Auburn football walked away from the 2024 winter transfer portal cycle with a nationally revered haul.
In all, Hugh Freeze and the Tigers brought in 14 transfers. It’s a net loss, as 18 players from the program departed, but what Auburn added remedied both remedied crucial needs while adding some of the best players in the portal.
Auburn’s group of transfer additions is headlined by former Oklahoma quarterback Jackson Arnold, once a consensus five-star prospect who arrives on the Plains as Freeze’s likely Year 3 starter. But he isn’t even the highest-regarded incoming transfer, as former Georgia Tech wide receiver Eric Singleton Jr. a top-four portal player and ranked outright as the best receiver in the portal.
With that pair in tow, Auburn brought in a transfer class that’s regarded as top 10 nationally, with 247Sports listing the Tigers’ class as No. 4 and On3 listing them at No. 8 in the FBS.
Here’s a look at five names to know in Auburn’s transfer class, as well as a rundown of the program’s remaining additions.
Georgia Tech wide receiver Eric Singleton Jr.
COMMITTED: Auburn lands top-rated Georgia Tech transfer wide receiver Eric Singleton Jr.
The last addition to Auburn’s transfer class could wind up being its biggest.
Recruited out of high school by Freeze’s inaugural Auburn staff, Singleton committed to the Yellow Jackets and the former three-star recruit was their leader in receptions and receiving yards in 2023, nabbing freshman All-America and ACC Offensive Rookie of the Year honors in the process.
He led Georgia Tech in receiving yards this fall, and he did that from everywhere. The 5-foot-11 pass-catcher projects as a slot receiver, but he played more snaps out wide (426) than he did in the slot (213).
Oklahoma quarterback Jackson Arnold
Oklahoma Sooners quarterback Jackson Arnold (11) walks away from a huddle before the fourth quarter during a college football game between the University of Oklahoma Sooners (OU) and the Tennessee Volunteers at Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Okla., Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024.
2024 stats (10 games): 154-246 (62.6%) passing, 1,421 pass yards (5.8 YPA), 12 touchdown passes, 3 interceptions; 444 rush yards (3.0 YPC), 3 rushing touchdowns; 2 receptions, 16 yards, 1 touchdown reception
Transfer rankings: On3: No. 83 (No. 9 QB); 247Sports: No. 78 (No. 8 QB)
COMMITTED:Why former Oklahoma QB Jackson Arnold chose Auburn
Arnold’s 2024 was his first as a starting college quarterback, and it was far from perfect. Benched midway through the season, he eventually returned to that role for the Sooners and started their final five regular-season games.
He was efficient in his 10 contests, logging a completion percentage comparable to Payton Thorne’s this fall, and Arnold did so while throwing just three interceptions.
