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Harsin names Auburn’s portal targets

Harsin names Auburn’s portal targets

Auburn has already added several impact players in the transfer portal but their work may not be done.

The Tigers still have holes at wide receiver, defensive line, and in the secondary that Bryan Harsin and the rest of the coaching staff are looking to address in the portal.

Speaking at the latest stop of Auburn’s “AMBUSH” alumni tour in Montgomery Tuesday night, Harsin identified those positions as ones they are looking to add players at.

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Bryan Harsin names three positions Auburn’s focus in transfer portal

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Bryan Harsin identified the three positions that Auburn needs to address through the transfer portal when speaking at Auburn’s “AMBUSH” alumni event in Montgomery Tuesday night.

“In our back end, D-line, wide receiver position, those are still areas that we’re looking right now at all the guys that are in the portal,” Harsin told Bennett Durando of the Montgomery Advertiser. “You just look at numbers, purely. Those are areas that we can bring in some depth.”

Kobe Hudson was Auburn’s leading receiver last year but entered the transfer portal after being kicked off the team. Demetris Robertson is now attempting to make a career in the NFL.

Auburn has not landed a wide receiver transfer yet but did sign four-star athlete Omari Kelly, three-star wide receiver Camden Brown, and three-star wide receiver Jay Fair in the 2022 recruiting class.

Along the defensive line, Auburn is returning multiple starters but lacks depth at edge. The Tigers have just three scholarship players at edge in Derick Hall, Eku Leota, and Dylan Brooks.

Auburn has plenty of turnover in the secondary. Roger McCreary, Smoke…

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