New Auburn football coach Alex Golesh said there are no differences in SEC recruiting compared to his previous Group of Five stop, South Florida, when you consider transfer portal tampering shenanigans.
“(Tampering’s) been going on for a really long time, this portal era amplified it in every imaginable way,” Golesh said. “There eventually needs to be guardrails on this thing. I think we all want to know the rules in which you can operate in … the truth is, right now, there aren’t any, so you operate ethically with what you feel like is right.
“Is it right to call a kid that’s on somebody else’s roster to go get them? It’s not. I think in a lot of way, what goes around comes around. I’m a strong believer in the football gods finding you at some point. Generally, they’ll find you at the end of a game or on fourth-and-1. You’ve got to do things the right way.”
Auburn’s transfer class ranks 13th nationally per 247Sports with 39 signees, including 13 of his former players from USF. Quarterback Byrum Brown is the biggest splash, rated as the ninth-best quarterback after throwing for 3,158 yards and 28 touchdowns along with 1,008 yards rushing and 14 scores.
Clemson coach Dabo Swinney recently ripped the Band-Aid off by after exposing conversations Ole Miss and Rebels coach Pete Golding engaged in with LLuke Ferrelli.
Duke and former Blue Devils quarterback Darian Mensah reached a settlement in their saga, which included the university trying to block his intention of entering the portal en route to signing with Miami.
There was the Demond Williams situation, too, after the Washington quarterback signed with the Huskies for the 2026 season before attempting to get out of that executed agreement and land elsewhere.
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