Auburn expected to lose true freshman WR to transfer portal, per report
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Auburn true freshman wide receiver Sam Turner is set to enter the transfer portal when it opens on Friday, Turner told On3 on Wednesday afternoon.
Turner is a 6-foot-2, 207-pound product of Decatur, Ga., so after staying in SEC country to spend his first season on the Plains he’s apparently headed elsewhere for the 2026 season. Wherever Turner lands to play next fall, he’ll have 4 years of eligibility remaining.
Despite being a high-profile recruit in the 2025 class, Turner failed to make an impact in his one season at Auburn, appearing in only 3 games, playing only a combined 27 snaps and catching 0 passes. Turner was targeted 2 times way back in Week 2 in the Tigers’ victory over Ball State but didn’t make a catch, according to Pro Football Focus.
Turner’s reported transfer might not look like it would have an impact on Alex Golesh‘s first season as Auburn head coach in 2026, it will hurt the Tigers’ depth at wideout going forward.
Auburn has already been crushed at the wide receiver position with talent heading elsewhere for next season, with Turner being the 6th Tigers wide receiver to reveal that he’s heading to the transfer portal.
Wideouts Cam Coleman, Horatio Fields and Malcolm Simmons have already made their intentions to enter the portal known, so Turner would be just the latest receiver to leave the Plains as Golesh tries to piece together his first roster.
Cory Nightingale, a former sportswriter and sports editor at the Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post, is a South Florida-based freelance writer who covers Alabama for SaturdayDownSouth.com.
