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Auburn commit Nathaniel Marshall receives top-30 ranking from Rivals

The 6-5 EDGE rusher committed to the Tigers back in August of this year

Auburn five-star defensive line commit [autotag]Nathaniel Marshall[/autotag] has quietly jumped up the recruitment rankings throughout the fall. That trend continued on Monday, as Rivals listed the Oak Park, Illinois native as the No. 26 ranked five-star recruit in the entire 2025 cycle.

A 6-foot-5 edge rusher, Marshall committed to the Tigers in August of this year. The talented defensive superstar won Conference Defensive Player of the Year during his junior season with Fenwick High School in 2023, tallying 38 tackles, six sacks, four forced fumbles, and four blocked kicks. He is currently the third highest-ranked recruit in Auburn’s top 5 class according to On3 Sports, trailing just five-star quarterback [autotag]Deuce Knight[/autotag] and five-star edge rusher [autotag]Jared Smith[/autotag] for the top spot.

All three prospects should see ample playing time next fall, with Marshall and Smith joining sophomore stand-out Keldric Faulk to create one of the better defensive lines in the entire SEC. It’s quite possible all three talented pass rushers could co-exist on the same line. National recruiting analyst Allen Trieu explained how Marshall can “change directions and chase down plays..shift[ing] from outside to inside…up and down the line.” 

That pure talent and ability to play every position along the defensive line should give Marshall plenty of opportunity to make an impact next season with the Tigers. Until then, Marshall will continue pushing for a State Championship with 8-3 Fenwick High School.

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Deuce Knight receives five-star tag from On3 Sports

Knight is now the No. 32 overall prospect in next season’s class.

2025 Auburn Tiger quarterback commit Deuce Knight received an upgrade in his On3 Industry Ranking on Wednesday. The No. 6 quarterback in the 2025 cycle, the 6-foot-4 Mississippi native flipped his commitment from Notre Dame to Auburn earlier this fall.

Knight is now the No. 32 overall prospect in next season’s class, and he’ll likely end the cycle as the No. 2 prospect from the state of Mississippi, behind only wide receiver Caleb Cunningham, who is committed to join the Alabama Crimson Tide in 2025. Knight is expected to compete for the starting quarterback job as soon as he begins practicing on the Plains next season. If he were to win the gig, he’d become the first true freshman to start a game for the Tigers since Bo Nix.

Auburn’s lone five-star recruit joining the team next season, Knight recently spoke Auburn Live about the confident his future head coach has in him. “Coach Freeze thinks we can both do some special things with the offense… He sa[id] to come over to Alabama and take over college football.”

The left-handed quarterback is the top ranked prospect in what is now the No. 5 ranked 2025 recruiting class is college football. Hugh Freeze’s Tigers trail only Ohio State, Alabama, Georgia, and LSU for the top spot in the nation. Knight and the highly-touted class will begin to compete for starting spots as soon as the Tigers begin spring practices next year.

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Five-star QB Jared Curtis lines up Auburn visit

The recent de-commitment from Georgia is giving Auburn a shot to win over his recruitment.

Auburn has already secured its quarterback from the 2025 recruiting class in [autotag]Deuce Knight[/autotag] and has its sights set on a top prospect at the position for 2026.

[autotag]Jared Curtis[/autotag], a 2026 quarterback from Nashville, Tennessee, announced recently that he is reopening his recruitment after backing off his pledge to Georgia on Oct. 17. Auburn joins Georgia and Alabama as schools of interest for the five-star signal-caller.

According to a report by Hunter Shelton of On3, Curtis will visit Auburn for the Tigers’ next home game, Nov. 2 against No. 25 Vanderbilt. Curtis will look to give Georgia another shot to land him on Nov. 16 when he visits Athens for the Tennessee game and will check out Alabama on Nov. 30 for the Iron Bowl.

In the interview with Shelton, Curtis says that he is looking for stability in a program and a place that he can connect with coaches, teammates, and the community. Does Curtis have a timeline for announcing his next move?

“I’d say I’m going to hold off for a little bit. Just take it step by step, you know, finish my season I have going this year,” Curtis said. “Obviously I want to take a couple of officials, get up there, connect with the coaches, a couple times to each place, probably.”

Curtis is a 6-3, 225-pound quarterback from Nashville, Tennessee. He is considered a five-star quarterback by On3 and ESPN, and is a top-five quarterback from the 2026 class by all major outlets. Ohio State is the favorite to land him according to On3 despite a visit not being planned as of the timing of this post.

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Notre Dame football loses another 2025 commit, its second of the week

The Irish are having a bad recruiting week

The bad news regarding Notre Dame Fighting Irish football’s 2025 recruiting class continued on Thursday evening.

Earlier in the week, the Irish saw its only quarterback commit, [autotag]Deuce Knight[/autotag], flip his verbal and end up closer to home with the Auburn Tigers. While this move was expected, running back [autotag]Daniel Anderson[/autotag]’s decision on Thursday night to also leave the class was much more of a shock.

The 5-foot, 11-inch and 200-pound Arkansas native had committed to the Irish over year ago, in late September of 2023. It’s odd that Anderson came to this conclusion, as his social media has been very favorable for the Irish.

The nation’s No. 582 overall recruit according to the 247Sports Composite Rankings had not announced any new offers since his final high school season began, so an immediate flip isn’t likely in the cards. With Anderson leaving the class, it leaves Notre Dame with just one commit at the position, [autotag]Justin Thurman[/autotag].

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2026 Notre Dame quarterback commit reemphasizes commitment to program

Does this make you feel better?

The news that 2025 Notre Dame quarterback commit Deuce Knight was flipping to Auburn understandably isn’t sitting well with many Irish fans. Not only was Knight their highest-rated commit in that recruiting class, but he was the only quarterback. And while some 247Sports top 100 2025 quarterback recruits remain uncommitted, none have better than a three-star rating.

The good news for Irish fans is that the program still has one quarterback commit, and that’s [autotag]Noah Grubbs[/autotag] in the 2026 class. Even better, Irish fans don’t have to worry about him going anywhere, at least for now.

Undoubtedly prompted by the Knight news, Grubbs took to social media to reiterate his commitment to the Irish. While Irish fans will have to wait a year longer for him to arrive, they can sleep easy knowing the quarterback commit cupboard is not completely bare. If anything, this should make Grubbs even more admirable in the eyes of the fan base:

So yes, the Knight news hurts. But this post should at least inspire some confidence in the future.

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Feelin’ lucky: Auburn flips four-star QB Deuce Knight from Notre Dame

Auburn finally gets its quarterback for the 2025 cycle in Deuce Knight.

Auburn fans are excited on Wednesday night as four-star quarterback [autotag]Deuce Knight[/autotag] announces his commitment to [autotag]Hugh Freeze[/autotag] and the Auburn Tigers, flipping from Notre Dame.

Knight, who had been committed to Notre Dame for over a year, flipped his decision to Auburn after flirting with the Tigers by visiting Auburn for three of the Tigers’ first five games, most recently taking his official visit to Auburn on Sept. 28 for the Tigers SEC game vs. Oklahoma.

Following his announcement, Knight spoke with Jeffrey Lee of Auburn Live to share his reasoning for switching sides to Auburn. He says that the potential of being a program-changing player enticed his decision.

“Coach (Hugh) Freeze, he thinks we can both do some special things with the offense,” Knight said. “We are both Mississippi boys. He says to come over to Alabama and take over college football.”

Knight is a four-star rated quarterback from George County High School (Mississippi). He ranks as high as No. 2 nationally among 2025 quarterbacks and is the No. 2 overall recruit from the cycle from Mississippi according to On3, 247Sports, and ESPN. By adding Knight to their 2025 haul, Auburn football’s 2025 class now ranks No. 4 by On3’s standards and No. 3 in 247Sports recruiting rankings.

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Auburn moves up in 2025 recruiting class rankings after flipping four-star QB

Auburn now has its highest rated recruiting class under coach Hugh Freeze after landing four-star quarterback Deuce Knight.

After weeks of speculation, four-star quarterback Deuce Knight flipped his commitment from Notre Dame to Auburn on Wednesday.

Knight is the No. 5 ranked quarterback in the 2025 class, and his commitment to Auburn lifts the Tigers over LSU for the No. 3 ranked recruiting class in the 2025 cycle, just behind Ohio State and Alabama. Notre Dame fell to No. 13.

The Mississippi native drew interest from Ole Miss, Alabama, and Colorado before committing to the Irish last fall. It had long been rumored he’d end up going elsewhere, however, and Auburn emerged as a serious threat after Knight visited for the team’s Week 1 win over Alabama A&M.

The 6’4 left-hander is an elite athlete, one who is arguably already among the top athletes at the quarterback in the world according to 247Sports recruiting analyst Cooper Petagna.

“If you were to drop him in the NFL scouting combine, he’d be in the top 1 percent especially of that quarterback room,” Petagna said. “The biggest thing with Knight is can he develop as a passer? With what we’ve seen this offseason, the answer is more than likely yes. He had a really strong three days at the Elite 11 finals. Every time I have seen him he has gotten better and better.”

Knight is the 25th commitment in Auburn’s upcoming recruiting class, joining four-star wide receiver Nathaniel Marshall and four-star running back Alvin Henderson in Hugh Freeze’s electric offensive class.

The inevitable has happened, Deuce Knight has flipped from Notre Dame

Knight has finally officially moved on from the Irish

For months we have been waiting to see where Notre Dame football 2025 quarterback [autotag]Deuce Knight[/autotag] would ultimately end up.

Unfortunately, the smoke to the Auburn Tigers was true, as the lefty flipped his verbal from the Irish on Wednesday evening. This is a big blow to Notre Dame’s efforts in the cycle, as they do not have another quarterback commitment as of right now.

The nation’s No. 29 overall prospect according to the 247Sports Composite Rankings had just officially visited the Tigers this past weekend. He never made it back to South Bend following his official visit in mid-June.

Knight was at the head of multiple prospects in-class recruitment, but he will not join any of them playing for the Irish. With the news, Notre Dame’s 247Sports Composite class ranking took a hit, going from No. 10 to No. 13.

It won’t easy for the Irish to replace Knight, as the majority of top quarterback prospects have already made their decisions. We will see how head coach [autotag]Marcus Freeman[/autotag] and offensive coordinator [autotag]Mike Denbrock[/autotag] handle the situation.

Deuce Knight will once again not be visiting Notre Dame this weekend
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One of Notre Dame’s quarterback commits will be in South Bend this weekend

One of the Irish’s QB verbals will be on campus this weekend

With Notre Dame hosting Louisville this weekend in one of the biggest games across college football, plenty of recruits will be flocking to South Bend to take in the action.

The hope was that 2025 quarterback commit [autotag]Deuce Knight[/autotag] would be in town, but unfortunately he will once again head to Auburn. There is good news however, as 2026 commit [autotag]Noah Grubbs[/autotag] will be on campus this weekend.

The 6-foot, 4-inch and 188-pound Floridian committed to Notre Dame on June 1st of this year, giving the Irish one of the best quarterbacks in the country. The 247Sports Composite Rankings has Grubbs as the No. 128 overall prospect and 12th ranked player at his position in the nation.

While this isn’t the news that many were hoping to hear, it’s still a good sign for the Irish. They have recruited the position well since Marcus Freeman took over, and have dipped into the transfer portal to plug gaps as well.

Hopefully, that is the last that we hear of a transfer coming into the program, as developing quarterbacks is just as important as recruiting them. Hopefully, Grubbs sees this and is just as excited when he committed to the program as he is now.

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The Deuce Knight saga continues, this time with more potential good news for Notre Dame

This is extremely positive is true

It has hard to get a read on where Notre Dame football 2025 quarterback commit [autotag]Deuce Knight[/autotag] actually wants to play next season.

He committed to the Irish just over a year ago, and initially seemed to be all in. Then rumors came that he was wavering, which saw the 6-foot, 5-inch and 206-pound quarterback make visits to Ole Miss and Auburn.

Of those two teams with the highest probability of completing the flip, it has to be the Tigers, as Knight has been to multiple of their home games this year. He also has an official visit to see them again this coming weekend.

While it may seem like the writing on the wall doesn’t favor Notre Dame, On3’s Steve Wiltfong believes that a return trip to South Bend could be in the works when the Irish host Stanford on October 12th. If true, this, along with other factors like the Auburn team in disarray, would be big news for the Blue & Gold.

So far, Knight has only scheduled the one official, getting him back on campus is a must for Notre Dame.

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