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  • Auburn star wide receiver reportedly entering transfer portal

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    The Auburn Tigers are looking like they are going to have to hit the reset button as a program — another one of their players is reportedly entering the transfer portal.

    With the start of head coach Alex Golesh, the Tigers have seen numerous players declare their intentions to enter the transfer portal over the last few weeks.

    None of them have been anywhere near as significant as the news that broke on Monday. Star wide receiver Cam Coleman seems to be the latest player entering the portal, according to a report from On3’s Hayes Fawcett.

    Coleman — who has racked up over 1,300 yards and 13 touchdowns over the last two seasons — will instantly become the top available player in the portal and will be sought after by every team in the country looking to add a wide receiver.

    The star wideout joins fellow soon-to-be former Tigers in the portal, including Malcolm Simmons, Horatio Fields, Jay Crawford, Robert Woodyard, Kayin Lee, Ashton Daniels and numerous others. It looks like what could be a painful rebuild for Auburn really begins now.

    Of course, Golesh will supplement from the portal himself. There’s a case to be made for not getting too broken up about gutting a roster that just went 5-7, but Tiger fans are rightfully upset to lose Coleman.

    Coleman’s moves in the transfer portal could end up breaking NIL records, and have now made him the most-followed recruit of the offseason.

    Michael Brauner is a Senior Sports Analyst and Contributing Writer for Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @MBraunerWNSP and hear him every weekday morning from 6 to 9 a.m. on “The Opening Kickoff” on WNSP-FM 105.5, available free online.

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  • Report: Alabama wide receiver Ryan Williams will make more than $1.8 million this season – Yellowhammer News

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    The era of Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) in college football has produced some absolutely wild amounts of money being thrown around by college football programs, and the two main schools in the state of Alabama are certainly no exceptions.

    As two of the wealthiest programs in the nation, both Alabama and Auburn have been known to bid giant sums of money for players.

    But there may be no greater example right now than Crimson Tide star wide receiver Ryan Williams.

    According to a new report from On3, Williams is set to make more than $1.8 million this season, making him the second-highest paid wide receiver in college football behind only Ohio State Buckeyes superstar Jeremiah Smith.

    Williams missed last weekend’s game with a concussion he suffered against Florida State during what was an ugly first game for his second season, however he will look to get back on the field this week and prove why he’s as much of a household name as he is/

    In the same report, fellow Auburn sophomore pass catcher Cam Coleman is also making more than $1 million to score touchdowns on The Plains.

    The Phenix City native has not had a touchdown yet this year, but his eight catches and 100 yards through two games with one of them being an extremely run-heavy game plan against Baylor is a nice start.

    With players making more than they ever have right now, the spotlight on them is as big as it has ever been. Whether or not Williams and Coleman are up to the task remains to be seen, but either way, both stars have cashed in.

    Michael Brauner is a Senior Sports Analyst and Contributing Writer for Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @MBraunerWNSP and hear him every weekday morning from 6 to 9 a.m. on “The Opening Kickoff” on WNSP-FM 105.5, available free online.

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  • Auburn wide receiver on run-heavy offense: ‘We try to be an efficient scoring machine’ – Yellowhammer News

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    The Auburn Tigers earned what was the biggest win so far of the Hugh Freeze era during the first week of the season last Friday against the Baylor Bears, and they did with a running game that was absolutely dominant and a quarterback who proved to be a major threat with his legs.

    As Jackson Arnold ran his way into the end zone twice and the Tigers finished with over 300 yards on the ground as a team, it became apparent that this team’s bread and butter will be running the football.

    If there is one criticism though from the game, it’s the fact that Arnold did not find a ton of success through the air. In all fairness, he did not really have to and Auburn just kept on running the ball with success — clearly a sound strategy. Moving forward though when the schedule gets real and SEC opponents are on the slate, the offense will have to be a bit more balanced.

    It seems Tigers players are not phased though, and while addressing how effective the run game was on Friday night, Tigers wide receiver Horatio Fields emphasized that even if it’s not ending in catches for him and the group of receivers, this offense will do what it needs to do in order to win.

    “We try to be an efficient scoring machine. That’s on the ground. That’s in the air,” Fields said when asked if he was surprised at how well the ball was ran against Baylor. “So we just make sure that even with the running game, we block the perimeter just to make it easier so they can get to the second and third level.”

    Clearly, this is a group of wide receivers that just wants to win, whether that means them leading the way on offense or not. It’s a very green flag for a team under some serious pressure to perform offensively this year that they are led by a group of unselfish stars.

    Michael Brauner is a Senior Sports Analyst and Contributing Writer for Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @MBraunerWNSP and hear him every weekday morning from 6 to 9 a.m. on “The Opening Kickoff” on WNSP-FM 105.5, available free online.

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