Just days after landing a commitment from four-star quarterback Tray Bishop, Auburn stays hot on the recruiting trail and landed a commit of four-star running back prospect Devan Barrett Thursday.
Barrett sent out this tweet officially announcing the news:
https://twitter.com/Devan_Barrett5/status/758813593831821312
The running back’s tweet was followed by Auburn head coach Gus Malzahn’s reaction to the news, who sent out his latest ‘BOOM’ tweet:
Boom!!!!!!!!!!!! #WDE
— Coach Gus Malzahn (@CoachGusMalzahn) July 28, 2016
However offensive line coach Herb Hand’s out did his boss with this tweet celebrating the news:
BOOOOOOOM!! Tecmo Bowl better get ready for an update!#AmbUsh17 version available at Jordan-Hare soon‼️#RBU pic.twitter.com/kuNuCq47zo
— Herb Hand (@CoachHand) July 28, 2016
Here’s another one from Auburn’s linebacker coach Travis Williams:
https://twitter.com/T_WILL4REAL/status/758790009549795328
To get an understanding of why the Auburn staff is so fired up following the announcement, check out Barrett’s junior season highlight reel:
Following Barrett’s commitment, Auburn now has 13 total prospect lined up to join the school’s 2017 recruiting class.
A graduate of the University of Tennessee, Michael Wayne Bratton oversees the news coverage for Saturday Down South. Michael previously worked for FOX Sports and NFL.com
