The Auburn football coaching staff snapped a recruiting skid — one that saw the program spurned by a pair of Central-Phenix City prospects, 5-star wideout Cameron Coleman to Texas A&M and 3-star safety Rydarrius “Red” Morgan to Florida State — and landed 4-star defensive end Malik Blocton out of Pike Road.
Blocton joins Clay-Chalkville’s D’Angelo Barber, who singlehandedly saved the Fourth of July vibes for the Auburn family with his commitment, as the second defensive front commitment of the week and the third overall in the class; with Booker T. Washington (Tuskegee) EDGE Joseph Phillips being the first to join Ron Roberts’ group (for now anyway) for the 2024 season.