Big Cat Weekend is usually a make-or-break for Auburn when it comes to several key targets. This year’s event will be headlined by several top prospects, including a five-star Alabama pledge.
Sunday, Alabama commit [autotag]Perry Thompson[/autotag] announced that he will be attending this year’s event that is scheduled to take place on July 29. The news is significant because Thompson has chosen Big Cat Weekend over Alabama’s recruiting event that is set to take place over the same weekend.
Auburn extended an offer to Thompson in January and has worked around the clock to change his tune about Alabama. Since receiving an offer from Auburn, he has visited a total of five times. He says that he has built a bond with the coaching staff.
“Really the coaches building a bond with me and making me feel like family,” Thompson said about Auburn. “Everything on campus just feels like home, it feels good. Oh yeah, we built a strong bond. Every day I come up to campus we can just connect and there’s a strong relationship there.”
Thompson is the nation’s No. 4 receiver and the state of Alabama’s No. 2 overall prospect for the 2024 cycle.
I will be in auburn for big cat weekend😼
— perry “uno” thompson (@fhsperryt1) July 2, 2023
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