It’s been a rough couple of weeks for the Auburn Tigers on the recruiting trail with a number of high-profile players either de-committing from the Tigers or publicly choosing another school over Auburn. I’m usually the last person to be concerned about recruiting at this time of year considering signing day isn’t until December, but enough red flags in a short amount of time even gets my attention.

The first two years of the Hugh Freeze era haven’t exactly been stellar on the field. There have been two losing records and far too many losses that could have easily been wins. Of course, this wasn’t unexpected. Freeze didn’t inherit a program on solid footing and everyone knew there were going to be serious rebuilding pains. Even if the product on the field wasn’t up to par, AU fans could at least point to recruiting to feel like things were moving in the right direction.