Auburn Missed Out On A 5-Star QB, Here's What They Can Do Now...

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🗓️ 24 April 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Auburn Tigers suffer a recruiting setback as five-star quarterback Will Mencl opts for Oregon over Auburn and Penn State. Can Alex Golesh and his staff recover and set up the quarterback room for future success? Zac Blackerby and Brian Smith break down Auburn’s quarterback recruiting strategy in the NIL era, discussing the risks of rushing a QB signing, the value of patience, and the possibility of prioritizing an elite 2028 prospect like Kingston Preyear. The conversation covers potential transfer portal moves, Tristan Ti'a’s chance to compete, and Auburn’s options for roster management amid rising costs. Brian Smith offers insights on how schools like Georgia and Indiana handle QB commitments and what Auburn must do to stay competitive in the evolving college football recruiting landscape.

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0:00.0	Auburn missed out on a five-star quarterback.
0:04.6	What do they do now?
0:11.2	You are locked on Auburn, your daily podcast on the Auburn Tigers.
0:16.2	Part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:21.1	Yes, I'm Zach Blackerby.
0:22.7	He is Brian Smith, host of the portal,
0:25.1	Lockdown's Recruiting, Transfer Portal, and NIL podcast.
0:28.5	Earlier this week, Brian, Will Menzel,
0:31.1	the five-star quarterback, narrowed it down to three,
0:34.8	Oregon, Auburn, Penn State.
0:41.2	Obviously, he picked Oregon. If you're Auburn,
0:48.6	what do you do now? Well, I think the number one thing is you don't stop recruiting Will Minsel. Number two, you got to go back through your list and see if it's worthwhile. And we talked about this the other day.
0:56.3	Look, taking a player at any position just to take them is dumb in the NIL era. But taking a
1:01.8	quarterback just to take them is flat out lunacy because they're so expensive. So I know this is
1:08.9	a popular answer and it kind of goes against my own rules,
1:11.6	but they've got a couple of young guys.
1:14.3	It may be okay to punt on this recruiting class because the Reese Brush kid is got a red shirt.
1:20.0	I'm pretty sure of that.
1:22.2	Yeah, sure.
1:23.4	So if you think that these kids are going to stick around, especially if you don't take one, if you go get a really good kid in 28, then it ain't going to matter. Plus, you can say, look, we didn't get a guy last year. Now, you can't miss. I mean, you've got to absolutely nail it next year. Right. But that's the other option. So there's probably only three or four guys they'll look at because they've got so many young quarterbacks.
1:46.2	Because, you know, they want either this guy or we're going to punt.
1:49.4	That's kind of.
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