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Locked On Auburn -  Daily Podcast On Auburn Tigers Football & Basketball

Auburn, Alex Golesh has CLEAR Winniner Of The Offseason

Locked On Auburn - Daily Podcast On Auburn Tigers Football & Basketball

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🗓️ 28 April 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Auburn Tigers witnessing a meteoric rise—can Gavin Jenkins seize the starting cornerback role and transform the secondary? Zac Blackerby and Kyle Rush break down Jenkins’ surprising ascent from the least-heralded South Florida transfer to first-team reps, sparking debates about his competition with Andre Jordan Jr., Rayshawn Pleasant, and Blake Woodby for critical defensive back slots. The conversation spotlights recruiting strategy, depth-chart battles, NIL investments in players like Shamar Arnaud, and the pressing challenges of roster retention under new college football transfer rules. Key insights include Auburn’s evolving cornerback pecking order, the developmental trajectories of young talents Kamari Todd and Devin Williams, and how these crucial decisions could impact both immediate on-field success and the Tigers’ defensive future. Will Jenkins solidify his place and elevate Auburn’s secondary, or could another unexpected name disrupt the lineup?

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0:00.0

No one's stock has gone up more this offseason for Auburn than Gavin Jenkins.

0:11.0

You are Locked on Auburn, your daily podcast on the Auburn Tigers.

0:17.0

Part of the Locked on Podcast Network, your team every day yes i'm zach blackerby he is

0:24.8

kyle rush over at the barn auburn dot com we'll talk about the future of the corner position

0:31.9

some potential depth for this season and you know our battle's still ongoing over the course of summer and fall.

0:39.5

But Kyle, we've said it a bunch and I'm going to say it again and over and over and over

0:44.7

again, really until practices resume back at the start of fall camp.

0:49.9

No one stock rose more as an Auburn tiger so far this offseason than what we've seen

0:55.8

from Gavin Jenkins.

0:57.7

One of the many South Florida transfers, one of only two on defense.

1:01.3

And we saw him really being a pretty solid corner in coverage with the ones as a starting

1:08.1

corner.

1:09.4

You know, when you pose this topic to me I really try to

1:13.0

think of someone that could even remotely be close and I don't think I can find one because

1:19.1

there was a conversation about Jared Smith but like Jared Smith already had like he was

1:24.7

a he was a known he already kind of had it dipped a little bit he was high

1:27.8

going into it did a little then now he came back up yeah you're talking about going from I would

1:33.1

say the least heralded portal edition of all not just south Florida guys but of all possibly

1:39.6

and his meteoric rise into the first time we see, you know, a full 11 defense out there.

1:46.2

He's in the starting group and it was a continued theme throughout the entire spring.

1:51.1

I don't, I'm trying to think of somebody,

1:54.0

somebody that's different or somebody that's better,

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