Auburn announces heights, weights for newest additions

Auburn’s roster is nearly complete.

Another 18 players arrived on campus in May and they have officially been added to the roster.

The group consists of seven signees from the 2022 class, three transfers, and eight walk-ons. Their height, weight, and position have been added but they have not been given numbers yet.

Two players who have not been added are wide receiver Koy Moore and cornerback Keionte Scott. Moore, a transfer wide receiver from LSU, just recently committed to the Tigers. Scott, the No. 1 JUCO corner, was always expected to join the team late in the summer.

Here’s the full list of the newcomers.

WR Dazalin Worsham: 6-1, 177, Redshirt freshman (Miami)

WR Camden Brown: 6-3, 202, True freshman

WR Omari Kelly: 6-0, 176, True freshman

WR Whit Johnson: 6-1, 193, True freshman

DL Morris Joseph Jr.: 6-2, 281, Senior (Memphis)

DL Enyce Sledge: 6-2, 315, True freshman

DL Joe Frazier Jr.: 5-11, 276, True freshman

RB Damari Alston: 5-9, 209, True freshman

RB Luke Reebals: 5-10, 182, True freshman

LB Robert Woodyard Jr.: 6-0, 245, True freshman

TE Camden Etheredge: 6-0, 204, True freshman

OL Evan Richards: 6-4, 313, True freshman

CB Austin Ausberry: 5-11, 203, True freshman

DB Craig McDonald: 6-2, 204, Sophomore (Iowa State)

DB Mac McClinton: 5-8, 180, True freshman

S Paul Thompson Jr.: 6-0, 195, True freshman

K Alex McPherson: 5-9, 150, True freshman

P Daniel Perez: 5-11, 183, True freshman

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Recruiting: Analyzing Auburn’s blue-chip additions to the 2022 team

We saw a jump in blue-chip talent from 2021 to 2022 for Auburn.

The name of the game is blue-chip talent acquisition. How many four-star and five-star players can you get for your football team? Looking at the top schools, they do it at a high level. Much the reason that they are more often than not, competing for national championships and conference titles.

Going into the 2021 season, head coach Bryan Harsin inherited a team with a blue-chip ratio of 56%. That put his team with the 11th most blue-chip players, tied with the Oregon Ducks and 2022 opponent the Penn State Nittany Lions.

Among the top SEC schools, Auburn comes in at No. 6 in terms of the ratio in the 2021 season. Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Florida, and Texas A&M all came of them.

When it comes to adding blue-chip talent through the 2022 recruiting class, the Tigers finished 11th. The staff added four-star players with 56% of their 18 signees. Thanks in large part to the efforts by one of the top recruiters, Zac Etheridge.

What 247Sports Says…

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Auburn landed a top-20 class on National Signing Day, though its fans will gripe that it ranks just 8th in the SEC. 10 of Auburn’s 18 signees are rated four-stars. And the back seven of the defense was addressed with the likes of linebacker Robert Woodyard, corners JaDarian Rhym and Austin Ausberry, and safety Tre Donaldson. The big question right now for Auburn is what happens with coach Bryan Harsin.

In the 2021 recruiting class, which was a transition under Harsin, the team signed just 31.6% blue-chip players. That is a noticeable improvement under the first-year head coach. It was expected to see a dip due to the movement but they did a better job of addressing it in 2022.

Provided the head coach returns in 2023, they should focus on improving that number further.