Ex-HBCU Boss Joins Auburn to Fix Tight Ends Woes
Larry Scott, fresh off a four-year stint leading Howard to back-to-back MEAC titles, is headed to Auburn as the new tight ends coach. Scott brings SEC pedigree from stops at Florida and Tennessee—where he molded Kyle Pitts into a John Mackey Award winner—and reunites with his son, Larry Scott III, already on staff. Auburn hopes his track record with elite tight ends and bowl-game experience can remedy a 2025 season marked by drops, zero touchdowns, and a collective .gif reel of cringeworthy miscues. Incoming recruits like Ryan Ghea and DJ Broughton add depth, but Scott’s real work begins in transforming a position group that saw its season high in receiving yards top out at just 33.
Finally, a coach who’s coached more than two quarterbacks in a season! Scott’s arrival is proof that Auburn believes tight end dysfunction can be fixed by hiring a man whose most recent student body was roughly the size of Half-Time-Show ad revenue. Expect inspirational locker-room speeches about “embracing the block” and “catching greatness,” followed by endless drills where players catch deflated footballs while reciting SEC stat lines. It’s like giving a GPS to someone who’s already lost six times on campus—fingers crossed he finds the end zone before the spring game autograph session.
Offensive Line Exodus: Tigers’ Trenches Turned Ghost Town
Auburn’s offensive line continues to unravel as JUCO transfer Seth Wilfred becomes the third lineman to jump ship via the NCAA transfer portal. Joining DeAndre Carter and Favour Edwin, Wilfred adds to an early exodus that has seen seven players depart in search of greener grass. Despite securing four-star commit Bear McWhorter from Michigan’s camp, the Tigers limped through 2025 allowing 3.5 sacks per game—fourth-worst in FBS—and suffered brutal blowouts against Oklahoma and Texas A&M. Questions loom over Alex Golesh’s scheme as Auburn considers yet another overhaul to right its porous pocket protection.
Who knew that once you erect a fortress of linemen, they might just ghost you? It’s like a Tinder swipe-left for five-star prospects—one day they’re blocking, the next they’re off blocking somewhere else. Auburn’s fresh recruits will soon learn that SEC linemen are rarer than a polite traffic jam. Rumor has it the next signing class will include robots, scarecrows, and possibly local farm dogs. But hey, at least the portal’s popularity means you can never run out of volunteers to hurl themselves at 300-pound pass rushers.
Globe-Trotting QB Hits Transfer Portal—Again
TJ Finley, the once-promising LSU starter turned Auburn lifer, is back in the NCAA transfer portal for a sixth time and seeking a record-breaking seventh year of eligibility. After stints at LSU, Auburn, Texas State, Western Kentucky, and Georgia State—along with a season-ending injury—the father-of-one says his “love for the game never left.” Finley’s uneven journey has featured flashes of brilliance (3,439 passing yards at Texas State) and bench demotions, yet he vows to land at “a University that gives me an opportunity to compete, lead, and finish strong.” The next chapter remains unwritten.
And you thought the portal was just a one-night stand for athletes. Finley’s tour of collegiate football is starting to look like a gap-year world cruise. He’s collected jerseys like they’re Pokémon cards, each school promising to “catch ’em all.” With every transfer he’s teaching NCAA brass a new creative way to file waivers, and agents are champing at the bit to slap his face on jerseys with six different color schemes. At this point, he’s less a quarterback and more the Forrest Gump of college football—just keep running, keep transferring.
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