Nearly two weeks after naming the Texas Longhorns as a finalist, Vanderbilt safety transfer Donovan Kaufman’s second recruitment has come to a close, but he’ll be remaining in the SEC with his commitment to the Auburn Tigers, he announced on Wednesday.
A former three-star prospect out of Louisiana, Kaufman garnered interest from a number of programs after he elected to transfer after just one season at Vanderbilt, where he started the first two games of his collegiate career before he contracted COVID-19 as the Vanderbilt team suffered an outbreak. Furthermore, Kaufman was then ruled out for the season in early November after developing myocarditis, inflammation of the heart muscle usually caused by a viral infection.