TAMPA, Fla. — Since becoming Auburn football's head coach, Alex Golesh has described the program's circumstance on the recruiting trail as a matter of catching up.
He and his staff had mere days to cobble together Auburn's 2026 signing class, which ranked 31st nationally and 12th in the SEC, according to 247Sports' team rankings.
"We've had to make up a lot of ground in recruiting," Golesh said Tuesday, July 21, at SEC Media Days. "That was such a huge, huge point of emphasis from the moment I got there. I told our staff right away, we're a year behind."
With Golesh's first season at Auburn nearly a month away, the outlook for the 2027 recruiting cycle looks far more favorable. The program boasts a top-10 class nationally, and it's top-five in the conference, in front of several powers like Alabama, Georgia, LSU and Tennessee.
A 25-prospect bunch, 15 of those commitments are rated as four-star prospects or better. It's a class that already looks readymade for signing day, but is Golesh putting a set number on how many signees he wants to have?
#class #huge
He and his staff had mere days to cobble together Auburn's 2026 signing class, which ranked 31st nationally and 12th in the SEC, according to 247Sports' team rankings.
"We've had to make up a lot of ground in recruiting," Golesh said Tuesday, July 21, at SEC Media Days. "That was such a huge, huge point of emphasis from the moment I got there. I told our staff right away, we're a year behind."
With Golesh's first season at Auburn nearly a month away, the outlook for the 2027 recruiting cycle looks far more favorable. The program boasts a top-10 class nationally, and it's top-five in the conference, in front of several powers like Alabama, Georgia, LSU and Tennessee.
A 25-prospect bunch, 15 of those commitments are rated as four-star prospects or better. It's a class that already looks readymade for signing day, but is Golesh putting a set number on how many signees he wants to have?
#class #huge
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