WOW: Sam Turner is also LEAVING Auburn, Alex Golesh MUST RESET the wide receiver room Via the Portal

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🗓️ 31 December 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Auburn Tigers' wide receiver room faces major upheaval as Sam Turner, along with Cam Coleman, Malcolm Simmons, Perry Thompson, and Horatio Fields, plan to enter the transfer portal when it opens Friday. Promising young talents depart a position group once viewed as a team strength, raising urgent questions about the Tigers' depth and offensive future. Zac Blackerby breaks down what Turner’s exit means for Auburn’s strategy under new leadership, spotlighting returning scholarship receivers like Eric Singleton, Bryce Cain, and Duke Smith. Will head coach Alex Golesh rebuild with impactful portal additions or lean on rising freshmen like Deshawn Spencer and Brian Williams Jr.? Get key insights on potential receiver targets, NIL implications, and how Auburn’s offensive identity could evolve for the 2026 season. Who will step up as the next star at Jordan-Hare Stadium?

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0:00.0	All right, Sam Turner now planning to enter the portal per reports.
0:10.0	You are Locked on Auburn, your daily podcast on the Auburn Tigers.
0:14.9	Part of the Locked on podcast network, your team every day.
0:20.4	Yes, welcome on in to Locked on Auburn, your daily Auburn Tigers podcast.
0:25.1	I'm your host, Zach Blackerby, and thank you so much for making Lockdown Auburn,
0:28.6	your first listen every single day.
0:32.4	The wide receiver room making another change or having undergone another change.
0:39.2	Sam Turner, according to reports, on three was the first to break it.
0:42.7	As far as I could tell, they report the Sam Turner is planning to enter the portal when it opens on Friday.
0:51.6	He joins fellow receivers Cam Coleman, Malcolm Simmons, Perry Thompson, and Horatio Fields.
0:58.5	All reports indicate that they plan to all enter the portal when it opens on Friday.
1:05.9	A room that could have hypothetically been a strength, was hypothetically a strength going into last season.
1:11.3	We all know how last season went.
1:13.4	Sam Turner, though, a little bit different.
1:15.4	I mean, you talk about Cam and Malcolm and even Perry and Horatio.
1:19.6	There were levels of production, differing levels of production and differing types of circumstances.
1:28.6	Sam Turner represented upside.
1:32.1	We were all impressed by the reports that we heard from Sam Turner going through the
1:37.8	offseason saying, hey, he might crack the two deep and maybe even kind of get into that
1:42.9	rotation.
1:43.8	That didn't end up happening.
1:46.3	Sam Turner played in three games last year.
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