Another Auburn football player is entering the transfer portal just a few hours after quarterback Dematrius Davis announced he was leaving the team.
This time, it’s Tigers cornerback Ro Torrence. Torrence, a junior, had already transferred to Auburn from NJCAA school Hutchinson Community College before the beginning of the 2021 season. He didn’t play much for Auburn, netting only five tackles, a forced fumble and a pass deflection during his action with the team.
Auburn cornerback Ro Torrence has entered the transfer portal, @on3sports has learned.
Torrence, a one-time Tennessee commit, was part of Auburn’s 2021 signing class. Played in 10 games last season.https://t.co/xWsWSZF8sP
— Matt Zenitz (@mzenitz) March 23, 2022
His NJCAA career, however, showed lots of potential. Torrence was a first-team JUCO All-American in 2020 and only gave up a single pass completion in the regular season that year. He also came up with an interception in Hutchinson’s NJCAA title game against Snow College, a game the Hutchinson Blue Dragons won 29-27.
While Torrence didn’t get a lot of opportunities to produce in the 2021 season, he’ll still be missed amid a flurry of offseason transfers during the offseason where cornerbacks Eric Reed and Dreshun Miller entered the transfer portal. Depth at any position is a large contributor to great programs, and any loss of depth to the portal isn’t ideal for coach Bryan Harsin and the Auburn Tigers.
That being said, though, Auburn has covered the cornerback position nicely through the transfer portal and its 2022 class. Auburn currently has three four-star cornerbacks coming in from the 2022 class and former Oregon cornerback DJ James will come to The Plains this season to fill in the role as well.
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