Gary Chapman Jr. commits to the Auburn Tigers.

Alex Golish gets his 2027 quarterback.

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I'm Zach Blackerbie, Gary Chapman, Jr.

The quarterback from Snellville, Georgia, goes to Brookwood, previously committed to Wake Forest

just days ago, dec previously committed to Wake Forest just days ago.

Decommits from Wake Forest.

And now on this lovely Saturday, he commits to Alex Golish and the Auburn Tigers.

We've been wondering, okay, who is this quarterback going to be? And we've gone through a few

different iterations, a few different chases, but really once Will Minsel kind of, you know,

picked Oregon, it was all right, where does Auburn go? They evaluated, they scouted,

they zeroed in on Gary Chapman, Jr.

and said, okay, this is going to be our guy.

And clearly Chapman loved what they had to pitch and what they had to sell.

I think there's a really, real chance that Auburn is early on Chapman.

I don't think this is a reach.

I think they were early.

And I think that kind of seems to be the common consensus.

When you talk to people, even outside of Auburn, and they look at what Chapman brings

to the table and what he did this past season, it's like, oh, this guy has the traits

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