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Auburn wide receiver commit Bryce Cain makes massive jump in 247Sports ranking

He is now the No. 3 wide reciever in the state of Alabama.

When [autotag]Bryce Cain[/autotag] committed to Auburn he was a three-star prospect and one of their lowest-ranked commits.

That is no longer the case as 247Sports updated their rankings for the 2024 recruiting class and the speedy Cain made a massive jump, becoming a four-star prospect and moving all the way up to being the No. 237 overall player and No. 33 receiver.

The move makes him the No. 3 wide receiver in the state, trailing only five-star Auburn commit [autotag]Perry Thompson[/autotag] and five-star Texas A&M commit and Auburn target [autotag]Cam Coleman[/autotag].

When he picked Auburn back in June he was outside the top 1,000 players but a breakout senior season has revealed that Auburn found a hidden gem in the 5-foot-11, 170-pounder. In seven games for Baker High School Cain has caught 29 passes for 729 yards and twelve touchdowns.

Cain has all the makings of being a slot receiver once he makes it to the Plains due to his combination of size and speed making him a big-play threat whenever he touches the ball.

Not all of Auburn’s commits shot up the rankings as several made small moves up or down the rankings, here is a look at the three biggest movers outside of Cain.

  • OL [autotag]Deandre Carter[/autotag]: No. 55 to No. 122
  • RB [autotag]J’Marrion Burnette[/autotag]: No. 185 to No. 257
  • CB [autotag]Jalyn Crawford[/autotag]: No. 159 to unranked

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Local WR Daylyn Upshaw to visit Auburn for Georgia game

He is emerging as a key target in the 2025 recruiting cycle.

The Auburn Tigers are set to host numerous recruits this weekend when they host the Georgia Bulldogs in the 127th edition of the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry. One of the recruits is wide receiver [autotag]Daylyn Upshaw[/autotag] who will be making the short drive from Phenix City down to the Plains.

Upshaw has taken numerous visits to Auburn since wide receivers coach [autotag]Marcus Davis[/autotag] offered him a scholarship back in March. They were the second program to extend him an offer, behind only Texas, since then FSU, Penn State and several other programs have followed suit.

Despite an impressive offer list, he is a three-star prospect and the No. 84 wide receiver and No. 24 player from Alabama in the 247Sports composite ranking.

Upshaw has had a strong start to the season for Central-Phenix City, emerging as their No. 2 wideout behind five-star [autotag]Cam Coleman[/autotag], a major Auburn target in the 2024 cycle. Upshaw has caught 19 passes for 409 yards and five touchdowns in their first five games.

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High school football watchlist: Top 10 wide receivers in class of 2024

Today let’s take a look at the top 10 wide receivers in the 2024 recruiting cycle.

The quarterback may be king, but wide receivers are the next-most important position in the modern pass-happy game. Today let’s take a look at the top 10 wide receivers in the 2024 recruiting cycle. At the top of the list, there’s Chaminade-Madonna (Fla.) five-star receiver Jeremiah Smith, who’s committed to Ohio State but has several other programs still trying to flip him. One of Smith’s high school teammates also made the top 10 – as did another Buckeyes commit.

Here are our composite top 10 receivers in this class. To get the rankings, we averaged the nationals for each prospect at Rivals, ESPN and 247Sports.

Four-star OT Fletcher Westphal picks Florida over Auburn

Auburn is still looking for its first commitment along the offensive line.

Auburn’s hunt for its first offensive line commitment in the 2024 recruiting cycle is still going after four-star offensive tackle [autotag]Fletcher Westphal[/autotag] picked the Florida Gators over Auburn, Clemson and others on Monday.

The 6-foot-8, 295-pounder took multiple trips to the Plains and included them in his top five schools but never returned for an official visit. That would prove costly as Auburn fell out of the race to land the elite tackle.

July has been an up-and-down month for Auburn on the recruiting trail, they landed four-star defensive lineman [autotag]Malk Blocton[/autotag] and three-star linebacker [autotag]D’Angelo Barber[/autotag]. However, they missed out on one of their top targets when five-star wide receiver [autotag]Cam Coleman[/autotag] shockingly committed to the Texas A&M Aggies.

Auburn will now have to look elsewhere for help along the offensive line and some top targets include four-star interior offensive lineman [autotag]Preston Taumua[/autotag] and four-star offensive tackle [autotag]DeAndre Carter[/autotag]. Other names to watch our [autotag]Jameson Riggs[/autotag] and [autotag]Reese Baker[/autotag].

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Texas A&M jumps into top 10 with commitment from 5-star WR Cam Coleman

Then on the holiday we got one of the biggest surprises of the 2024 recruiting cycle so far.

The week of the Fourth of July has suddenly become one of the busiest of the year in the recruiting world. This time it began with a bang, as Ohio State got a stunning commitment from St. Ignatius (Ill.) five-star defensive lineman Justin Scott on Sunday night. Several other schools added blue-chip recruits on Monday, then on Tuesday, we got one of the biggest surprises of the 2024 recruiting cycle so far.

Central (Ala.) five-star wide receiver Cam Coleman was expected to commit to Auburn. On3’s prediction model had the Tigers as a heavy favorite at 93.4%. However, on the fourth, Coleman announced that he’ll be playing for Texas A&M at the next level.

Coleman (6-foot-3, 180 pounds) is one of the top wide receivers and overall players in the 2024 recruiting cycle. The 247Sports composite rankings have him at No. 3 at his position, first overall in Alabama and No. 11 nationally.

In addition to Texas A&M and Auburn, Coleman had offers from 25 other programs, including Clemson, LSU, Alabama and Georgia.

Asked why he picked Texas A&M, Coleman told On3’s Hayes Fawcett it was about their education and network.

“What stood out about Texas A&M was how I felt like home every time I went there… From the coaching staff, to spending time with my future teammates. We are all going to stop playing football one day and that’s where the education aspect and Aggie Network comes into play and it’s an amazing network.”

Needless to say, landing Coleman gave a huge boost to the Aggies’ class of 2024. They now have 16 hard commits – of which Coleman is the highest-ranked prospect. Together this group ranks No. 9 in the nation.

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Cam Coleman commits to Texas A&M over Auburn

In a bit of a surprising move, the five-star WR from Phenix City committed to the Aggies on Independence Day.

One of the hottest prospects from the 2024 recruiting cycle pulled a fast one on everybody on Independence Day.

[autotag]Cam Coleman[/autotag], a five-star wide receiver from nearby Phenix City, surprised college football fans by announcing his commitment on Tuesday after not solidifying a specific date to do so. Auburn fans were even more surprised to learn that Coleman spurned the Tigers, who were considered to be heavy favorites to land him, for Texas A&M.

One day prior to his commitment, On3’s Cole Pinkston and Jeffrey Lee both submitted a pick to the outlet’s Recruiting Prediction Machine in favor of Auburn. Both predictions increased Auburn’s possibility to land Coleman to 93.4%. When Coleman revealed his top eight in June, Auburn had a 77.9% chance to earn his commitment, with Clemson being the next school in line.

Coleman’s commitment to Texas A&M may give the Aggies some momentum in the recruiting game says Aggies Wire’s Cameron Ohnysty.

For all the naysayers who believe the Aggies are struggling to land commitments compared to other SEC programs, patience is a virtue, and that has been proven tonight after Cameron Coleman’s commitment; he’s honestly one of the most skilled offensive talents in the last three recruiting cycles.

Outside of Auburn, other schools in the running for Coleman were Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Kentucky, and LSU. Coleman is the No. 3 player in the state of Alabama for the 2024 recruiting cycle, and his commitment has boosted Texas A&M to the No. 9 spot in 247Sports 2024 recruiting rankings.

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Texas A&M’s 2024 recruiting class is now ranked in the Top 10 after the commitment of 5-star WR, Cam Coleman

Coming off their recent recruiting haul, the Aggies 2024 has cracked the Top 10 in 247Sports’ newest 2024 team rankings.

Texas A&M’s 2024 recruiting class, one of the hottest cycles since the last week of June, started July off with a bang after landing four-star wide receiver Jaylan Hornsby on Saturday; the Aggies’ unstoppable momentum ride continued on Tuesday, which happened to be the Fourth of July, as five-star wide receiver Cameron Coleman, currently positioned as the No.3-ranked WR in the 2024 cycle, shocked the entire college football world by committing to the Maroon and White.

Ah yes, every naysayer and Texas fan who has dedicated too much of their time hoping for a Texas A&M recruiting downfall, sorry? Aggies wide receiver coach Dameyune Craig, who deserves a ton of credit for landing all four WR prospects in the cycle, isn’t finished yet as five-star athlete/wide receiver Terry Bussey, who recently placed the Aggies in his Top 5 program list, looked to be very intrigued after Coleman’s exciting commitment.

Let’s call it the “Coleman effect” for now, as Texas A&M has now broken into the Top 10 in 247Sports’ updated 2024 team rankings; the Aggies soared to No. 9 in both the Overall and Composite rankings from 13th just three days ago. To recap, here are the prospects Texas A&M has landed since Thursday, June 22:

  • Thursday, June 22: Four-star tight end Eric Karner, Four-star linebacker Jordan Lockhart.
  • Friday, June 23: Three-star offensive lineman Coen Echols.
  • Monday, June 26: Four-star offensive tackle Weston Davis.
  • Tuesday, June 27: Three-star edge Gabriel Reliford
  • Thursday, June 29: Four-star wide receiver Drelon Miller
  • Friday, June 30: Four-star linebacker Tyanthony Smith
  • Saturday, July 1: Four-star wide receiver Jaylan Hornsby
  • Tuesday, July 4: Five-star wide receiver Cameron Coleman

With 16 total commits in the cycle, Jimbo Fisher and his staff focus are now focused on a Top 5 finish, and at this point, anything is possible after Tuesday’s results. Gig ’em, and BTHO 2024 recruiting cycle.

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2024 5-star WR Cam Coleman has committed to Texas A&M

Happy 4th of July, Aggies! 2024 5-star WR Cam Coleman has officially announced his commitment to Texas A&M!

BOOM!! Stunningly, Texas A&M received a massive surprise on the 4th of July, as 2024 five-star wide receiver Cam Coleman has committed to the Maroon and White after multiple recruiting analysts pegged the Alabama native to land with the Auburn Tigers.

Coleman is currently positioned as the 11th-ranked player in the 2024 cycle, the 3rd-ranked wide receiver prospect, and the No.1-ranked player in Alabama, according to 247Sports Composite rankings.

For all the naysayers who believe the Aggies are struggling to land commitments compared to other SEC programs, patience is a virtue, and that has been proven tonight after Cameron Coleman’s commitment; he’s honestly one of the most skilled offensive talents in the last three recruiting cycles.

Standing at 6-3 and just over 180 pounds, Coleman is the definition of size, speed, and athleticism while showing incredible agility and fluidity as an athlete in space, possessing the straight-line speed and explosiveness off the line of scrimmage needed to excel at the next level. His height and athletic frame are the building blocks to develop into a No.1 receiving option at the X position for the Aggies, who, after losing 2022 five-star wide receiver Chris Marshall, aim to replace what they lost with Coleman, who may be an even better player at this point in his career.

Joining wide receivers Drelon Miller, Jaylan Hornsby, Debron Gatling, Jimbo Fisher, and his staff has assembled what could be an unstoppable unit as soon as the 2025 season. With his commitment, Texas A&M is now ranked 9th in 247Sports’ team recruiting rankings. From Cameron to Cameron, Congratulations, Cameron! and Gig ’em!

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Auburn is the heavy favorite to land in-state 5-star wide receiver Cam Coleman

Auburn is sutrging for elite in-state wide receiver Cam Coleman.

Central-Phenix City High School has produced some great wide receivers over the past years but Auburn has been unable to take advantage of the opportunity and watched them leave the state to head to Clemson. That run may be coming to a close as they have become heavy favorites to land five-star wide receiver [autotag]Cam Coleman[/autotag].

On3’s Cole Pinkston and Jefrey Lee are the latest recruiting experts for On3 to predict the in-state target will pick Auburn and their predictions give them a 93.4% chance of landing Coleman according to On3’s Recruiting Prediction Machine.

He is the No. 10 overall player and No. 3 wide receiver in the On3 Industry Ranking. He is also the No. 1 player from Alabama.

They may be the favorite, but his recruitment is far from over as  Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, and Texas A&M are still pushing hard for the 6-foot-4 and 185-pounder.

He has taken official visits to Auburn, Texas A&M, Clemson and LSU with one more to FSU likely to happen during the season. However, he has visited Auburn more than anywhere else and he stated that his relationship with Auburn’s wide receiver coach [autotag]Marcus Davis[/autotag] is the best of any coach recruiting him.

“We talk about everything, especially stuff outside of football,” Coleman said of Davis. “(Auburn is) recruiting me the hardest. I have a bond with Coach Davis and Hugh Freeze always talks about he wants to be the head coach that I talk to the most. Auburn is really coming after me hard.”

A decision date has not been set but he is expected to wait until closer to early signing day in December to announce his commitment.

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Five-star WR Cam Coleman includes Auburn in top eight

Auburn remains in the chase for one of its’ top 2024 targets.

[autotag]Hugh Freeze[/autotag] and company received great news Monday, as one of their most heavily pursued 2024 targets listed Auburn in his top eight.

[autotag]Cam Coleman[/autotag], a five-star wide receiver from nearby Phenix City, revealed his top eight college choices on Monday. Joining Auburn in making the cut is Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, and Texas A&M.

Auburn is currently in the lead to land Coleman according to On3’s Recruiting Prediction Machine with a 77.9% chance. Texas A&M and Clemson are next in line with less than a 10% chance to earn his signature.

He told On3’s Chad Simmons that out of all the coaches he chats with across the country, Auburn wide receivers coach Marcus Davis is the one that he has the best relationship with.

“We talk about everything, especially stuff outside of football,” Coleman said of Davis. “(Auburn is) recruiting me the hardest. I have a bond with Coach Davis and Hugh Freeze always talks about he wants to be the head coach that I talk to the most. Auburn is really coming after me hard.”

Now that he has dropped his top eight, Coleman plans to take his time with committing. He has taken official visits to Clemson, Florida State, Auburn, and Texas A&M, with one final visit coming this weekend to LSU. Expect Coleman to announce his commitment closer to early signing day in December.

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