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🗓️ 19 January 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Auburn Tigers overhaul their roster with strategic transfer portal moves, adding veteran depth to the offensive and defensive lines. Will these new additions give Auburn the edge needed to contend in the SEC this season? Zac Blackerby and Lindsay Crosby break down the arrivals of the major portal additions. Key insights include Auburn’s push for experience, the challenge of integrating young talent, and the impact of versatile pickups like Scrap Richardson and Jack Luttrell in the defensive backfield. With the Tigers shoring up key positions, can Hugh Freeze’s staff mold this roster into a winning force?

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0:00.0	What Auburn did in the transfer portal this weekend, it's exactly, exactly what they needed to do.
0:12.8	You are Locked on Auburn, your daily podcast on the Auburn Tigers, part of the Locked On podcast network, your team team every day. Yes, welcome on into Locked-on, Auburn, your daily Auburn Tigers podcast. I'm your host, Zach Blackerby, and thank you so much for making Lockdown Auburn, your first list in every single day, Lindsay Crosby of the bar and Auburn.Aubr.com and elsewhere hanging out with us as he does every single Monday and thank you
0:38.2	to lindsay and darrell for holding it down for me as i went out of town this past friday and of course i go out of town lindsay and aubber's like we're going to have 20 guys we're going to have 20 guys to the portal i'm so so glad they did we'll talk about some guys that are interesting in the defensive backfield as well as the bodies being at on the defensive line.
0:56.1	Let's start with the the bodies being at on the defensive line.
0:56.1	Let's start with the big man up front on the offensive side of the football.
1:01.0	Those who are pretty much everyone's big concern.
1:03.6	Okay.
1:03.9	Love the quarterback additions.
1:05.7	Love what they've done to the running back room.
1:08.0	The receivers make sense.
1:09.6	I understand some people may not love the approach, but I think most people can see the logic back room. The receivers make sense. I understand some people may not love the approach,
1:11.8	but I think most people can see the logic behind adding the USF guys.
1:16.8	The offensive line and defensive line unanimously, Lindsay, were okay,
1:21.5	maybe the starters are fine, but where's the depth?
1:24.0	Well, the depth came in this weekend and maybe some potential starters,
1:27.8	which will be fun to discuss. So Jacob Strand, the tackle from Oregon State,
1:34.8	Jack Laird from Stanford, and then T.J. Hedrick from Ole Miss. I think Laird from Stanford, which is not what it looks like but i had the pronunciation
1:47.3	text to me that's what they said that's what they said i think he's got a chance uh and i think
1:54.7	strand has a chance to really open up the battle but the my biggest nitpick with the roster prior to this weekend was, okay, where is the
2:06.3	veteran presence on this offensive line?
2:09.4	Well, now after all of this, you have five seniors on the offensive line.
2:14.8	Joe Simmons, Cole Best, Cole Skinner,
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