INSANE: Auburn's Latest Commitment Changes Everything For Alex Golesh

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🗓️ 27 April 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Auburn Tigers land a game-changing commitment as Myson Johnson-Cook, a powerhouse 6'2", 230-pound running back from East St. Louis, joins Alex Golesh’s squad. Built for heavy SEC workloads, can Cook bring Derrick Henry–like impact to Auburn’s backfield and redefine the offense? Zac Blackerby and Lindsay Crosby examine Cook's rare blend of speed and size, his instant fit in Golesh’s run-heavy system, and how his arrival shakes up Auburn’s running back room alongside Jeremiah Cobb, Omar Mabson, Bryson Washington, and Nakai Davenport. Recruiting momentum heats up as Auburn assembles a high-talent 2027 class, despite lower national rankings due to commitment volume. The hosts tackle the quality-over-quantity debate, NIL’s effect on recruiting, and insider details on players like Alvin Henderson. Plus, Auburn baseball’s explosive weekend series win over Oklahoma and a postseason outlook—can Auburn’s pitching model carry them through a brutal SEC stretch? Don’t miss the inside scoop on the Tigers’ roster evolution and postseason prospects.

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0:00.0	Auburn's latest commitment, Mice & Johnson Cook, is going to be so special for Alex
0:07.9	Golish.
0:13.9	You are locked on Auburn, your daily podcast on the Auburn Tigers, part of the
0:19.7	Locked on podcast network, your team every day.
0:24.1	Yes, I'm Zach Blackerby.
0:26.0	He is Lindsay Crosby of the barn, Auburn.Obor.com and a million other places.
0:32.2	We'll talk about Auburn Baseball's massive, explosive weekend towards the end of today's show.
0:38.2	And of course, the impact of this weekend's big news on the recruiting trail.
0:42.5	But let's start with the nitty gritty.
0:44.9	Myson Johnson Cook, the standout running back from East St. Louis, one of the best
0:50.8	running backs in high school football in this 2027 class, obviously
0:56.6	committed to Alex Golish and the Auburn Tigers. Sounds like they swept in in the final
1:01.7	hours to steal him away from Miami. And of course, we're going to have this entire conversation
1:08.7	under the assumption that he doesn't flip.
1:11.7	Yes, these are commitments.
1:13.0	He did not sign.
1:14.0	And that's the nature of high school recruiting.
1:17.7	Sure.
1:18.0	You are seeing a little bit less of that, though, in this NIL era.
1:21.8	But Lindsay, like, when you look at this guy's tape, there's a chance that Alex Golish has never had a guy like this running
1:30.6	his system. Oh yeah. What does Alex Golish want to do with a football? He wants to run the blank
1:35.7	out of it, is what he has said publicly. Myison Johnson Cook at 6-2-230 is built to handle a load, a heavy, heavy workload and a system that wants to pound
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