Auburn's Cornerback Crew Rebuilt with Transfer Talent

0:00It's April 14th. Welcome in. This is Auburn Tigers football news today, where your team meets AI. I'm Cory with the story. Auburn's quarterback crew took a major hit this off season, losing five guys to the transfer portal, including standouts, Jay Crawford, and Kay and Lee, who locked down passes like pros last year. Now the Tigers are rebuilding that room fast ahead of their eight-day scrimmage this Saturday at 2 p.m. central time, and Jordan Hare Stadium. To hit back hard by grabbing five transfers themselves, with UCLA's Andre Jordan Jr. leading the pack after starting eight games, racking up, 19 tackles and 10 pass breakups, while holding receivers to just 51 percent catches. Florida State's Shamar R. New joins, too, bringing 27 tackles from his freshman year. Returning players like senior Rayshawn Pleasant are ready to step up. He made 16 tackles last season, and shut down half the passes thrown his way. Half more Blake would be as hungry for a bigger role, talking up his work ethic and football

1:03obsession to fill those big shoes. Depth comes from guys like Richard Freshman, Scrap Richardson, from Notre Dame, Kamari Todd, with 48 tackles from Chattanooga, and others like. Gavin Jenkins and Devin Williams pushing for snaps and spring drills. All eyes on how this revamped secondary jails at eight-day could be the spark Auburn needs heading into next fall.