plan is done by all of us sitting in a room as to what we like on base downs, shot plays, third downs and red zone,” Freeze said, per AL.com. “It’s usually a mixture. Kent handles most of the third and longs. Nix and I kind of combine on the rest of it, truthfully.
“When you look at the yards per attempt, it’s something that you kind of like. The points are not coming. We’ve been in there all morning just watching and last week got to study a lot of other teams that are going well and are running the same stuff we’re running and are making plays.”
Auburn football returns to action this Saturday in Jordan-Hare Stadium against ULM.