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4-star RB Ousmane Kromah commits to Georgia

The nation’s No. 5 running back recruit has committed to Georgia over Auburn

The Georgia Bulldogs have gained a commitment from four-star running back recruit Ousmane Kromah. Kromah committed to Georgia over Auburn and Florida State. Georgia beat Auburn on both the recruiting trail and on the field on Saturday.

Kromah, an in-state recruit, is Georgia’s No. 22 commitment in the class of 2025. Kromah and Bo Walker are Georgia’s two running back commitments in the 2025 cycle. Kirby Smart and Georgia have the fifth-best recruiting class in the country.

The four-star running back has an excellent combination of speed and balance.

Kromah is a member of the class of 2025 recruiting cycle. The 5-foot-11, 205-pound running back plays for Lee County High School in Leesburg, Georgia.

The four-star running back is the fifth-ranked player at his position in the nation, according to 247Sports. The Lee County standout is the No. 84 recruit in the nation and the No. 11 prospect in Georgia.

Kromah announced his commitment to Georgia via social media:

Auburn is still ahead of Georgia in the class of 2025 recruiting rankings, but there’s still a lot of time left before early signing day.

4-star RB projected to commit to Georgia football

The nation’s No. 5 running back recruit projected to commit to the Georgia Bulldogs over Auburn and FSU

The Georgia Bulldogs are projected to land a commitment from four-star running back recruit Ousmane Kromah. Kromah, who plans to announce his commitment on Oct. 5, is deciding among Georgia, Auburn and Florida State.

On3’s Chad Simmons projects Kromah will commit to Georgia. Kromah was previously favored to commit to the Auburn Tigers.

Georgia and Auburn aren’t just battling for Kromah’s commitment on Saturday. The Bulldogs also host Auburn at 3:30 p.m. ET on Oct. 5.

Kromah is a member of the class of 2025 recruiting cycle. The 5-foot-11, 205-pound running back plays for Lee County High School in Leesburg, Georgia.

The four-star in-state recruit is the fifth-ranked running back in the country, according to 247Sports. The Lee County standout is the No. 84 recruit in the nation and the No. 11 prospect in Georgia.

Hugh Freeze and Auburn have the fourth-best recruiting class in the country. Kromah’s potential commitment could help Kirby Smart and the Georgia Bulldogs surpass Auburn in recruiting. Georgia has the fifth-best recruiting class in the nation, per 247Sports.

4-star RB, UGA recruiting target sets commitment date

The nation’s fifth-best running back recruit is deciding among UGA, Auburn and FSU

Four-star running back recruit Ousmane Kromah has pushed back his commitment date from Sept. 28 to Oct. 5. Kromah, who is a member of the class of 2025, is deciding among Georgia, Auburn and Florida State.

The 5-foot-11, 205-pound running back plays for Lee County High School in Leesburg, Georgia. The four-star is the No. 5 running back in the country, per 247Sports. The Lee County star is the No. 84 recruit in the nation and the No. 11 prospect in Georgia.

The elite running back prospect has visited all three of his top schools recently. Kromah is favored to commit to the Auburn Tigers, according to 247Sports.

Hugh Freeze and Auburn have done an excellent job in the 2025 recruiting cycle. The Tigers have the fourth-best recruiting class in the country. Auburn has 24 commitments in the class of 2025 and is actually ranked ahead of Kirby Smart the Georgia Bulldogs, who have the fifth-best recruiting class in the nation.

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It remains to be seen and Freeze and Auburn can keep this elite recruiting class. The Tigers have had some rough on the field results in their 2-2 start to the season.

Recruiting analyst predicts Alabama-based offensive tackle will commit to USC

USC might be about to land a big fish up front.

Tom Loy, national recruiting analyst for 247Sports, is predicting that offensive tackle Carde Smith will commit to the USC Trojans football program.

Last week Trojans wire discussed how we felt the Trojans were trending for the 2025 blue chip offensive tackle Carde Smith’s official visit to USC.

“Carde Smith, a 6-foot-6, 300-pound four-star offensive tackle from Mobile, Alabama, has decommitted from in-state school Auburn. Smith was scheduled for an official visit to Mississippi State in Starkville, but he cancelled to attend the final summer recruiting weekend at USC. Smith had glowing comments about USC after his official visit last weekend. The offensive line coach at USC, Josh Henson, has been under pressure from fans to land more highly rated prospects as graded by the recruiting services. This would certainly qualify if Henson can close the deal.”

Henson just added a massive offensive tackle from local Rancho Santa Margarita High School earlier this week, bringing in Elijah Vaikona. Now the Trojans are the leaders to land Smith, a consensus four-star offensive tackle who holds offers from 10 SEC schools. If Smith does commit, he will become the third offensive lineman and the second tackle for the Trojans’ 2025 class, joining Willi Wascher and the aforementioned Vaikona.

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Auburn football landed four-star Carde Smith because ‘It feels like home’

Carde Smith breaks down why he committed to Auburn football this week.

Carde Smith committed to Auburn over the weekend, giving the SEC program another strong verbal in their impressive 2024 recruiting class.

A four-star offensive lineman from Williamson (Mobile, Alabama), Smith checks in as the No. 216 player in the nation according to 247Sports. ESPN ranks him among the top 30 offensive tackles in the class of 2024 and as part of their ESPN 300.

Florida State, Miami, Mississippi State and Tennessee were among the offers for Smith, who is a solidly built 6-foot-6 and 300 pounds.

Asked this week by USA TODAY High School Sports why he decided to stay in-state and picked Auburn, Smith’s answer was simple.

“Auburn feels like home,” Smith said.

“Me and coach Thornton (offensive line coach Jake Thornton) have a real good relationship. I have been on Auburn’s trail since June of last year and they have everything I want and more.”

Williamson is an agile and fluid mover at his size. He pulls well and gets downfield in his run-blocking. His movement shows athleticism that is unique given his frame.

There is no stiffness in his blocking and he bends well.

Finishing blocks and playing to the whistle, he relies on his natural strength at the high school level but has some nice tools to work with and develop at a Power Five program.

Auburn’s proximity and connection with him during his recruitment paid off in the end and helped guide his decision this week.

“Going to the games and having a relationship with them since last summer and building connections with the coaches and players,” Smith said about how Auburn came to feel like home.

Two 2024 commits are on ‘flip watch’

Auburn has put together a solid 2024 class so far. How close are they to losing two of its key components?

[autotag]Hugh Freeze[/autotag] has been praised for his efforts in putting together a stellar 2024 class in year one as head coach. As the season continues, there are two top commitments that Auburn will need to work hard in order to keep.

Four-star OL [autotag]Deandre Carter[/autotag] and four-star athlete [autotag]Jalewis Solomon[/autotag] were the subjects of On3’s interview with Auburn Live’s Jeffrey Lee this week. Lee told Josh Newburg of On3’s The Inside Scoop that those two are on high alert to flip, or even decommit.

Auburn beat out Texas for the commitment of Carter, but the Longhorns are far from out of it. Carter is set to officially visit Austin this weekend for Texas’ game with Kansas. Although Carter set the visit before committing to Auburn, Lee says there is room for worry.

“Anytime a commitment takes an official visit to another school I think there’s reason to be concerned,” Lee said. “If you want to look at the bright side on this, DeAndre Carter had planned this visit before he committed to Auburn … he gave (Texas) his word that he was going to visit for this game and he’s holding to it.”

As for Solomon, he chose Auburn over South Carolina during the summer. However, the Gamecocks were never out of the race. Lee describes Solomon’s thought process before ultimately committing to Auburn.

“He went from South Carolina, then he flipped to Auburn before the announcement. He went back to South Carolina about 15 minutes before the announcement. Then, his family was late to the announcement, delayed it an hour, and then he went back to Auburn, committed to Auburn,” Lee said. “He was so unsure, they were so even the day of his announcement — he’s certainly a guy you want to keep an eye on moving forward.”

According to 247Sports rankings, Auburn owns the No. 14 recruiting class of the 2024 cycle. Headliners include five-stars [autotag]Perry Thompson[/autotag] and [autotag]Demarcus Riddick[/autotag], as well as four-star quarterback [autotag]Walker White[/autotag]. In order to hold on to a top 15 class, Hugh Freeze and company will need to keep up their efforts in order to secure Carter and Solomon’s signature in December.

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Nick Marsh commits to Michigan State

The four-star wide receiver has rejoined the Spartans.

Auburn target [autotag]Nick Marsh[/autotag] has committed to Michigan State. He originally committed to them on July 31, 2022 before reopening his recruitment on March 7.

Auburn quickly offered him a scholarship after his decomiitment and hosted him on a visit during March. However, it wasn’t enough to prevent him from reuniting with the Spartans.

Apart from Auburn, the highly-rated receiver chose the Spartans over programs such as Arkansas, Penn State and Pitt.

According to 247Sports, Marsh is a four-star recruit with a 0.9526 composite rating. He is the No. 99 ranked player nationally, the No. 16 ranked wide receiver and the No. 3 ranked player in the state of Michigan.

The 6-foot-3, 200-pounder is a three-sport athlete, also playing basketball and running track.

The River Rouge, Michigan native would have been the second wide receiver and the 10th player to join Auburn’s 2024 recruiting class.

Rodney Colton Jr places Auburn in top six

Colton has quickly become one of the areas most popular prospects for the 2026 cycle.

[autotag]Hugh Freeze[/autotag] has ramped up Auburn’s recruiting efforts and has already gotten started on the class of 2026.

[autotag]Rodney Colton Jr[/autotag], an athlete in the class of 2026, listed his top six school choices and Auburn cut along with Cincinnati, Florida, Georgia, LSU, and Tennessee.

His recruitment has taken off over the last two months. Liberty was the first program to extend an offer to Colton back on May 3. Since then, Colton has received offers from ten programs across the country. Auburn was one of five schools to offer Colton on May 3 according to 247Sports.

The Newnan, Georgia native is a 6-foot-1, 200-pounder who typically plays the nickel position. Due to his age, he has not received a rating from 247Sports, On3, or Rivals.

The rising sophomore is a big part of Newnan’s defensive secondary.

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Four-star LB Joseph Phillips commits to Auburn over Georgia, Tennessee

The Tuskegee product has elected to stay close to home by committing to Auburn.

[autotag]Hugh Freeze[/autotag] was not messing around when he said recruiting would be his top priority after taking over the Auburn football program in December.

Just days after Auburn landed the commitments of Kensley Faustin and Bryce Cain, the Tigers picked up the commitment of [autotag]Joseph Phillips[/autotag], a four-star linebacker from the state of Alabama.

According to 247Sports, Phillips has a composite rating of 0.9427. He is the No. 125 player overall, the No. 10 linebacker nationally and the No. 8 player in the state of Alabama.

The Tuskegee, Alabama, native attends Booker T. Washington High School where he recorded 75 tackles, 19 tackles for loss, nine sacks, two forced fumbles, four fumble recoveries and one defensive touchdown in 2022. Additionally, he caught 29 passes for 336 yards and six touchdowns.

Phillips chose Auburn over Clemson, Georgia, Tennessee and Texas A&M.

Phillips is the eighth player and the first linebacker to join Auburn’s 2024 recruiting class, which is ranked No. 24 nationally according to 247Sports.

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Four star OL Casey Poe lists Auburn in top eight

Auburn is in the running to land a 6-5, 280-pound interior lineman from Texas.

[autotag]Casey Poe[/autotag], a four-star interior offensive lineman in the class of 2024 listed his top choices in a tweet on his personal Twitter account yesterday.

Auburn made the list that included many top programs such as Alabama, Georgia, Clemson, LSU, Oklahoma, Baylor, and Texas Tech.

The Lindale, Texas native has a composite rating of 0.9356 according to the 247Sports Composite. Poe is also the No. 149 player in the class of 2024 as well as the No. 10 interior offensive lineman and the No. 27 player in the state of Texas. He also provides a big presence with a 6-5, 280-pound frame.

Ramping up recruiting efforts has been one of [autotag]Hugh Freeze[/autotag]’s top priorities since being hired as the program’s head coach in December.

Improving the offensive line has been the top focus in doing that and landing Poe would go a long way toward helping the new coach and his staff achieve that goal.

Poe has received one prediction to commit to Oklahoma from 247Sports, but it was only made with level six confidence. Additionally, there is still a lot of time in his recruitment so Auburn has not been ruled out as a candidate.

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