Auburn’s recruiting run continues with DB Fegans

• Eli Lederman, ESPN Personnel WriterJul 29, 2024, 08:49 PM ET

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  Eli Lederman covers college football and recruiting for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in 2024 after covering the University of Oklahoma for Sellout Crowd and the Tulsa World.Auburn landed

its 4th 2025 ESPN 300 promise in the period of three days Monday night with a dedication from four-star protective back Anquon Fegans, the No. 2 security in the class.The 6-foot-1, 190-pound protector from Alabaster, Alabama is the No. 36 possibility in 2025, per ESPN rankings. Fegans chose the in-state Tigers over finalists LSU, Georgia, Alabama and Clemson, and followed four-star cornerback Blake Woodby and Alabama turns Derick Smith and Antonio Coleman amongst the top-300 potential customers to join the program’s upcoming class given that Saturday afternoon as Auburn gains steam in the 2025 cycle.In Fegans, the Tigers now have their second-highest-rated commit in the class, behind only Woodby, the No. 22 prospect in the ESPN 300. At the end of a recruitment that included late visits to several SEC schools, Fegans pointed to the relationships formed through day-to-day contact with Auburn coach Hugh Freeze and co-defensive coordinator Charles Kelly as pulls that assisted land his promise with the home state Tigers.”Those guys are extremely genuine and you’re able to associate with them a lot,”Fegans told ESPN.”It’s simply the location and individuals– there’s going to be no much better time there than today.” Fegans is the more youthful brother of Antwon Fegans Jr., who dipped into Arkansas State and Northwestern State before transferring to Auburn

this spring. Another brother, Tre’Quon Fegans, dedicated to UCF out of the transfer portal this offseason following stops at Alabama and USC.Fegans held a handful of Power 4 offers prior to his sophomore season and his recruitment chased he racked up 67 total tackles and 9 interceptions for Alabama’s Thompson High School in the fall of 2022. Fegans initially committed to USC on May 7, 2023, before pulling his pledge from the Trojans and reopening his recruitment last August.Editor’s Picks 2 Related An efficient junior season saw Fegans overall 59 takes on and 7 interceptions, and he followed that campaign with journeys this spring to Auburn, Clemson, Miami, Georgia, LSU and Washington. Fegans set up another slate of gos to prior to announcing his choice, taking journeys to LSU, Alabama and Auburn this previous weekend before formally offering his pledge to the Tigers.”It was truly me just having the ability to see myself being at Auburn, “Fegans said. “It’s unique there. And we’re going to bring a lot of guys there with me.” For Auburn, Fegans’ commitment marks the seventh promise out of the program’s” Big Feline Weekend,”which saw the Tigers host a collection of leading prospects in the 2025 and 2026 classes.Woodby, the nation’s No. 3 cornerback, became the program’s top 2025 dedicate with his promise Saturday. Coleman, the 16th-ranked defensive deal with and a previous Auburn dedicate, flipped back to the Tigers later in the day. On Monday, Auburn added another previous Alabama pledge when Smith, the fourth-ranked athlete in 2025, completed his flip to the Tigers.Auburn is now approximately 12 ESPN 300 promises in a recruiting class that came in at No. 14 in ESPN’s latest group rankings.The Tigers also left their biggest recruiting weekend of the year having actually bolstered their 2026 class. Auburn included its 3 highest-rated dedicates in 2026 on Saturday with promises from four-star protective end Hezekiah Harris( No. 51 in the

ESPN Junior 300 ), outdoors linebacker JaMichael Garrett(No. 123)and inside linebacker Shadarius Toodle (No. 150 ).