Auburn signee Prince Tega Wanogho Jr. was on campus this weekend to get his first taste of Tigers spring practice. While he doesn’t enroll until May, Wanogho Jr. observed practice on crutches.

The best news to come out of the 6-foot-8, 250 pound Nigeria native’s trip to campus: he’s apparently ahead of schedule in his recovery from a gruesome broken leg.

Wanogho Jr., a four-star defensive end/athlete who played his high school football in Elmore, Ala., spoke with AuburnUndercover writer Keith Niebuhr after practice on Saturday and gave some positive updates on his recovery:

“It’s going great,” Wanogho said during a visit to Auburn on Saturday. “The doctor said I’m doing good and everything is going fine.”

He’s now “probably like 75 percent,” he said.

Wanogho enrolls at Auburn in May and is optimistic he will be fully recovered in time for fall camp.

“Yes, I will be,” Wanogho said. “It all depends on how therapy goes for me, but I want to play.”

Back in January, just as his recruitment was reaching a fever pitch, Wanogho Jr. suffered a nasty broken leg in a basketball game, an injury that required surgery. Despite the injury, all of the programs pursuing him held firm on their scholarship offers, and he eventually chose Auburn.

Wanogho Jr. moved to Alabama from Nigeria and has just a year of football under his belt, but he rapidly developed into one of the most intriguing prospects in the country and garnered offers from all over the country, including SEC programs like LSU and Ole Miss.

Wanogho Jr. is an impressive athlete. He reportedly ran a 40-yard dash in 4.61 seconds on his first day in America and wears a size 17 shoe. Despite just a rough understanding for football — he didn’t know who Nick Saban was even after he started playing football, and once caught a pass in practice and had to be told to run with the ball — coaches are optimistic for his future. He could wind up playing defensive end or offensive tackle if he fills out.