DEAL: 5-star LB gets visit from Auburn, talks Tigers

LOGANVILLE, Georgia—Ranked as the No. 7 prospect in the 2026 class and the number one linebacker in the country on the 247Sports composite rankings, Grayson High standout Tyler Atkinson is a wanted man with close to 50 offers already and most from the top programs in the country. Part of a loaded linebacker room and team at Grayson, Atkinson said this spring has been really good as they work towards Thursday night’s spring scrimmage.

“It has been going good,” he tells Auburnundercover.com. “My mindset is just to get better and get the team right so we can go to state this year. My goal is for everybody to develop and move the right way. My personal goal is just to have a dominant spring and be consistent with everything I do.”

With the SEC’s growth in men’s basketball over the past several seasons, it’s fitting that perhaps the most exciting offseason for the league in a long time comes before its expansion.

The 16-team SEC is here, as Texas and Oklahoma will be welcomed into the conference in every sport in the 2024-25 athletic year. The league’s increased footprint in football has certainly drawn attention, but basketball will also see a

As such, the conference this week announced the home-and-away designations for every team, as Auburn learned the layout of its 18 SEC opponents. The league has opted not to expand to 20 games, so Auburn at the moment will have two permanent home-and-home opponents (Alabama and Georgia), one rotating in the home-and-home category (Ole Miss this coming season) and six other home and away games.

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