GOOD: Portal Expert Gives SOLID Grade to Auburn, Alex Golesh's Transfer Portal Class So Far

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4.6 • 707 Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Auburn Tigers make strategic moves in the transfer portal as Byrum Brown emerges as a top SEC quarterback to watch. With new additions like Andre Jordan Jr. and Shamar Arnoux from Florida State, the cornerback battle heats up, while questions remain about linebacker and defensive line depth following key departures. Can Auburn’s roster shake-up position them for an SEC breakthrough? Zac Blackerby and transfer portal expert Brian Smith grade Auburn's offseason, examine Byrum Brown’s fit in Alex Golesh’s system, and debate where he ranks among SEC QBs. The conversation spotlights pressing needs at edge and linebacker, evaluates the competition against first-year SEC head coaches, and raises expectations for Auburn’s impact in pivotal matchups against LSU, Ole Miss, and Florida. Will Brown ignite the Tigers’ offense and silence the doubters?

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0:00.0	our transfer portal expert giving a pretty solid grade to Auburn so far.
0:12.4	You are locked on Auburn, your daily podcast on the Auburn Tigers, part of the
0:18.4	Locked on podcast network, your team every day. Yes, welcome on into Locked on Auburn Tigers, part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:22.3	Yes, welcome on into Locked-on, Auburn, your daily Auburn Tigers podcast.
0:26.9	I'm your host, Zach Blackerbie.
0:28.1	Thank you so much for making Lockdown Auburn.
0:30.4	Your first listen every single day, Brian Smith, host of the portal, which is Lockdown's
0:35.1	recruiting, Transfer Portal, NIL show hanging out with us.
0:38.9	I want to ask you about the first year head coaches in the SEC.
0:43.0	Also, Brian, where would you rank Byron Brown among SEC quarterbacks?
0:47.1	If you had to right now, you don't have to, but I am going to politely ask you to do that.
0:52.3	But if you had to grade Auburn's portal class right now, I think I'm sitting in
0:58.2	like the B slash B minus range right now.
1:02.7	Nationally, I think a lot of people are kind of poking Auburn with how they've handled
1:05.9	the portal class.
1:06.6	I don't mind it when you look at each individual edition.
1:09.7	Brian, what kind of grade would you give Auburn's portal class the job
1:13.3	Alex Golish, his staff, has done so far?
1:16.1	I would be in lockstep with your grade.
1:18.7	To be clear and fair to Goalish and everybody else,
1:23.0	and this is for every team.
1:24.3	It's no longer what the coaches do.
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