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yahoo.com Trump “very upset” that Jared Kushner is cooperating as Jack Smith pierces his inner circle: report Tatyana Tandanpolie 8–9 minutes Jared KushnerTom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Prosecutors in special counsel Jack Smith's investigation into former President Donald Trump's attempts to subvert the 2020 election results have in recent weeks asked Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, among other witnesses, about whether the 2024 Republican frontrunner had privately acknowledged that he had lost the election, four sources briefed on the matter told the New York Times. Kushner testified before the Washington grand jury in the case last month, where a source briefed on the matter said he maintained it was his understanding that Trump truly believed the election had been stolen from him. "The questioning of Mr. Kushner shows that the federal investigation being led by the special counsel Jack Smith continues to pierce the layers closest to Mr. Trump as prosecutors weigh whether to bring charges against the former president in connection with the efforts to promote baseless assertions of widespread voter fraud and block or delay congressional certification of Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s Electoral College victory," the Times reported. Related Ex-DOJ official: Michigan interview shows Jack Smith targeting pro-Trump "broad national conspiracy" The subject of the questions also indicates prosecutors may be trying to establish whether Trump knowingly based his efforts on a false claim as he strove to stay in office, which is evidence that could boost any case prosecutors may decide to bring against him. Neither a spokesperson for Kushner or a spokesperson for Trump responded to the Times' email request for comment. Others within Trump's circle who interacted with him following the 2020 election — and have potentially more incriminating accounts of the former president's conduct — have also been questioned by federal prosecutors recently. Repeating the account she shared before the House select committee investigating Jan. 6 last year, Alyssa Farah Griffin, the White House communications director in the days following the 2020 election, told prosecutors this spring that Trump had asked her at the time, "Can you believe I lost to Joe Biden?" "In that moment I think he knew he lost," Griffin told the House committee. According to Times correspondent Maggie Haberman, Trump was "very upset" that both Kushner and his daughter, Ivanka Trump, who has not yet been questioned before the grand jury but did testify before the Jan. 6 committee, had cooperated with federal investigators in cases against him. Related "A straightforward crime": Experts expect charges after "extraordinarily significant" J6 testimony Haberman told CNN's Jake Tapper Thursday afternoon that Ivanka Trump's testimony put a "strain" on her relationship with her father. "When the testimony was aired showing both Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump being interviewed by the House Select Committee during those live hearings was that Trump was very upset, particularly about Ivanka Trump," Haberman said. "He was not happy about these video clips showing her suggesting that she had believed what Bill Barr was saying and Bill Barr, the former attorney general, of course, said that there was no widespread fraud and told Trump that and he testified to all of that. My understanding is things have improved them, but it definitely brought a strain to the relationship." Some legal experts said Kushner's testimony signals a direct link between the former Trump senior advisor and efforts to use the claims about a stolen election to fundraise. MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin noted that the testimony "suggests the fundraising prong of the 1/6 investigation is very much live." "[Trump campaign ad maker Larry] Weitzner also revealed that the one time he spoke to Trump about post-election ads, it was because Trump and Jared called him together on speakerphone to convey 'what they felt was wrong about the election process that might be considered for some ads,' Rubin wrote on Twitter. In response to the Times' report, Timothy Heaphy, the former lead investigator to the Jan. 6 committee, told MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace Thursday that, as facts developed around the 2020 election, Trump's rhetoric became "increasingly inconsistent with the facts," which can lead to mindful criminal intent. "It's fraudulent, to bilk people out of their money because it's an effective fund-raising scheme," Heaphy said. "All of it is important. There's a disconnect between the rhetoric and the facts." Want a daily wrap-up of all the news and commentary Salon has to offer? Subscribe to our morning newsletter, Crash Course. Heaphy also argued that investigators questioning Kushner, despite his being the former president's son-in-law, is fair because Trump involved him in White House affairs. "He's part of the president's family," Heaphy continued. He "was involved in discussions soon after the election in which the president was told directly that he lost. He was present for this meeting where the pollster, the data guy from the campaign, actually presented the numbers and went through the sort of explanation of the decreased margins in the suburban areas, and he was already starting to move to Florida." Kushner, during his Jan. 6 committee testimony, explained he was overseas handling his Abraham Accords project during the Capitol attacks, adding that he returned the evening of the riots and held a dinner party at his home the following day. The testimony implied that Kushner was minimally involved with Jan. 6 efforts, but experts discussing the report on MSNBC said Kushner had a lot to do with the financial side of the rally that day. Rubin also noted on Twitter that besides Jason Miller, Trump and Kushner, "no one was more involved in post-election fundraising and related messaging than Jared." "Asked to recall details about the conversation, Weitzner remembered Jared initiating the call and Trump insisting that they characterize the election as 'stolen' in 'very aggressive' terms Weitzner himself later described as 'fire breathing' in an email to others," Rubin added. Other than Trump & Jason Miller, no one was more involved in post-election fundraising and related messaging than Jared. As ad guru Larry Weitzner told the 1/6 committee, the small circle working on post-election ads included Miller, Newt Gingrich,Trump's pollster & Jared. 2/ pic.twitter.com/fP4RPkiHbD — Lisa Rubin (@lawofruby) July 13, 2023 Asked to recall details about the conversation, Weitzner remembered Jared initiating the call and Trump insisting that they characterize the election as "stolen" in "very aggressive" terms Weitzner himself later described as "fire breathing" in an email to others. 4/ pic.twitter.com/4o3EZbocoB — Lisa Rubin (@lawofruby) July 13, 2023 During the MSNBC appearance, Heaphy also described how deeply Kushner was involved in the fundraising process. "He was directly involved in the campaign fundraising that then became the stop the steal fundraising. He was directly personally briefed almost daily about the cash machine, veritable, hand-over-fist money-making machine it was, the Stop the Steal," he said. "The Trump campaign pivoted to a fundraising operation, and Jared Kushner was right in the center of the strategy of mining the false narrative for repeated cash contributions of up to $250 million after the election," Heaphy continued. "So, to the extent Jack Smith is looking into campaign fund-raising based on these false statements of election fraud, Jared Kushner would have information about that as well." Read more about the Jan. 6 probe "Ominous sign": Legal experts say Jack Smith "closing in" after piercing Trump's "inner circle" Leaked details of Rudy Giuliani interview suggest Jack Smith targeting Trump lawyers: report Convicted Oathkeeper leader warns Trump: "You're going to be found guilty if you try to go to trial"

i read where no charges were filed with fulmer? i am pretty sure he had enough pressure on him to encourage cheating. how does cheating that brazen get by the AD?

i cannot imagine what pruitt got away with at bama. i think if a coach gets caught cheating he should be banned for life. it blows my mind how dirty those guys are and we get busted for buying a tennis player i suit to go bury his father in. i read that years ago and have never forgotten it. wow just think how far players have come.............

ncaa.org Hundreds of violations occurred in Tennessee football program over 3 seasons NCAA.org 16–20 minutes Over the course of three seasons, the Tennessee football program committed 18 Level I violations — encompassing more than 200 individual infractions — most of which involved recruiting rules violations and direct payments to prospects, current student-athletes and their families, according to a decision released by a Division I Committee on Infractions panel. An additional four Level I unethical conduct violations occurred involving former university employees. The violations resulted in impermissible inducements and benefits totaling approximately $60,000. As a result, Tennessee failed to monitor its football program. Additionally, due to his personal involvement in the violations, the former football head coach violated head coach responsibility rules. Impermissible paid visits The majority of the violations in this case relate to a paid unofficial visit scheme that was used in a consistent manner by the football program over the course of two years. In total, the scheme involved 29 prospects, 39 members of those prospects' families, 10 then-enrolled student-athletes, three family members of then-enrolled student-athletes, nine individuals associated with a prospect (e.g., a high school coach or nonscholastic coach), and three boosters. The scheme also involved at least a dozen members of the football staff, and the resulting violations included at least 110 impermissible hotel room nights, 180 impermissible meals, 72 instances of providing impermissible entertainment or other benefits, 41 impermissible recruiting contacts, 37 instances of providing impermissible game day parking, and 14 times in which gear was impermissibly provided to prospects. Before a prospect's visit, the former recruiting director worked with an assistant coach who was the prospect's primary recruiter and arranged hotel rooms, which would then be paid for in cash before the prospect's arrival. The recruiting staff also regularly called ahead to restaurants or entertainment venues and asked them to hold the bill from a prospect's visit. After the prospect left, a football staff member would stop by to pay the bill in cash. During the Committee on Infractions hearing, the former recruiting director acknowledged that the funding for these visits was frequently provided by a former assistant coach ("former assistant coach 1") and a former director of player personnel. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the recruiting staff concealed the impermissible visits from Tennessee's compliance department by creating two itineraries. One version would be submitted to compliance and only contained permissible activities. A second version would include the additional activities, meetings and other benefits. NCAA member-approved rules for recruiting and unofficial visits prohibit schools from covering expenses for prospects during unofficial visits, so the school's funding of these benefits constitutes impermissible recruiting inducements. During the pandemic, when NCAA members implemented a recruiting dead period to protect the health and safety of student-athletes, prospects and athletics department staff members, the program continued to plan and fund these visits in violation of dead period rules. On nine separate occasions, the football program arranged visits for six prospects and their companions. The football staff did not inform compliance when prospects were visiting the campus and often arranged activities in the Knoxville area, occasionally asking enrolled student-athletes to host prospects. Once students returned to campus, the recruiting staff arranged activities farther from campus. Direct payments to prospects, student-athletes and their families In addition to the impermissible paid visits, two prospects, who later enrolled as student-athletes, received cash payments from the former head coach and/or his wife. Prospect 1 During the prospect's recruitment, the former head coach or his wife — who is not named as an involved individual in this case — provided the prospect's mother with $6,000 in cash, intended to be a downpayment on a new car for her, which is also a violation of NCAA rules and a recruiting inducement. After the prospect signed a National Letter of Intent and enrolled at the university, the head coach's wife continued to provide his mother with $500 in cash each month for car payments on at least 25 occasions. The head coach's wife also introduced her to a real estate agent, who also was a Tennessee booster, to assist her with finding a rental home in the Knoxville area. When the student-athlete's mother signed her lease, $1,550 was due at signing, and the head coach's wife provided her with $1,600 in cash to pay the deposit. The head coach's wife also arranged for another $1,600 payment to be made to the prospect's mother by assistant coach 1 when she moved into the rental property later that month. As a result of these cash payments and inducements during his impermissible paid visits, the prospect went on to compete in 23 games while ineligible, including a bowl game. Prospect 2 Prospect 2 enrolled at Tennessee and was accompanied by his mother and sister when he moved in. During this trip, his mother informed the head coach that she needed a medical procedure but could not pay for it due to outstanding medical debt. Before her departure from Knoxville, the head coach handed her an envelope with approximately $3,000 in cash, which the mother used to pay for medical bills. Records obtained by the school during its investigation indicate that the prospect's mother deposited $5,100 into her bank account, only two days after the former head coach's bank account shows a cash withdrawal of a similar amount ($5,000). Additionally, the head coach gave the prospect's mother $300 in cash to pay for gas. As result of these cash payments and inducements during his impermissible paid visits, the prospect went on to compete in 23 games while ineligible, including a bowl game. Head coach responsibility Due to the former head coach's direct involvement in intentionally providing impermissible inducements and benefits to prospects, student-athletes and their families, he violated head coach responsibility rules. Additionally, he failed to monitor his staff when at least a dozen members of the football staff committed more than 200 violations of NCAA rules over a two-year period and did not self-report any of those violations. "During the head coach's tenure, he and other members of his staff acted with general and blatant disregard for rules compliance," the panel said. The panel also was troubled by a former staff member who stated that she failed to report violations because she feared retaliation and backlash, which "spotlights the toxic culture that existed under the head coach's leadership." Unethical conduct Because coaches and recruiting staff members knowingly violated NCAA rules pertaining to recruiting, official and unofficial visits, inducements and impermissible benefits, involved individuals violated NCAA ethical conduct rules. Additional unethical conduct violations occurred when the former director of recruiting influenced a prospect's mother to provide false or misleading information during the school's investigation, and when the former director of recruiting and assistant coaches 1 and 2 failed to cooperate with the investigation when they provided false or misleading information during the investigation. After their separations from Tennessee, the former head coach, director of recruiting, recruiting assistant and assistant coach 1 also violated ethical conduct rules when they provided false or misleading information to the school and NCAA enforcement staff. Failure to monitor The panel acknowledged in its decision that Tennessee has dedicated significant financial and personnel resources to its compliance program, which was led by a highly respected individual. The panel also acknowledged that the coaches and other football staff in this case intentionally worked to conceal their conduct from compliance staff. However, the panel determined that despite the compliance department's efforts, the scope and egregiousness of the violations in this case and the department's failure to detect the violations indicate that Tennessee failed to monitor the football program. "The failure at Tennessee was cultural," the panel said. "It was a failure of all stakeholders to embrace the shared responsibility of monitoring and compliance and to create a culture where those responsibilities were prioritized and rewarded. This cannot simply be the responsibility of the compliance staff." Exemplary cooperation The violations in this case came to light when an athletics department staff member informed the office of the chancellor about a conversation the staff member overheard in the football program about student-athletes being "paid." The school immediately retained outside counsel and began an investigation. Within three weeks, the school confiscated cellphones of several staff members, preserving critical phone and text records that supported violations. The former director of compliance also visited local hotels, restaurants and other businesses to obtain receipts and surveillance footage, and then personally reviewed that footage. The school notified NCAA enforcement staff of the need for further inquiry and imposed significant corrective measures just a few months into its investigation, including terminating several coaches and staff involved in the violations and implementing scholarship reductions and recruiting restrictions. "Under the strong leadership of its chancellor, Tennessee acted swiftly, thoroughly and decisively," the panel said in its decision. During the hearing, the enforcement staff stated that the fully formed record in this case would not have been possible without Tennessee's significant efforts to secure and develop information. "Tennessee's cooperation throughout the investigation and processing of this case was exemplary by any measure," the panel said. "Although this case involved egregious conduct, (Tennessee's) response to that conduct is the model all institutions should strive to follow." Penalties In February 2023, the enforcement staff and several individuals in this case reached an agreement about the violations and penalties. For the remaining parties, the panel weighed the school's exemplary cooperation and classified this case as Level I-standard for Tennessee, Level I-standard for former assistant coach 3, and Level I-aggravated for the former head coach, former director of recruiting and former assistant director of recruiting. Current NCAA rules and penalty guidelines require a one- or two-year postseason ban for a Level I-standard case. However, in January 2022, NCAA members adopted a new constitution that states divisional regulations should ensure "to the greatest extent possible that penalties imposed for infractions do not punish programs or student-athletes not involved nor implicated in infractions." In April 2023, the Division I Board of Directors endorsed a set of principles recommended by the Infractions Process Committee that in part emphasized incentivizing cooperation by schools by rewarding those that demonstrate exemplary cooperation and reserving postseason bans for Level I cases that lack exemplary cooperation. Taking into consideration the board's guidance and the school's cooperation, the panel therefore declined to prescribe a postseason ban in this case. However, "to redress the severe and sustained misconduct" that occurred, the panel prescribes an enhanced financial penalty, with a fine of $8 million that is equivalent to the financial impact the school would have faced if it missed the postseason during the 2023 and 2024 seasons. The panel also prescribed the legislated fine of $5,000 plus 3% of the football program budget and a fine to address the ineligible competition in the 2020 TaxSlayer Gator Bowl Game. "The panel encountered a challenging set of circumstances related to prescribing penalties in this case," it said in its decision. "The panel urges the Infractions Process Committee and the membership to clearly define its philosophy regarding penalties — which extends beyond postseason bans — and memorialize that philosophy in an updated set of penalty guidelines." The committee used the Division I membership-approved infractions penalty guidelines to prescribe the following penalties in addition to the fine: Five years of probation. A reduction in football scholarships by a total of 28 during the term of probation, including at least two scholarships each year. Tennessee previously self-imposed and is credited with 16 scholarship reductions from the 2021-22 and 2022-23 academic years. A reduction in football official visits by a total of 36 during the term of probation, including a reduction of at least four per year. Tennessee shall prohibit official visits in connection with a total of 10 regular-season home games, four of which must be against SEC opponents. Tennessee previously self-imposed and is credited with a reduction of seven official visits from the 2021-22 academic year, and the school can be credited for any additional reductions in visits from the 2022-23 academic year if they were imposed in connection with regular-season home games. A reduction in football unofficial visits by a total of 40 weeks during the term of probation, including at least six weeks per year. Tennessee shall prohibit unofficial visits in connection with 10 regular-season home games, four of which must be against SEC opponents. Tennessee previously self-imposed and is credited with a six-week reduction in 2021 and two weeks during 2022, and the school can be credited for any additional reductions imposed for regular-season home games during the 2022-23 academic year. A total 28-week ban on recruiting communications during the term of probation, including at least three weeks per year. This will include one week each in December and January and one week from March to June. A total reduction in evaluation days by 120 during the term of probation. Tennessee self-imposed and is credited with a reduction of 12 days in fall 2021 and eight days in spring 2022, and the school can be credited for any additional reductions it imposed during the 2022-23 academic year. A six-year show-cause order for the former head coach. Should the head coach become employed in an athletically related position at an NCAA school during that show-cause order, he shall be subject to a suspension from 100% of the first season of his employment. A five-year show-cause order for the former director of recruiting. A 10-year show-cause order for the former assistant director of recruiting. A two-year show-cause order for former assistant coach 3. Should he be employed by an NCAA member school during that period, he shall be prohibited from participating in on- and off-campus recruiting activities. A vacation of all records in which student-athletes competed while ineligible. The university must provide a written report containing the contests impacted to the NCAA media coordination and statistics staff within 14 days of the public release of the decision. An indefinite disassociation of booster 2 (self-imposed by the school during the 2021 football season). Additional self-imposed penalties: During the 2023-24 academic year, Tennessee shall forgo the purchase of advertising with all football postseason broadcasts in which it is a participant. Each year of the probation term, an external group shall conduct a compliance review of the football program, with an emphasis on recruiting operations. Each year of the probation term, Tennessee shall host an annual, mandatory compliance seminar with an emphasis on recruiting for all football staff (coaches, part-time and volunteer staffs included). Staff from either the NCAA national office or the Southeastern Conference office will be in attendance. Members of the Committee on Infractions are drawn from the NCAA membership and members of the public. The members of the panel who reviewed this case are Norman Bay, attorney in private practice; Tricia Turley Brandenburg, executive associate athletics director and senior woman administrator at Army West Point; Jody Conradt, retired women's basketball head coach and special assistant to athletics at Texas; Vincent Nicastro, deputy commissioner and chief operating officer of the Big East Conference; Kay Norton, president emerita at Northern Colorado and chief hearing officer for the panel; Cassandra Kirk, chief magistrate judge in Atlanta; and Jill Redmond, executive senior associate commissioner at the Atlantic 10 Conference. those dirty bastids! my old man was from lewisburg and he did not like tennessee at all. so did his first cousin who ended up being a superstar at bama because he refused to go to tennessee as well. i wish i had asked him why.

not much this morning guys.............as per normal i will check back later.thanx for stopping by.

auburntigers.com Meet the Coaches: Auburn defensive coordinator Ron Roberts Auburn University Athletics 4–6 minutes AUBURN, Ala. – A college head coach for 11 seasons, Auburn defensive coordinator Ron Roberts knows firsthand the value of loyal lieutenants. “There are things you want to keep off the head coach’s desk,” Roberts said. “He’s got a lot of his own things to be concerned with. If anything, you’re trying to make his job easier.” Roberts’ teams at Delta State and Southeastern Louisiana won six conference championships in 11 seasons from 2007-17. “The value of having head coaching experience means you understand that when things happen, you [assistant coaches] may not know all the reasons why,” said Roberts, the Gulf South Coach of the Year at Delta State in 2007 and 2008. “He does, so just listen and do your job.” Roberts came to the Plains in December, joining Hugh Freeze’s first Auburn staff after three seasons coordinating the defense at Baylor. In his fourth decade of coaching football, the former Tennessee-Martin linebacker started as a high school coach in Tennessee and California in the early 1990s and earned his head coaching opportunity after serving as a defensive coordinator at four college programs. “I knew by the time I was 10 or 12 I wanted to be a football coach,” Roberts said. “I love the game and I wanted to be part of it. “My high school and college coaches made an impact on my life. I started out as a high school coach because I wanted to impact young men and be a positive influence on their lives. “I love it. The interaction with the players on a day-to-day basis. It’s always something different, it’s always something new. That keeps you young. It’s never the same thing year to year. The game changes year to year. It’s an ever-evolving process.” In the era of tempo offenses and run-pass options, Roberts seeks to stay one step ahead of each innovation, while relying on the things that have won football games since the days of leather helmets. “You’re still going to win on fundamentals and techniques,” Roberts said. “It’s still big. No matter what you do it out of, it’s going to come down to fundamentals, techniques and effort you play the game with. “No matter what you do and how complicated the schemes get, and things you have to evolve to, you can’t get away from those basic foundations that are going to allow you to win.” When Auburn fans fill Jordan-Hare Stadium this season, beginning with Kickoff on The Plains Sept. 2 at 2:30 p.m. CT vs. Massachusetts, Roberts wants them to witness the Tigers’ effort and enthusiasm. “No. 1, I want them to see when they turn the film on or people come watch us play, that they can see the passion we have for the game in the way we play it,” he said. “That needs to be evident, and it needs to stick out.” While focusing on the 2023 season, Roberts and his fellow assistant coaches are constantly recruiting prospective student-athletes who will arrive in 2024 and beyond, preparing players for success in every area of their lives. “It goes back to Coach Freeze. We’re going to do it in a family atmosphere,” Roberts said. “You’ve got to do your job in a way that they know you care about them and you’re looking out for their best interest.” The parents of three adult children, Ron and Didi Roberts are now centrally located between their oldest son, Reed, the assistant strength coach at Georgia State, daughter Reilly, a nurse in Louisiana, and youngest son, Ryan, a quarterback at McNeese State in Louisiana. “Great community, great place for recruiting. It’s a great town and my wife and I love it,” he said. “The people have been outstanding and that’s always what’s going to make a place. It’s not really the environment, it’s the people and the culture.” Jeff Shearer is a Senior Writer at AuburnTigers.com. Follow him on Twitter: @jeff_shearer

al.com Year 1 on The Plains: Meet Auburn transfer wide receiver Nick Mardner Published: Jul. 15, 2023, 6:30 a.m. ~3 minutes AUBURN, AL - March 29, 2023 - Auburn Wide Receiver Nick Mardner (#8) during spring practice at the Woltosz Football Performance Center in Auburn, AL. Photo by Austin PerrymanAuburn University Athletics A new coach at Auburn meant significant roster turnover would surely follow. Before Hugh Freeze’s team lines up for fall practices in a few weeks, his roster has more than three dozen new faces, including more than 20 transfers. In his first offseason back in the SEC, Freeze took advantage of the new landscape the transfer portal has made for college football to reshape the Tigers. Auburn brought in the fifth-ranked transfer class, according to 247Sports, and led the nation with 11 four-star rated transfers. Here’s a look at one of them… No. 8 Nick Mardner, wide receiver Hometown: Oakville, Ontario Previous University: Cincinnati Height: 6-foot-6 Weight: 206 A look back at the past: Auburn will be Mardner’s third collegiate stop. He started at Hawaii in 2019, but didn’t produce any significant numbers until the 2021 season, by far the best year of his college career. That year, he caught 46 passes for 913 yards and five touchdowns. And his wide receivers coach at Hawaii in 2021? Marcus Davis, the former Auburn wide receiver who now coaches that same position group on The Plains. Davis was only at Hawaii for one season before going to Georgia Southern. After Davis left, Mardner did too, transferring to Cincinnati. His numbers declined with the Bearcats, with only 19 receptions and 218 yards across 12 games in 2022. 2023 roster outlook: The fit here is clear: wide receiver reunites with coach who helped produce his most successful season. Mardner is Auburn’s tallest wide receiver by at least two inches over anyone else in the position group. The Tigers’ wide receiver struggles last season are well known: Auburn only returns three players who had more than 200 receiving yards last season and one of them was running back Jarquez Hunter. Because of his size, Mardner could make an impact around the endzone and on third downs. Marder is unlikely to be a starter, but will probably see the field in situational roles. Regardless, in one of Auburn’s position groups with the most turnover from last season, someone has to step up. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. By browsing this site, we may share your information with our social media partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

auburnwire.usatoday.com Keldric Faulk named an impact freshman by On3 JD McCarthy 1–2 minutes Keldric Faulk was the prize jewel of Auburn’s 2023 recruiting class and is poised to make an immediate impact according to On3’s Matt Zenitz. Zenitz released his list of 20 SEC freshmen positioned to be factors in 2023, and Faulk made the cut. He was the only Tiger to make the list although Zenitz did mention offensive lineman Connor Lew and cornerback Kayin Lee as spring standouts. Buy Tigers Tickets Faulk was Auburn’s highest-rated signee, checking in as the No. 64 overall player in the country and the No. 10 defensive lineman in theOn3 Industry Ranking. The Highland Home product was also the No. 9 player in Alabama. He is already in the mix for a starting job at jack linebacker and has the ability and the work ethic to be an immediate contributor to Auburn’s defense as he continues to develop and work to reach his sky-high potential. Contact/Follow us @TheAuburnWire on Twitter, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Auburn news, notes, and opinion. You can also follow JD on Twitter @jdmccarthy15

yahoo.com Bo Nix achieved ‘ultimate goal’ while at Auburn Taylor Jones 3–4 minutes For two seasons, the pairing of Bo Nix and head coach Gus Malzahn was a great match. Nix passed for 4,957 yards and 28 touchdowns while rushing for 701 additional yards and 14 touchdowns in two seasons under Malzahn. After a slight drop in production due to a coaching change and an ankle injury, Nix felt that he needed a change. “Everything led to Oregon,” Nix said in an interview with Pro Football Focus. “Coaching staff, players, situation. Everything was just Oregon all the way. I kept asking myself, ‘Why not Oregon?’ and I could not find the answer. Oregon was by far the best situation for me, and it’s worked out unbelievably well, far better than what I could’ve imagined. I wanted to go somewhere and give myself a chance, and a chance I definitely got.” The change ultimately worked out for Nix, as he got to experience his most successful season at the college level by passing for 3,593 yards and 29 touchdowns. He also had his best season on the ground by rushing for 510 yards and 14 touchdowns. The Ducks won 10 games in 2022, including three games over top-25 opponents. Although he has moved on from Auburn, he has not forgotten how special his time was on the Plains. He tells Pro Football Focus that he accomplished several goals during his three years at Auburn. “My whole life, I wanted to play football at Auburn,” Nix said. “I got to accomplish my dream and do a lot of really fun things around some great people. I met my wife at Auburn and got my diploma from there.” However, he achieved his top goal on the football field in 2019. “One of my ultimate goals was to play football at Auburn and beat Alabama. I did that,” Nix said. “That’s what I’ll remember. We had some fun seasons and some not-so-fun ones. That’s what made me into who I am today.” Nix passed for 173 yards and rushed for 44 more in Auburn’s 48-45 win over the Crimson Tide in 2019. Running back Shaun Shivers infamously trucked Alabama’s Xavier McKinney on his way to an 11-yard touchdown rush in the 4th quarter. Nix’s two-point conversion pass to Shedrick Jackson would be the deciding factor in Auburn’s win. Heading into his fifth season of eligibility, Nix is the No. 3 quarterback in the country behind USC‘s Caleb Williams and North Carolina‘s Drake Maye. Is he focused? Absolutely. Will he have fun? you bet. More Football! Auburn Tigers Snapshot Profile: No. 19 Omari Kelly On3 includes Jarquez Hunter in top 10 most intriguing SEC players list Auburn Tigers Snapshot Profile: No. 18 Stephen Sings V Contact/Follow us @TheAuburnWire on Twitter, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Auburn news, notes, and opinion. You can also follow Taylor on Twitter @TaylorJones__ Story originally appeared on Auburn Wire

al.com Year 1 on The Plains: Meet Auburn’s transfer running back Brian Battie Published: Jul. 13, 2023, 12:00 p.m. ~4 minutes AUBURN, AL - March 01, 2023 - Auburn Running Back Brian Battie (#21) during spring practice at the Woltosz Football Performance Center in Auburn, AL. Photo by Austin PerrymanAuburn University Athletics A new coach at Auburn meant significant roster turnover would surely follow. Before Hugh Freeze’s team lines up for fall practices in a few weeks, his roster has more than three dozen new faces, including more than 20 transfers. In his first offseason back in the SEC, Freeze took advantage of the new landscape the transfer portal has made for college football to reshape the Tigers. Auburn brought in the fifth-ranked transfer class, according to 247Sports, and led the nation with 11 four-star rated transfers. Here’s a look at one of them… South Florida running back Brian Battie (21) runs past the Florida defense for a 10-yard touchdown during the first half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022, in Gainesville, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)AP No. 21 Brian Battie, running back, junior Hometown: Sarasota, FL Previous University: USF Height: 5-foot-7 Weight: 170 A look back at the past: Battie was a star on a struggling USF team before entering the transfer portal. In 2021, he returned three kickoffs back for a touchdown and was named an All-American. In 2022, he set a program record for the Bulls with 1,936 all purpose yards. He had five straight 100-yard rushing games. The Tampa Bay Times reported that after the end of the 2022 season, Battie said he would not enter the transfer portal. But USF fired head coach Jeff Scott following the season and about a month before Battie entered the portal, hired former Tennessee offensive coordinator Alex Golesh to lead the program. Battie, albeit a smaller running back, is known for his speed and in 2022 he developed into a more complete ball carrier. Auburn offensive coordinator Phillip Montgomery saw Battie first-hand in games against USF as the former head coach at Tulsa. “He was the guy we needed to stop, for sure,” Montgomery said of that game during Auburn spring practices. “Because he’s electric with the ball in his hands. And if you notice, he doesn’t take many straight-on hard hits if you go back and truly watch his tapes. He’s a guy that understands how to maneuver himself and find ways to stay positive and finish forward.” 2023 season outlook: Auburn’s running back room may be the strongest position group on the team. That makes Battie’s role a bit hard to decipher. But what is sure is Battie will be a part of Auburn’s special teams, especially given his previous All-American status as a returner. Freeze brought in an experienced and productive running back of course with the expectation he would contribute. He had seven carries in the A-Day game, though it’s hard to take too much from a spring game. Junior running back Jarquez Hunter is still expected to lead the backfield and highly ranked freshman Jeremiah Cobb seems to figure into the rotation. Barring injuries, Battie’s most likely role as a running back will be part of a rotation of ball carriers behind Hunter. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. By browsing this site, we may share your information with our social media partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

al.com Tide commit Perry Thompson still weighing decision Updated: Jul. 13, 2023, 6:07 p.m.|Published: Jul. 13, 2023, 5:39 p.m. ~4 minutes Sports Perry Thompson still feels strongly about Tide, but ‘Auburn is definitely there’ Foley's Perry Thompson competes during a 7-on-7 event at the Sports Tourism Complex on Thursday, June 29, 2023, in Foley, Ala. Thompson, an Alabama commit, is still weighing a final decision between the Tide and Auburn. (Mike Kittrell | preps@al.com) Foley wide receiver and longtime Alabama commit Perry Thompson told AL.com on Thursday that his final recruiting decision is still up in the air between the Tide and rival Auburn. The 6-foot-4, 210-pound Thompson is planning to attend Auburn’s Big Cat Weekend later this month. “Me and my uncle like the atmosphere up there,” Thompson said following Foley’s win in the Jubilee 7-on-7 tournament in Daphne on Thursday. “I just wanted to get up there one more time before the end of July.” Thompson, the No. 3 senior recruit in the state according to On3, has been committed to Alabama since last June, but he said the situation at Auburn changed when the Tigers hired new coach Hugh Freeze. “I didn’t even hear from them before coach Freeze came in, but (wide receivers) coach (Marcus) Davis offered me when he was at Georgia Southern, so we had a relationship there,” Thompson said. “I went up there (when Davis was hired at Auburn) and met all the other coaches, and it felt like a family environment.” Thompson said Thursday point blank: “I feel strongly about Alabama, but Auburn is definitely there.” He said any final decision on college would come down to relationships. “If I feel like they are better at Alabama, I’ll go to Bama,” he said. “If I feel like they are better at Auburn, I’ll go to Auburn.” A Class 7A first-team wide receiver as a junior, Thompson caught 87 passes for 1,059 yards and 9 touchdowns for the Lions. He also had a pair of interceptions on defense. He played defense all day on Thursday without seeing time on offense. “It’s all about development and growing our team,” Foley coach Deric Scott said. “We are trying to put the best team we can on the field and that allows us to do that.” Thompson said he plans to play wide receiver in college, but is trying to get reps on defense while he can. “Obviously, we will face some talented receivers during the season that we need to stop, so it’s good for me to get out here and get experience on that side of the ball,” he said. Scott said Thompson is handling the recruiting attention as most student-athletes do. “Some days they are in love with it. Some days I think they hate it,” he said. “He is probably somewhere in the middle. I do think he is pretty tired right now of people asking him what he is going to do and where he is going to go. I think he’s pretty solid on what he is going to do, so we will see.” Thompson and Foley defeated Vigor 19-18 in the championship game Thursday. Thompson had an interception in the final. The Wolves went for 2 and the win after their final score but came up short. “At the end of the day, it was coming down to one play anyway,” Vigor coach Markus Cook said. “We had our play. I was confident with it. It was open. It just didn’t turn out how we wanted it to.” If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. By browsing this site, we may share your information with our social media partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

si.com Jayson Jones shares his thoughts on the matchup with Cal Andrew Stefaniak 2–3 minutes Jayson Jones is ready to "beat up" on Cal. Jayson Jones joined the Locked On Auburn Podcast to discuss the upcoming 2023 football season. Host Zac Blackerby asked Jones which road game he is most excited about this season. Jones responded, "Definitely Cal in Berkley. I shouldn't even say Cal; it's Berkley to me. I played up at Oregon; we beat on them then we're going to beat on them now, so you know I'm ready for that game." Blackerby then asked why Jones chose this matchup with Cal as the game he is most excited about. Jones had this to say, "For me, it's more so that I played in the Pac-12, and I played against them. I have a little beef with them. But it's all good; it's all love." I love hearing this from Jones because it proves something we already knew. He has that dog in him. This matchup with Cal will be a big one for the landscape of Auburn's 2023 football season, so the Tigers need to leave California with the victory. This will be a fun football game with a lot on the line for both teams.

al.com Auburn running back Jarquez Hunter preparing for increased role in 2023 Published: Jul. 14, 2023, 6:00 a.m. 5–6 minutes Despite the unforgiving summer heat, Auburn running back Jarquez Hunter sometimes has to be reminded to drink water during his offseason workouts, says Brad Lester, who has trained Hunter this offseason. Hunter just doesn’t want to stop. “He’s that hard of a worker and that mentally tough, which says a lot about him because a lot of players can’t do that,” Lester said. Lester is a fitting coach for Hunter, who enters his junior season this fall. A former Auburn running back himself from 2004-2008, Lester is helping Hunter prepare for a new role: becoming starting running back. In a way, it felt like the torch had been passed to Hunter from former Auburn running back Tank Bigsby in last season’s Iron Bowl — the final game of the Tigers’ 2022 season. Bigsby rushed for just 63 yards in the Iron Bowl that day. All the while, Hunter, a sophomore at the time, rushed for 134 yards against the Crimson Tide, eclipsing his average of 56 yards per game. After playing behind Bigsby, who went on to be a third-round draft pick to the Jacksonville Jaguars in this year’s NFL Draft, Hunter knows the expectations of him are lofty. Then again, that’s what you sign up for as a running back at Auburn. Nonetheless, tasked with filling the shoes Bigsby left for him, Hunter knew he could turn to Lester — the same man who mentored and trained Bigsby. “He’s the next guy up at Auburn,” Lester said of Hunter. Fortunately, Lester and Hunter established a relationship last offseason as Bigsby continued to train with Lester. So, when a family member of Hunter’s asked if Lester would work with Hunter, it was easy for Lester to say yes. This offseason, Hunter has trained frequently with Lester — most weeks every Monday and Tuesday. “I felt like he was so dominant as a downhill runner and a power runner last year, the biggest thing we’ve been working on these past few weeks is his open-field moves, pass protection… just things to add to his game,” Lester said. “He’s already probably one of the better running backs I’ve ever worked with.” Considering Lester’s resume, for him to speak so highly of Hunter shouldn’t go unnoticed. In addition to Bigsby, Lester has also worked with former Alabama and current Pittsburgh Steelers’ running back Najee Harris and former Tennessee and current New Orleans Saints’ running back Alvin Kamara. This offseason, Lester is also working with Tennessee running backs Jaylen Wright, Jabari Small and Dylan Sampson, along with Georgia running backs Daijun Edwards and Kendall Milton. What is it that sets Hunter apart from the others? “Mental toughness and effort,” Lester said. “Those two things you cannot coach. And those are two things that both Hunter and Tank both have.” Surely, with a coaching change in the middle of the season, Hunter was forced to tap into his mental toughness. Yet despite the roller-coaster-of-a-season in 2022, Hunter still posted strong numbers as Bigsby’s backup. During his sophomore campaign last fall, Hunter rushed for 675 yards and seven touchdowns. He averaged 6.5 yards per carry. Dangerous downhill and between the tackles, Hunter came into the offseason wanting to develop his lateral movement. “He’ll tell you the same thing, his lateral movement has gotten a lot better. He’s gotten a lot more comfortable with making open-field moves,” Lester said. “Because he’s so much stronger and bigger than most of the players on the field, he doesn’t have to use that often, but he felt like that was part of his game that has really elevated over the last few weeks.” With Lester supplementing the foundation Auburn associate head coach and running backs coach Cadillac Williams built in Hunter, the junior tailback sounds primed for a breakout season with the Tigers. Lester expects Hunter’s season could come in the shape of 1,500 to 1,600 rushing yards. “That’s something that’s more than attainable, especially with Coach (Hugh) Freeze,” Lester said. “When people talk about Coach Freeze, they talk about throwing the football. But from what I’ve seen in the past years, when he has solid running backs, he really likes to establish the run game.” As the football season rapidly approaches, there’s a lot of buzz surrounding Hunter’s potential. Earlier in the offseason, Freeze called Hunter the best running back he’d ever coached. Meanwhile, On3′s Jesse Simonton named Hunter one of the “most intriguing” players in the SEC in 2023. Yet while everyone else is talking about him, Hunter doesn’t have much to say. “It’s funny, he doesn’t really say much. Jarquez, he’s a really quiet person. He’s a very respectful person. It’s yes sir, no sir,” Lester said. “But you can tell he’s hungry for this season. Last year he just had to play the role behind Tank, but now that Tank is gone, he gets his opportunity.” If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. By browsing this site, we may share your information with our social media partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

al.com Year 1 on The Plains: Meet Auburn’s transfer jack linebacker Elijah McAllister Published: Jul. 13, 2023, 2:00 p.m. 3–4 minutes After transferring from Vanderbilt, Elijah McAllister has a strong case to start at Auburn's Jack linebacker spot this season. Photo by Austin PerrymanAuburn University Athletics A new coach at Auburn meant significant roster turnover would surely follow. Before Hugh Freeze’s team lines up for fall practices in a few weeks, his roster has more than three dozen new faces, including more than 20 transfers. In his first offseason back in the SEC, Freeze took advantage of the new landscape the transfer portal has made for college football to reshape the Tigers. Auburn brought in the fifth-ranked transfer class, according to 247Sports, and led the nation with 11 four-star rated transfers. Here’s a look at one of them… No. 11 Elijah McAllister, Jack linebacker, graduate transfer Hometown: Asbury Park, N.J. (Rumson-Fair Haven) Previous university: Vanderbilt (2018-22) Height: 6-foot-6 Weight: 271 pounds A look back at the past: Hailing from the Jersey Shore area, McAllister helped lead the Rumson-Fair Haven football program to four conference titles and a state championship. McAllister also played on Rumson-Fair Haven’s state championship-winning basketball team. On the football field, McAllister doubled as a defensive end and wide receiver but ultimately stuck to the defensive side of ball and was rated a 3-star strongside defensive end by 247Sports. After garnering 22 offers, including the likes of Tennessee and UCF, McAllister went on to play at Vanderbilt, where he appeared in 37 games. McAllister tallied 65 tackles, 6.5 tackles for a loss, 2.5 sacks, two forced fumbles and an interception during his time with the Commodores. 2023 season outlook: McAllister is joined by four other new faces at the Jack linebacker spot, which will be without much returning production after sending Derick Hall and Eku Leota to the league and Dylan Brooks transferring to Kansas. With a need to fill the role, the case for McAllister to get the starting nod is a strong one given his experience at the SEC level. Appalachian State transfer Jalen McLeod and true freshman Keldric Faulk, who was the gem of Auburn’s recent recruiting cycle, could also compete for play time. Should the Tigers go with McAllister, they know what they’re getting: experience and efficiency. McAllister’s time at Vanderbilt proved he’s capable of holding his own in the conference. It’s worth noting McAllister’s transfer to Auburn also serves as a reunion with defensive line coach Jeremy Garrett, who mentored McAllister at Vanderbilt in 2019 as a quality control assistant. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. By browsing this site, we may share your information with our social media partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

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