Auburn flips star LB hire Riddick from Georgia

• Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff WriterJul 27, 2023, 01:17 PM ET

Outdoors linebacker Demarcus Riddick changed his dedication from Georgia to Auburn on Wednesday.Riddick (No. 41 overall in the 2024 ESPN 300 )had actually committed to Kirby Smart and the Bulldogs on Nov. 4, 2022. The Chilton County High School (Alabama )product is the cycle’s second-best outdoors linebacker.Riddick took a main visit to the Tigers from June 9-11. He instantly ends up being the highest-ranked member of Hugh Freeze’s 2024 class. Freeze’s very first class completed 21st general (8th in the SEC)in ESPN’s last 2023 rankings.Last season, the Tigers ‘defense ranked 10th in the SEC in overall defense (395.3 YPG). Junior Webcam Riley (64 takes on, 38 solo)

and senior Wesley Steiner(46 tackles, 31 solo )are the unit’s 2 leading returning linebackers.Auburn has six ESPN 300 prospects in its 2024 group– Riddick, quarterback Walker White (No. 160 total), cornerback Jalyn Crawford(No. 163 overall), linebacker Joseph Phillips(No. 173 general), running back J’Marion Burnette (No. 242 general)and cornerback A’Mon Lane (No. 280 general ). Georgia still has the top-ranked class in the country and paces the country with 18 ESPN 300 pledges, consisting of one from Justin Williams (No. 14 total ), the cycle’s top-ranked outside linebacker, who devoted on Monday.