Jared Smith's commitment over the weekend does several things for the Auburn Tiger.

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Lindsay Crosby hanging out with it says he does every single

Monday. He of Auburn Daily.com and several other places. Lindsay, we'll talk about Auburn

owning the state and recruiting. We'll talk about who's going to step up week to, I guess the

first full week of fall camp, a few candidates that were listening and watching out for him.

But Jared Smith, the number two player in the state of Alabama, committing to the Auburn Tigers of the weekend, it does a lot of things.

Obviously, it creates a lot of excitement about what Auburn is doing.

It continues that momentum.

But, Lindsay, it sets up Auburn's pass rush for the foreseeable future.

Lindsay, this season right now will be the last time that there are questions about

Auburn's past rush entering the season for the foreseeable future.

And I cannot, I cannot stress how important that is.

Yeah, I mean, I it feels like you have a good one to punch this year, Jill and McLeod,

Keron Crawford, right? But then after that, it's a bunch of freshmen. And what I love is,

there's three freshmen you can look at it and say, yeah,

I can see how they could all be the next dominant rusher.

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