Tag: Cam Coleman

Auburn among teams interested in Penn State transfer WR KeAndre Lambert-Smith

Fellow SEC programs Georgia and Texas A&M as well as Colorado and West Virginia have reportedly been in contact with the talented 6-foot-1 receiver. 

Auburn has reportedly been in contact with wide receiver KeAndre Lambert-Smith following his decision to enter the transfer portal on Monday. The fifth-year senior is coming off a year in which he led the 10-3 Penn State Nittany Lions in receiving with 673 yards and 4 touchdowns.

Despite the success with five-star freshman quarterback Drew Allar, Lambert-Smith is now seeking a new home. Fellow SEC programs Georgia and Texas A&M as well as Colorado and West Virginia have reportedly been in contact with the talented 6-foot-1 receiver.

If Auburn can land his talents, Lambert-Smith will join an already vastly talented receiving core featuring new faces like five-star freshmen [autotag]Cam Coleman[/autotag] and [autotag]Perry Thompson[/autotag] and transfers [autotag]Sam Jackson V[/autotag] and [autotag]Robert Lewis[/autotag].

With spring practices in the rear-view mirror, the former Penn State star will surely want to find a new home soon. We’ll see if Hugh Freeze and company can bring him over to the Plains.

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All eyes will be on Cam Coleman during Saturday’s A-Day game

CBS Sports’ Shehan Jeyarajah feels that Coleman is the first step to rebuilding Auburn’s passing game.

Auburn fans will finally get the chance to watch one of the nation’s top incoming freshmen in action on Saturday.

Five-star wide receiver [autotag]Cam Coleman[/autotag] will make his much-awaited debut on Saturday when he takes the field for the A-Day game at Jordan-Hare Stadium. Coleman is seen as an answer to Auburn’s passing woes from the 2023 season, which ranked dead last in the SEC and No. 121 in the nation with 163.9 yards per game. That is why experts at CBS Sports will keep an eye on him this Saturday.

CBS Sports’ Shehan Jeyarajah recently shared his list of freshmen to watch during the spring season, which included Coleman. Jeyarajah believes Coleman is the first step to rebuilding Auburn’s passing game.

Auburn’s passing offense was a joke in 2023, but Coleman adds an instant shot of adrenaline to the unit. Listed as the No. 5 overall player in the Top247, Coleman is one of the most exciting young prospects in the class. With a 6-foot-3 frame and impressive length, he should provide an instant safety blanket for Auburn’s middling quarterback room. Combined with fellow top-40 recruit Perry Thompson, the Tigers should quickly find some answers in the outside passing game.

Coleman is one of four talented receivers to sign with Auburn’s 2024 signing class. He, alongside four-star receiver [autotag]Bryce Cain[/autotag], is on campus and is going through spring practice. They will soon be joined by five-star [autotag]Perry Thompson[/autotag] and four-star [autotag]Malcolm Simmons[/autotag] to form the strongest recruiting class of wide receivers in Auburn history.

The first step of Coleman’s journey to becoming an Auburn legend begins at the annual A-Day game at Jordan-Hare Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for Saturday at 1 p.m. CT.

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Eugene Asante teaches Cam Coleman a lesson in humbleness

The SEC is a giant step up from high school football. Auburn freshman WR Cam Coleman has learned that the hard way.

Auburn signee [autotag]Cam Coleman[/autotag] is catching hype early by turning heads in Auburn’s spring practices. While he makes it look easy on the practice field, he has learned that making the transition from high school football to the SEC is anything but.

While speaking to reporters last week, the true freshman from Phenix City was asked about his method of staying humble on the field. He shared his “welcome to college moment” that involves Auburn linebacker [autotag]Eugene Asante[/autotag] as an example.

“Man, I got rocked in practice one time,” Coleman said. “I got rocked by Eugene (Asante). I tried to crack Eugene and he was like, ‘Welcome to college!’ I thought I was going to get him.”

Like many players on Auburn’s roster, Coleman is learning new schemes and trying to make the most of his allotted time on the field. He says that he believes the team is starting to operate smoothly as A-Day approaches.

“We’ve definitely progressed during the spring because when we first started we were all trying to figure things out with the new offense,” Coleman said. “Tuesday was probably our best practice because everything is starting to click and everything is starting to come together now. The timing is starting to pick up. The blocking schemes are starting to come together. It’s really going to come with time and repetition.”

Coleman was Auburn’s top signee of the 2024 class and is one of two high-profile receivers to join Auburn’s roster for the spring alongside four-star [autotag]Bryce Cain[/autotag]. He is expected to make noise this season as two publications, College Sports Wire and The Athletic, list Coleman as a player set to make an early impact on the college football season.

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How much will Auburn’s offense improve in 2024?

Andy Staples of On3 suggests that one factor will drastically boost Auburn’s stock.

A-Day is approaching, and Auburn fans across the globe hope to see signs of improvement from last season’s performance, especially on offense.

When making the case for which Power Four programs will boast the most improved offenses next season, On3’s Andy Staples believes that the Tigers have a great chance of turning things around.

What will be the biggest difference from last season? The addition of [autotag]Cam Coleman[/autotag]. The five-star signee has turned heads during spring practice, and has the ability to “scare people” this fall.

“I do know that of all the recruits in the class of 2025 Jeremiah Smith, receiver at Ohio State, probably the one people are most excited about. Cam Coleman the receiver coming to Auburn, probably a close second,” Staples said. “Ohio State they’re used to having incredible receivers all the time. Auburn? When is the last time Auburn had a truly dominant receiver? It’s been a long time … so this is a guy that should scare everybody.”

The question that everyone is asking, Auburn fan or not, is “who will throw the ball to him?” Staples mentioned that aspect of Auburn’s offense as well by saying that it should not matter who starts at quarterback, the Tigers’ will look much better in 2024.

“I do think no matter who winds up playing quarterback for Auburn, the Hugh Freeze calling plays of at all, having a dynamic receiver who scares people, and Hugh Freeze being able to directly communicate with the quarterback without signalers is a massive jump waiting to happen,” Staples said.

Auburn’s offense finished No. 10 last season in the SEC by averaging 351 yards per contest. They were dead last in passing last season by throwing for 19 yards less than the team ahead of them (Mississippi State). Adding solid receivers from both high school and the transfer portal will do wonders for Auburn’s offense, who is looking to jump back into elite conversation within the SEC.

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Cam Coleman named an ‘instant-impact’ signee by College Sports Wire

Auburn’s top signee of the 2024 recruiting cycle is poised to play an important role early on.

Auburn struck gold during the 2024 recruiting cycle by signing four quality wide receivers to boost its passing production.

The leader of the group is [autotag]Cam Coleman[/autotag], a five-star signee from nearby Phenix City who joins Auburn’s roster as the state of Alabama’s top recruit of the class, and the nation’s No. 2 overall wide receiver.

Coleman is on campus and is going through spring practice. He is expected to be in contention for the offense’s top receiver role alongside [autotag]Jay Fair[/autotag], [autotag]Caleb Burton[/autotag], and Georgia State transfer [autotag]Robert Lewis[/autotag].

When breaking down every SEC signing class, College Sports Wire‘s Matt Melton picked Coleman as Auburn’s “instant-impact” player for the cycle. Melton believes that Coleman can be the best receiver that Auburn has had in quite some time.

When looking at Auburn’s 2024 recruiting class overall, it’s hard to pick against Coleman not being the biggest instant-impact player of the group as a true freshman. Rated as the No. 3 prospect in the country, Coleman is a bigger receiver at 6-foot-3 who could very easily be the most talented wideout that Auburn has had in recent years, even as a true freshman.

Alabama‘s Ryan Williams, Florida‘s LJ McCray, and Texas A&M‘s Terry Bussey join Coleman in being named instant-impact signees by College Sports Wire.

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Auburn reveals jersey numbers for 2024 early enrollees

2024 signees such as Cam Coleman, Walker White, and Joseph Phillips have secured their jersey numbers ahead of spring practice.

Auburn football will begin this week, and they will have several members of its No. 7 ranked 2024 recruiting class joining them.

Signees such as wide receivers [autotag]Perry Thompson[/autotag] and [autotag]Malcolm Simmons[/autotag] will enroll this summer, but the Tigers will still have the likes of [autotag]Cam Coleman[/autotag], [autotag]Walker White[/autotag], [autotag]Joseph Phillips[/autotag], and [autotag]Demarcus Riddick[/autotag] on campus to go through spring exercises and to get ahead start to their college careers.

Ahead of the start of spring practices, Auburn football revealed the numbers that each early enrollee will wear during their first season on the Plains. Here is a look at which 2024 signees will participate in spring practice, as well as the number they will be representing on their jerseys.

Five-star QB Julian Lewis schedules Auburn visit

Lewis, a USC pledge, is the No. 2 quarterback from the 2025 recruiting class according to On3’s industry rankings.

Five-star quarterback [autotag]Julian Lewis[/autotag] is a hard USC commit, but he still plans to pay a visit to several schools this spring.

Chad Simmons of On3 reports that Lewis, the No. 2 QB from the 2025 class, will visit five schools this spring. Auburn is among those on the docket. Auburn is the third school that Lewis will visit this spring, and will do so on March 16.

This will be the third visit that Lewis has taken to Auburn according to On3. He visited the Plains for Auburn’s game against Georgia last September and returned in January. He tells Jeffrey Lee of Auburn Live that he is impressed with how Auburn has competed since [autotag]Hugh Freeze[/autotag] took over as head coach, and likes the idea of potentially throwing passes to five-star signee [autotag]Cam Coleman[/autotag].

“You have to have guys to throw the ball to. Kids like Cam Coleman and people like that you can get the rock to,” Lewis said in an interview with Auburn Live. “That is our job at the end of the day, so that is definitely something to look at.”

Lewis will begin his spring tour on March 8 by visiting Alabama. He will also stop by Georgia, Colorado, and USC by the end of March.

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Cam Coleman poised to make an immediate impact at Auburn

Manny Navarro of The Athletic believes that Coleman will quickly turn heads as a true freshman.

Auburn football hopes to make great offensive strides in 2024, and true freshman [autotag]Cam Coleman[/autotag] could be a main component in its progression.

Writers at The Athletic recently shared their thoughts on the 2024 SEC recruiting haul, and which players could turn heads quickly. When asked to reveal his pick for the player who could make the biggest impact, Manny Navarro chose Auburn’s top signee.

I wanted to go with (Ryan) Williams at Alabama because of the Crimson Tide’s need for help at the position, but he’s not enrolling until this summer. So, I’m going with another five-star receiver already on campus: Auburn’s Cam Coleman. The 6-foot-3, 180-pound Phenix City, Ala., native could quickly become Payton Thorne’s favorite target this coming season as the Tigers look to open up the offense under new coordinator Derrick Nix, who helped run a top-20 scoring and passing offense at Ole Miss last season.

Grace Raynor feels that Coleman will also have a great season, citing his performance during Under Armour All-American practices. Raynor ultimately chose Tennessee‘s Mike Matthews while Ari Wasserman is expecting Texas‘ Ryan Wingo to make the biggest impact in the SEC.

Coleman signed with Auburn as the No. 2 wide receiver in the 2024 class and as the top recruit from the state of Alabama from nearby Phenix City. He, along with [autotag]Perry Thompson[/autotag], [autotag]Bryce Cain[/autotag], and [autotag]Malcolm Simmons[/autotag] make up the top wide receiver signing class in Auburn history.

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Walker White ranks top-five in 247Sports’ final 2024 quarterback rankings

White is one of many talented players that will join the Tigers’ roster ahead of the 2024 season.

Auburn football’s 2024 signing class is special.

The Tigers have landed quality talent at wide receiver, such as five-star [autotag]Cam Coleman[/autotag] and [autotag]Perry Thompson[/autotag]. The guy who will be throwing passes to those stud wide receivers is not so bad himself.

247Sports recently released its final rankings for the 2024 class, and quarterback signee [autotag]Walker White[/autotag] is among the nation’s best at the position. White is considered to be the fifth-best quarterback in the class, which makes him the highest-ranked quarterback signee for Auburn since [autotag]Bo Nix[/autotag], who was the No. 2 quarterback in the 2019 class.

White is considered to be a four-star quarterback by 247Sports’ standards. He is the No. 41 overall player for the 2024 class and is the top player from the state of Arkansas. As a senior at Little Rock Christian Academy, White passed for 2,660 yards and 29 touchdowns while rushing for an additional 834 yards and eight scores.

White is one of three SEC signees to earn a top-10 ranking from 247Sports, joining Florida signee DJ Lagway and Georgia pledge Ryan Puglisi.

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Ryan Williams recommits to Alabama, cancels official visit to Auburn

A top target for the 2024 class has recommitted to Alabama after a successful official visit with new Crimson Tide head coach Kalen Deboer.

Dreams of “The Freeze Five” have officially vanished.

[autotag]Ryan Williams[/autotag], a top target for Auburn’s 2024 class, announced Wednesday that he has recommitted to Alabama following an official visit to Tuscaloosa over the weekend. He was pursued heavily by Auburn after Williams reclassified to the 2024 class to pair him with [autotag]Cam Coleman[/autotag], [autotag]Perry Thompson[/autotag], [autotag]Malcolm Simmons[/autotag], and [autotag]Bryce Cain[/autotag] in Auburn’s wide receiver room.

The news comes as a surprise, as Williams originally planned to announce his college decision and sign on his birthday, Feb. 9. Williams took his official visit to Alabama last weekend to meet with new Crimson Tide head coach, Kalen Deboer. The meeting went well, as he decided to return his pledge to Alabama.

Following Williams’ announcement, Hayes Fawcett of On3 reported that Williams is shutting down his recruitment, which means that his official visit to Auburn on Feb. 3.

Auburn currently holds the No. 8 recruiting class according to 247Sports with three five-star signees: Cam Coleman, Perry Thompson, and [autotag]Amaris Williams[/autotag]. Alabama moves to No. 3 following the commitment of Ryan Williams.

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