Auburn could potentially claim another of Will Wade’s lost souls in this 2022 recruiting class.
Head coach Bruce Pearl already secured the services of LSU decommit Yohan Traore at the end of March, and On3 Recruiting seems to think that he may be about to add another. Small forward Julian Philips is another player who was previously committed to LSU before reversing the decision after Will Wade’s departure, and On3’s RPM has Philips favoring Auburn at 46 percent. On top of that, 247Sports has Auburn as the only school that Philips is “warm” on according to their projection.
Philips, a five-star, is universally considered the best player from his home state of Missouri by any recruiting website that ranks it. Should he choose to commit to the Tigers, he would join his former teammate-to-be at LSU in Traore and become the second five-star player that Bruce Pearl has netted this recruiting cycle — just what he’ll be needing to fill the void left by the departures of Jabari Smith and Walker Kessler.
Here’s everything you need to know about the potential addition to Bruce Pearl’s team on the Plains:
Julian Philips’ Recruiting Profile
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Crystal Ball
No Crystal Ball submitted. On3’s RPM has Philips headed to Auburn at 46 percent.