BREAKING: Myson Johnson-Cook COMMITS To The Auburn Tigers, HUGE For Alex Golesh

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4.6 • 707 Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Auburn Tigers stun Miami in a dramatic recruiting twist as elite running back Myson Johnson-Cook long considered a Hurricane lock, commits to Auburn. Does this signal a new NIL-powered era for Auburn football? Zac Blackerby and Brian Smith break down how Auburn’s late push, rumored NIL offer, and strong relationships swayed the future NFL prospect from East St. Louis. Key topics include Johnson-Cook’s national recruitment, the impact on Auburn’s running back depth chart alongside stars like Omar Mabson and Jeremiah Cobb, and what this flip means for Coach Alex Golesh’s recruiting strategy. The conversation explores SEC roster implications, the importance of fit and pass-blocking for freshmen backs, and potential ripple effects on Auburn’s pursuit of top quarterback talent. Don’t miss this high-stakes insider analysis as Auburn football raises the bar for NIL recruiting in the SEC.

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0:00.0	And how good is Mycson Johnson Cook?
0:03.8	Future NFL player.
0:05.2	Yeah, but he's an Auburn Tiger.
0:08.3	Locked on presents the Portal.
0:11.3	The Daily podcast covering college football recruiting and everything NIL, part of the Locked-on Podcast Network.
0:19.9	Your team every day.
0:22.5	Yes, this is a special edition of The Portal and Locked on Auburn.
0:27.1	I'm Zach Blackerby.
0:27.8	I host Locked on Auburn.
0:28.7	He's Brian Smith.
0:29.6	He hosts the Portal.
0:31.0	Lockdown's recruiting, Transfer Portal, and NIL podcast.
0:33.8	And it's a special show dropping on a Saturday afternoon because one of the best running backs
0:39.5	in the country, Mycson Johnson Cook, really and kind of a stunner, everyone said he's going to
0:46.2	Miami. Auburn sweeps in in the final hour and says, no, here's everything we got and he
0:53.4	picks the Auburn Tigers.
0:55.4	This is why recruiting in the age that we're in, it's never, I told you this.
1:02.8	I told you this.
1:03.6	Like we talked about him two, three weeks ago.
1:06.0	Then it got kind of quiet on the Auburn side.
1:08.9	I had not going to go into a whole lot of specifics, but a whole
1:12.0	lot of smoke on the Miami side. And then this morning, I'm messaging with a certain person that you
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