AU Football Recruiting: June 9th 2013

Welcome to the first installment of our new Auburn football recruiting post. Throughout the year we will be posting news, info, and top targets for the Tigers. We will highlight current Tiger commits, along with who will be on campus on big weekends. As far as the 2014 recruiting class is going, Coach Malzahn has the Tigers heading in the right direction. Auburn is ranked currently as the #14 class in the country with four 4-star commits and five 3-star commits, according to Rivals.com. It seems the early focus in the class has been spent on defense with of 5 the commits on the defensive side of the ball. The defensive line and linebacker position are still key needs for Auburn. On the offensive side of the ball, quarterback still is a key for the future of any major program, and Auburn has its eyes on a few big time recruits.

Next lets meet a current Tiger commit in Kamryn Pettway. Pettway is 6'0 222 pound runningback from Pratville High School in Pratville, Alabama. He is rated as the number 50 runningback back in the country according to Rivals.com and is a 3-star recruit.

Kamryn was first commited to Florida State, but decommited from the Seminoles saying "I rushed my first commitment and I won't make that same mistake the second time". Along with Florida State, Pettway chose Auburn over Georgia and Kentucky. In 2012 he rushed for 1,126 yards on 115 carries with 12 touchdowns. Pettway added 96 yards receiving on just 6 catches with 2 touchdowns. Pettway was recruited for Auburn by two of the best in Dameyune Craig and Charlie Harbison.

Now let's look ahead to the future. Coach Malzahn and crew offered quarterbacks from the 2015 and 2017 classes just this past week. Auburn started the week off by offering a quarterback in the 2015 class in rising junior quarterback Ty Storey. Storey is a 6'3 220 pound strong-armed quarterback from Charleston High School in Charleston, Arkansas.

Storey seems to be a good fit for the style of offense that Malzahn likes to run with such a big arm. During the 2012 season Storey threw for 4,400 yards and 48 touchdowns in a wide-open offensive attack. Auburn is not the only team to offer the talented Arkansas QB. Alabama offered earlier in the week. Arkansas State and Nevada are also in the mix for Storey. Both are schools who like to air it out.

Keeping along with the theme of rising stars, Auburn got a head start on another future phoneme in 6'4 207 lbs. Jake Bentley out of Duncan, South Carolina.

Bentley will be in the 2017 class. Yes, I did say 2017. He will be a freshmen at Brynes High School this fall where he will play for his father who is the head coach. Bentley lead the Brynes B Team to the 7-on-7 camp championship at Auburn this past week, beating out his brother and the A team. With so much size and talent at such a young age, it is no wonder why Coach Malzahn and company got a head start on what could be a future college star. Remember to keep it here on the JABA for all you breaking Auburn news. - JABA