The Auburn Tigers are no strangers to good news on the recruiting front, at least not anymore. Hugh Freeze and his staff have quickly repaired the damage done by the embarrassing Bryan Harsin era and finally find themselves back among the elite recruiting college football programs.
Freeze just brought in the sixth overall ranked college football recruiting class for 2025 and he’s already at it again for 2026 with a handful of elite players committed. This week Auburn fans got some more good news on the recruiting front, as it looks like they’re firmly in the mix to land a potentially elite running back talent this summer.
Ezavier Crowell, Four Star Running Back
Ezavier Crowell has been a top target for Auburn recruiting for some time as he is an immensely talented in-state running back who plays his high school football just three hours away.
This week he announced that he is down to his final six schools, and Auburn made the cut.
Crowell is fresh off of back to back 2000-yards-from-scrimmage seasons with 60+ total touchdowns in his last two season at running back.
He was trending towards becoming a surefire lock for five star status as a part of the 2027 recruiting class, but then reclassified to 2026. Crowell’s reclassification sent all the top programs pursuing him into a hurried scramble to land him as his special talent will be arriving on campus a year earlier than originally expected.
