Spring preview: Auburn's new look WR room is best case scenario
The next edition of 'Spring Breakdown' introduces Auburn football's fresh, but experienced wide receiver room.
The Auburn Tigers ' wide receivers room looks a lot different than it did in 2025. Players like Cam Coleman, Perry Thompson, and Malcolm Simmons are all gone via the transfer portal. Coleman (Texas) and Simmons (Texas A&M) stayed in the SEC, and Thompson heads to the Big Ten with Minnesota.
They were three of the "Freeze Four" brought in during the 2024 recruiting cycle for Auburn . While those departures in the moment seemed bad, head coach Alex Golesh and wide receivers coach Kodi Burns did a good job rebuilding the position. New quarterback Byrum Brown will have plenty of familiar faces to throw to, with five former South Florida receivers transferring to the Plains.
That includes top target Keshaun Singleton, along with Jeremiah Koger, Chas Nimrod, and Christian Neptune. Those four combined for 2,275 yards and 20 touchdowns in 2025. They also added a talented freshman in Kory Pettigrew from the Bulls.
Auburn Wire's Spring Breakdown: Auburn football has many go-to RBs to choose from Auburn does return some players from last season's group. The talented Bryce Cain returns to the team looking to reach his potential when he first arrived in 2024. Cain is the only one still on the team from the "Freeze Four".