Carver's Juwon Gaston signs with Auburn football on national signing day at Carver High School in Montgomery, Ala., on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021.
Auburn football’s 2021 recruiting class has split the fanbase and pundits down the middle. Many Tiger fans didn’t approve of this year’s group–Bryan Harsin’s first as a head coach–but Sports Illustrated considered them one of the winners of National Signing Day 2021.
On the surface, it hasn’t been a standout year, but the circumstances hit this current coaching regime harder than any. Few saw Gus Malzahn getting the ax coming until the end of the season–when it appeared he grew out of touch with the expectations of being the head coach on the Plains.