C+
Brown’s dual-threat ceiling plus Portal #4 volume; 5–7 baseline, early chart, and thin overall recruiting cap the grade below the title cluster
SEC · 2026
Auburn
2025 record 5–7 1–7 conference
Postseason No bowl
Head coach Alex Golesh Year 1
Scheme Multiple / Multiple
B
Portal #4 (volume rebuild; overall recruiting lags to board #11)
C
Names everywhere on the depth chart; SEC-proven two-deep still forming under Golesh
Market odds
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Recruiting ranks
Overall #11 60 commits · 273.99 pts
Portal #4 39 commits· avg 87.41
Roster notes
Golesh Year 1 brings USF QB Byrum Brown into a portal-rebuilt shell
RB Jeremiah Cobb; WR Jeremiah Koger / Keshaun Singleton / Chas Nimrod; TE Jake Johnson / Jonathan Echols. OL: Stanton Ramil / Deryc Plazz / Cole Best / Cole Skinner / Jo Simmons (portal-heavy)
Da'Shawn Womack / Dallas Walker IV / Cody Sigler; Jared Smith; Xavier Atkins / Elijah Melendez; Rayshawn Pleasant / Kaleb Harris / Eric Winters / Andre Jordan Jr. / Sylvester Smith-Reed
Key offense
- 01 Byrum Brown QB
- South Florida → Auburn (follows Golesh)
- 2025: 226/341, 3,158 yds, 28 TD, 7 INT
- 175 carries, 1,008 yds, 14 rushing TD
- 02 Jeremiah Cobb RB
- 2025: 175 carries, 969 yds, 5 rushing TD
- 11 receptions, 83 yds
- 03 Keshaun Singleton WR
- 2025: 50 receptions, 877 yds, 8 TD
Key defense
- 01 Xavier Atkins LB
- 2025: 84 tackles, 9.0 sacks, 1 INT, 1 PD
- 02 Rayshawn Pleasant CB
- Listed LCB
- 2025 team INT leaders include Pleasant (2 INT, ESPN)
- 03 Jared Smith BUCK
- Listed BUCK1
- full 2025 tackle line