Hugh Freeze and the Auburn coaching staff have locked in their quarterback for the 2024 cycle, four-star [autotag]Walker White[/autotag]. Now, they are working towards landing one of the top options at the position from the 2025 class.
Auburn has been on an upward trend for four-star quarterback Deuce Knight for quite some time. However, it may have been a recent act by Freeze that truly sparked his interest in Auburn. Knight, a 2025 recruit from Nashville, Tennessee, began fielding phone calls from college coaches on Aug. 1, the first day that coaches could begin contacting recruits in his class.
The first call of the day came from none other than Auburn’s head coach.
“When that date happened and Coach Freeze hit me up at 5 in the morning — he was actually the first head coach to call me — a couple of head coaches had texted me and stuff. That meant a lot to me,” Knight tells 247Sports. “And them just keeping in contact every day, I’d say that does a lot for me because I’m big on the communication part.”
The recruiting process is still early for Knight, but he says that he has built a bond with 2025 running back [autotag]Alvin Henderson[/autotag]. Auburn has kept Henderson high on their radar, and his decision could play a role in where Knight ends up.
“That’s my guy,” Knight said of Henderson. “We told each other we were going to talk every day until we both make a decision. Me and Alvin, we’re big on going to college together and being in the same backfield together. Just changing a program together. That’s one thing we’re big on. That’s my dog, we talk every day. It’d just be different if we team up.”
Knight is a 6-4, 195-pound quarterback from Lipscomb Academy in Nashville, and was a high school teammate of Auburn freshman [autotag]Hank Brown[/autotag]. Notre Dame is the current favorite to land Knight according to 247Sports, and Ole Miss is the forecasted favorite according to On3.
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