BREAKING: Layton von Brandt Picks Auburn, Alex Golesh Gets Massive Win

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🗓️ 18 May 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Auburn Tigers land a massive recruiting victory as elite offensive tackle Layton Von Brandt commits, turning the momentum in a heated battle against Notre Dame and Miami. Is this the start of an elite offensive line resurgence on the Plains? Zac Blackerby and Darrell Dapprich break down how Auburn’s late surge and savvy recruiting strategy secured one of the nation’s top linemen, despite Von Brandt never visiting during Big Cat Weekend. Key topics include Von Brandt’s impressive national ranking, the strategic NIL maneuvers by Auburn’s staff, and parallels with recent recruiting wins like Myson Johnson-Cook. The discussion spotlights the pivotal role of head coach Alex Golesh, potential future targets like Karlos May, and what this means for Auburn’s future in SEC football. Can Auburn maintain this momentum and challenge the dominance of Georgia and Alabama on the recruiting trail?

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0:00.0	Oh my goodness, Layton Vaughn Brandt picks the Auburn Tigers.
0:12.4	You are Locked on Auburn, your daily podcast on the Auburn Tigers.
0:17.7	Part of the Locked on podcast network, your team every day. Yes, I'm Zach Blackerby. He is
0:25.1	Daryl Daprich joining us from the car because this is such massive news. Layton Von
0:31.0	Brandt, one of the best offensive tackles in this class, Darrell. In the final hour, it seems Auburn slipped in and said, no, we're going to do what it
0:42.1	takes for you to be a part of this 2027 class.
0:46.6	He picks Auburn over Notre Dame and Miami and several other schools, Darrell.
0:53.4	This is a big boy recruiting win.
0:56.4	It really is. We actually mentioned him last week on the show preempting Big Cat.
1:02.2	We talked about why we thought maybe Auburn was pivoting to some other offensive tackles.
1:08.0	It turns out Auburn may just get both, which is great. Give me all of them, right?
1:12.4	So this kid is one of the ones we talk about that could make an immediate impact. He's, I think,
1:19.3	the sixth best offensive lineman in the country. That's right, in the country that's being mentioned.
1:26.2	You look at his offer list. He's from Delaware, which is pretty cool up in the Northeast.
1:32.1	But just a really, really good get. And I love the fact that Auburn kind of swooped in late on this one.
1:38.4	And look, this isn't a kid that wasn't even at Big Cat, correct? I mean, I don't think he was there this weekend.
1:44.5	So you have a weekend where you're hyping up all these potential visitors,
1:48.8	or all these visitors on campus, and yet Auburn snags one, you know,
1:54.2	from up to the northeast without even being on campus.
1:56.7	I can't overemphasize how big this is in offensive line recruiting.
2:01.5	This is one of the ones that the Georgia's, the Alabama, the Miami's, the big schools get, and like I said, makes an immediate impact.
2:08.9	100%.
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