aubiefifty 18,398 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 seccountry.com The latest news in Tigers' football recruiting Benjamin Wolk @benjaminwolk 6-7 minutes Auburn linebackers coach Travis Williams ranks No. 8 nationally as a recruiter. Sarah Lundgren/SEC Country Welcome to SEC Country’s daily Auburn Tigers football recruiting notebook with Auburn recruiting beat writer Benjamin Wolk. It’s Tuesday, and SEC Country looks at how the Tigers’ assistant coaches are performing as recruiters. Where Auburn’s assistant coaches rank as recruiters With the early signing period in the books, let’s take a look at how each position coach is faring so far in recruiting the Class of 2018. 247Sports has a great recruiter ranking tool that rates how assistant coaches across the country are performing as recruiters. Much like player rankings, it’s not a perfect science because it’s based on the star rating of prospects and whether the coach is listed as the primary or secondary recruiter. In many cases, Auburn relies on multiple coaches as primary recruiters to pick up commitments, so it’s not a complete assessment of how assistants are doing. RELATED: 2018 Auburn recruiting big board At the same time, it is a solid indication — for the most part — of which assistant coaches are recruiting well and which need to step up their game. Here’s how Auburn’s assistant coaches stack up in the 247Sports national rankings and my take on each. No. 8, linebackers coach Travis Williams: Per the rankings, Williams receives credit for seven prospects — Matthew Hill, Quindarious Monday, Zakoby McClain, Christian Tutt, Michael Harris, Richard Jibunor and Josh Marsh. He served as a primary recruiter for Hill, Monday, McClain, Harris, Tutt and Jibunor. Williams’ area positioning in the Atlanta metro area has paid off in a big way for the Tigers with five of those seven. On top of that, any time Auburn wants to seal the deal on a linebacker, Williams is the man for the job, as he’s proven that with Jibunor, Marsh, Harris and McClain. No. 48, tight ends coach/recruiting coordinator Larry Porter: Four prospects count toward Porter’s ranking — Harris, Kayode Oladele, Shaun Shivers and Jalil Irvin. Similarly to Williams, it was Porter’s assigned area that worked out for Auburn. When Porter joined the staff, he took over South Florida, which helped with Oladele and Shivers (and Jamien Sherwood, though this tool didn’t credit him for the safety). Porter also tag-teamed with Williams in the Atlanta area to help with Harris and Irvin. No. 55, defensive line coach Rodney Garner: As usual, Garner dominated his position group. Coynis Miller, Oladele and Daquan Newkirk have all been prized jewels for Garner along the defensive line in the 2018 class. Jibunor isn’t credited to Garner in this rankings, but he deserves a good bit of the credit. Garner also earned points for his lead recruiting efforts with wide receiver signee Shedrick Jackson. Garner is the area recruiter around Birmingham. No. 59, offensive line coach Herb Hand: Hand’s two area assignments are North Alabama and South Georgia, as well as his responsibilities to haul in offensive linemen. He has brought in two offensive linemen so far in this class in Irvin and Kameron Stutts. In Stutts’ case, Hand was the initial recruiter and primary recruiter throughout. Hand helped capitalize on Williams’ early work in the Atlanta area with Irvin. Hand also played a key part with Josh Marsh, Kolbi Fuqua and Asa Martin in his North Alabama work. No. 176, wide receivers coach Kodi Burns: This ranking doesn’t do Burns justice when it comes to what he will bring in for 2018. Burns picks up credit for Hill, Jackson and Seth Williams. He’s listed as the primary recruiter for Williams, but the secondary recruiter for the other two. Make no mistake, though. Burns played crucial roles in securing all three, and he’ll play a big part in any others the Tigers land in this class, namely Anthony Schwartz and Justyn Ross. No. 193, defensive backs coach Greg Brown: Brown found Sherwood early on in this recruiting cycle, and he didn’t let him out of his sight. That worked out in a major way as other programs chased after Sherwood down the stretch, but it was too late. As for Monday and Tutt, Brown didn’t take the lead on those, but he was a closer for the Tigers. In moments when Monday and Tutt wavered, it was film sessions during in-home visits with Brown that made them Tigers once and for all. No. 296, running backs coach Tim Horton: Martin, Shivers and Arryn Siposs all go to Horton. He served was the secondary recruiter for the running backs (Martin and Shivers), but it was his track record that helped ink up the two backfield pieces in the 2018 class. As for Siposs, Horton was the primary communicator that connected the Australian punter to Auburn, which figures to work out well for the future of the Tigers’ special teams. At No. 296, you might look at Horton as the weak link, but don’t. His history as a running back recruiter and coach speaks for itself. Miss a previous Auburn recruiting notebook? Find every daily recap of Auburn Tigers recruiting right here. NEXT How former Auburn football players fared in NFL We Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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