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🗓️ 2 July 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Auburn Tigers stun with five-star transfer portal acquisition. Will Jacoby Mathews reshape their defensive strategy? Host Zac Blackerby breaks down Auburn's latest roster move, highlighting Mathews' impressive stats from Texas A&M and potential impact on DJ Durkin's defensive system. The discussion covers the challenges young athletes face with NIL deals and Matthews' journey to Auburn. Key topics include the upcoming Auburn vs Texas A&M showdown, its implications for both programs, and the Aggies' dynamic offense led by quarterback Marcel Reed. Don't miss this in-depth analysis of Auburn's path to success and the game-changing matchup against Texas A&M. Can the Tigers secure a crucial road win to boost their season prospects?

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0:00.0	It's July, and the Auburn Tigers pick up a former five star in the transfer portal.
0:06.4	Okay.
0:12.4	You are Locked on Auburn, your daily podcast on the Auburn Tigers.
0:17.4	Part of the Locked on podcast network, your team every day. Yes, welcome on into Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:22.2	Yes, welcome on into Locked-on Auburn, your daily Auburn Tigers podcast.
0:26.6	I'm your host, Zach Blackerbie.
0:27.6	Thank you so much for making Locked-on Auburn, your first listen every single day.
0:33.4	Joining us, Matt Galatson, the new host of Locked-on Aggies, has hit the ground running.
0:39.3	He dropped a show, and I say, Matt, I need you to come on because Auburn Land's former
0:44.1	five-star and former Texas A&M Aggie, Jacoby Matthews.
0:49.3	And when you read everything about this guy, Matt, former five star, played a ton, the two seasons that
0:56.4	he played at Texas A&M, seemed to be a really solid contributor, not eligible last year,
1:02.2	did the whole Juko thing, and now he's back.
1:05.4	Like, this seems like a high upside addition for the Tigers.
1:10.0	What's the Texas A&M point of view on this?
1:13.7	Well, Jacoby Matthews was a big time recruit coming in as part of that 2022 class, right?
1:17.6	I mean, they had lots of, lots of, you know, top of the line guys, Walter Nolan, Rubin Owens,
1:23.7	Connor Wegman. You can go on and on down the list. You know, Shamar Turner, all these different guys that are, a lot of them are now elsewhere.
1:31.4	LT Overton's over there at Alabama. So Auburn's very familiar with him.
1:34.8	Sure. But he was just, he was just another one of those casualties of that recruiting class that they couldn't really keep together.
1:41.4	You know, Walter Nolan had come out and said there was a lot of NIL stuff that went into the
1:45.0	reason that a lot of these guys disbanded.
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