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Auburn offers TE Rivaldo Fairweather who plans to visit

Auburn is looking to add a tight end and they have targeted Rivaldo Fairweather.

The transfer portal is officially open and Auburn is going to be heavily involved. One of the Tiger’s early targets is tight end [autotag]Rivaldo Fairweather[/autotag].

In fact, the Tigers were the first school to call and offer him a scholarship on Monday according to Christian Clemente of Auburn Undercover. While nothing has been scheduled yet he plans to visit the Plains.

The former FIU Panther had a breakout season this year, catching 28 passes for 426 yards and three touchdowns as a junior. He will have two seasons of eligibility left at his next destination due to his covid year.

Auburn has a need for a pass-catching tight end now that John Samuel Shenker has run out of eligibility. New tight end coach [autotag]Ben Aigamaua[/autotag] will have [autotag]Luke Deal[/autotag], [autotag]Tyler Fromm[/autotag], [autotag]Brandon Frazier[/autotag], and [autotag]Micah Riley-Ducker[/autotag] to work with next season.

While Deal, Fromm, and Frazier are all experienced upperclassmen they have been primarily used as blockers and lack experience as receiving threats.

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Jake Thornton set to join Hugh Freeze’s staff as offensive line coach

Thornton most recently served in the same role at Ole Miss for two seasons.

It appears that not EVERY coach at Ole Miss is safe from Auburn.

According to a report by Matt Zenitz of On3, Ole Miss offensive line coach [autotag]Jake Thornton[/autotag] is set to take on the same role at Auburn under Hugh Freeze. He joins [autotag]Ben Aigamaua[/autotag] (tight ends coach), and [autotag]Jeremy Garrett[/autotag] (defensive line coach) as new hires to the staff. [autotag]Cadillac Williams[/autotag], [autotag]Zac Etheridge[/autotag], and [autotag]Christian Robinson[/autotag] are the only coaches retained from Bryan Harsin’s staff.

Auburn’s biggest need on offense is an improvement to the offensive line, and Thornton has the capability to get that done. His offensive line at Ole Miss this season played a role in the Rebels’ gaining 491 yards per game, which is third-best in the SEC. Ole Miss gained an SEC-best 262 yards per game on the ground.

He will need time to develop Auburn’s linemen into the quality of Ole Miss’, as several of Auburn’s front will be graduating including [autotag]Killian Zierer[/autotag] and [autotag]Brandon Council[/autotag].

Auburn is expected to hire Ole Miss’ Jake Thornton as offensive line coach, sources tell @on3sports.

Thornton, a former Alabama GA, has been the Rebels’ offensive line coach the last two seasons.https://t.co/UdlIjWAxlk

— Matt Zenitz (@mzenitz) December 4, 2022

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REPORT: Hugh Freeze to hire Ben Aigamaua as Auburn’s tight end coach

Ben Aigamaua is expected to follow Hugh Freeze from Liberty to Auburn.

[autotag]Hugh Freeze[/autotag] is starting to fill his coaching staff.

[autotag]Ben Aigamaua[/autotag] is set to follow Freeze from Liberty and become Auburn’s tight end coach, according to Nathan King of Auburn Undercover.

The two have worked together for more than a decade. He played for Freeze at Lambuth, was at Ole Miss during Freeze’s entire tenure in a variety of roles, and coached tight ends at Liberty for the past four seasons.

His tight ends combined to catch 27 passes for 236 yards and three touchdowns in the 2022 season.

Aigamaua is not the only coach Freeze is expected to bring from Liberty, Jeremy Garrett will be Auburn’s new defensive line coach.

[autotag]Cadillac Williams[/autotag] is the only Auburn assistant coach officially retained by Freeze. He has been promoted to associate head coach in addition to coaching running backs. Secondary coach Zac Etheridge and linebackers Christian Robinson are expected to be retained but no announcement has been made.

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