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A trio of former Auburn players will be among the 58 prospects who will virtually participate in the upcoming NFL Draft, the league announced Thursday night. While cornerback Noah Igbinoghene revealed earlier this week that he received an invite to attend the draft remotely, he will be joined in that group by defensive tackle Derrick Brown and offensive tackle Prince Tega Wanogho. The NFL, which will conduct the draft completely virtually April 23-25, has not yet announced how the selected players will virtually participate in the event, but it plans to announce the details ahead of the three-day event that signals the league's marquee offseason production. Wanogho, a three-year starter at left tackle for Auburn, is also projected to hear his name called on the second day of the draft, with most analysts slotting him into the second or third round of the draft. - Birmingham News

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OT Prince Tega Wanogho, Auburn
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04/09/20 - Brandon Council, rSr/2023, Auburn, 6-3, 302 (DS#53 OG) + More +

Auburn picked up some veteran help along the offensive line on Thursday night. Brandon Council, a grad transfer from Akron, announced his commitment to Auburn on Twitter. Council chose Auburn over his other finalist, Missouri. The 6-foot-4, 325-pounder started 24 consecutive games for the Zips and has experience at a multitude of positions. Last season he made seven starts at left guard, two at center, two at right tackle and one at left tackle. The year prior, in 2018, he started three games at right tackle before sustaining a season-ending injury, and in 2017 he made nine starts at left guard. - Birmingham News

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OG Brandon Council, Auburn
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04/09/20 - K.J. Britt, Sr/2021, Auburn, 6-1, 235 (DS#9 ILB) + More +

At the end of each day, laptops are opened and cameras are turned on across the country as Auburn Tigers hop onto Zoom. After months and years of seeing each other almost every day, the Auburn football players' interaction with each other is now limited to these calls. Nobody needs to be convinced to log on and join the conversation. "Right now everybody's really just happy to be around each other and really happy to make sure we still talk every day," linebacker K.J. Britt said. "Because that's something that goes unseen but is really missed, just the communication that we have between each other." In this new age, the Zoom age, everything team-related and school related has to be done virtually. Britt takes class online, chats with his teammates online and meets with his coaches online. It doesn't come anywhere near the type of involvement the senior is used to.

"There's not much we can do, just install and have meetings, ask questions, have the coaches talk, let us talk," Britt said. "That's about it. Those meetings go by so fast because they're not that long, so it's just like that." The players do everything else on their own. They've been given workouts and nutrition plans, but they can't be required to check in. It's left up to them to do it by themselves. They do extra workouts and film study on their own, as well. Britt has been focusing on his own tape to figure out ways he can get better while quarterback Bo Nix has been putting in time trying to learn the new offense. While the coaches have only had time to get a few parts of the install in, Nix has decided to push ahead on his own. - Birmingham News

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ILB K.J. Britt, Auburn
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04/07/20 - Prince Tega Wanogho, rSr/2020, Auburn, 6-5, 308 (DS#11 OT) + More +

Wednesday was supposed to be the day Prince Tega Wanogho was waiting for. After a minor right knee injury unexpectedly forced him out of January's Senior Bowl, and a scope on that same knee prevented him from working out at February's NFL Combine and last month's pro day at Auburn, the former Tigers offensive tackle was eager to put on a show for NFL personnel during a private pro day on the Plains. Then the coronavirus outbreak occurred. NFL teams took personnel off the road, and the league prohibited pre-draft visits between franchises and prospects. On college campuses, including at Auburn, facilities were closed as the NCAA implemented restrictions and the SEC instituted a ban of on-campus athletic activities, which was recently extended through at least the end of May. For Wanogho - a potential Day 2 pick in the upcoming NFL Draft - that meant a cancelation of his much-anticipated private pro day.

"It's really a bummer," Wanogho told AL.com by phone this week. "It's real disappointing with all the stuff going on right now, but at the same time, at the end of the day I'm a guy who actually stays positive. At the end of the day, there's going to be a lot of people who are actually being affected by this virus going on right now, and it's way bigger than me. "I'm just praying about it, and I know my time's going to come to get to showcase what I can do. I'm just trying to control what I can control." - Birmingham News

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OT Prince Tega Wanogho, Auburn
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04/02/20 - *Noah Igbinoghene, Jr/2020, Auburn, 5-10, 198 (DS#8 CB) + More +

The NFL Draft will be different this year thanks to the coronavirus outbreak. While the draft will go on as planned, beginning April 23 and running for three days, it won't be the once-anticipated extravagant show it was expected to be in Las Vegas this year. So, instead of gathering the draft's top prospects in a green room in Las Vegas later this month, thanks to the restrictions on the size of gatherings as a result of COVID-19, the NFL is inviting some of those highly sought-after hopefuls to attend the event virtually. Among the 50 or so players who will be joining the virtual green room is former Auburn cornerback Noah Igbinoghene, who announced his invitation on Twitter on Wednesday. "Extremely honored and blessed to be one of the 50 selected to 'virtually' attend the NFL Draft," Igbinoghene posted. Igbinoghene is projected as an early-round selection in the upcoming draft after forgoing his final year of eligibility to declare for the NFL, and some draft analysts believe the one-time receiver-turned-defensive back could hear his name heard before the end of the first round on April 23. - Birmingham News

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CB *Noah Igbinoghene, Auburn
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03/31/20 - Derrick Brown, Sr/2020, Auburn, 6-5, 326 (DS#1 DT) + More +

Every NFL team has contacted Brown going into the draft - and for good reason. Winner of the 2019 Lott IMPACT Trophy, which goes to the defensive player who has the biggest IMPACT (Integrity, Maturity, Performance, Academics, Community and Tenacity), Brown posted 55 tackles, 12 1/2 stops for loss, four sacks and four pass breakups and two forced fumbles his senior year last season. From pushing an LSU offensive lineman back into Heisman Trophy winner and projected top overall pick, Joe Burrow, for a sack to taking the ball out of Florida quarterback Kyle Trask's hand and kept rumbling, Brown lived up to the award name. "You've got to be able to impose your will on folks," said about Brown, a first-team All-SEC selection and finalist for the Chuck Bednarik Award and Outland Trophy.

As dominant as Brown was his senior year, he enters the draft viewed as primarily a run stopper who isn't the same force of nature on passing downs. Brown doesn't see himself as just a "two-down" player. "I always here he's a run stuffer, but in order for you to be able to get to the passer, you've got to be able to stop the run," Brown said. "I bring that to the table, but I feel like I'm efficient at being able to push the pocket and be able to put pressure on the quarterback. I may not have a bunch of sacks, but if you watch me play, you know quarterback is not sitting back there having all day (to throw), either." - Arizona Republic

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DT Derrick Brown, Auburn
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03/27/20 - Marlon Davidson, Sr/2020, Auburn, 6-3, 303 (DS#4 DT) + More +

The 6-foot-3, 296-pounder has a wealth of experience, starting since the first game of his freshman year in 2016. After leaving some plays on the field during his first few seasons, Davidson put it all together as a senior and was a force up front for the Tigers. He totaled 48 tackles, including a team-leading 12.5 for a loss and 7.5 sacks to go along with five quarterback hurries, two forced fumbles - both on strip-sacks - and a pass breakup while earning All-SEC recognition and picking up a pair of second-team All-America honors. He also boosted his stock in the process while shining alongside future top-10 pick Derrick Brown.

Davidson has been bent on proving he's worthy of being a first-round pick, like Brown, and he hoped to show that off to teams both at the NFL Combine and earlier this month at Auburn's pro day. At the Combine, he ran a 5.04 in the 40-yard dash and showed a willingness and ability to play both inside and out along the line-something he also displayed during his pro day on the Plains while dealing with a minor hamstring tweak. "Everybody wants to prove somebody wrong," Davidson said. "I'm trying to prove that I'm the best player in the world. I'm trying to prove people wrong every day….I wanted to show these people that I'm real. I wanted to show these people that I have the passion for the game, and I will play through anything to have this opportunity." - Birmingham News

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DT Marlon Davidson, Auburn
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03/27/20 - *Noah Igbinoghene, Jr/2020, Auburn, 5-10, 198 (DS#8 CB) + More +

While Igbinoghene's tape in two short seasons has impressed, he did well in bolstering his stock at the NFL Combine and then earlier this month at Auburn's pro day, when he notably improved his vertical jump to 40 inches (from 37 at the Combine) and ran a 4.47 in the 40-yard dash (slightly quicker than his 4.48 in Indianapolis). Kiper has Igbinoghene projected to go late in the first round to the San Francisco 49ers with the 31st overall pick, though he added the defending Super Bowl champs, the Kansas City Chiefs, are also in the market for a cornerback and could be a prime landing spot for Igbinoghene in the draft. "It's a blessing, man," Igbinoghene said. "I've only been playing the position for two years. Who knows? It's crazy. If I had been playing the position a little bit earlier, who knows what could've happened? It's a blessing, again. I ain't come here and plan to do this and play cornerback. It just shows God's plan for me, and so I'm very appreciative of Him and so I'm glad. I'm thankful for Auburn." - Birmingham News

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CB *Noah Igbinoghene, Auburn
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03/12/20 - Roger McCreary, Sr/2022, Auburn, 5-11, 191 (DS#6 CB) + More +

For the third straight offseason, Auburn must replace its No. 1 cornerback following an early entry into the NFL Draft. This season, though, the Tigers must replace both of their starting cornerbacks following Noah Igbinoghene's decision to declare early and the graduation of Javaris Davis, as that duo started all 13 games at corner for Auburn in 2019. It's part of an offseason makeover in the secondary, where Auburn will be tasked with replacing four of its five starters from a year ago, with the lone exception coming at nickel, where Christian Tutt returns after making 12 starts in the slot last season. Junior Roger McCreary is expected to step in and take up the mantle at the Tigers' No. 1 cornerback in 2020 after being a supporting piece in each of his first two seasons. The former three-star signee took a considerable step forward as a sophomore, when he was targeted often when he was on the field. - Birmingham News

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CB Roger McCreary, Auburn
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03/10/20 - Owen Pappoe, Sr/2023, Auburn, 6-0, 225 (DS#5 ILB) + More +

Auburn returns its key core of four linebackers from last season in seniors K.J. Britt and Chandler Wooten, junior Zakoby McClain and sophomore Owen Pappoe. While Britt (12 starts, with the lone exception the LSU game when Auburn utilized a 3-1-7 scheme) and Pappoe (13 starts) were staples in the starting lineup, the Tigers relied on all four of these players rotating at linebacker throughout the season. As linebackers coach Travis Williams likes to say: Auburn doesn't have starters at linebacker; it has standards.

These four have helped raise the standard at the position for the Tigers, who have reshaped the linebacker corps since Steele's arrival and Williams took over the room. Britt earned All-SEC honors last year, in his first season as a starter, and will be the voice of Auburn's defense in 2020. Pappoe finished as the team's sixth-leading tackler last season and was the first true freshman to make an impact at linebacker since at least 2012. - Birmingham News

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ILB Owen Pappoe, Auburn
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03/07/20 - Marquel Harrell, rSr/2020, Auburn, 6-3, 307 (DS#44 OG) + More +

With drawn out calls of "Quel!" echoing around the room, Marquel Harrell pumped out reps on the bench press at Auburn Pro Day on Friday morning. Former and current Auburn Tigers cheered him on as he pushed the 225-pound bar up and down 25 times. The number would have had him tied for 19th among offensive linemen at the NFL Scouting Combine - except Harrell didn't get invited to perform in Indianapolis alongside fellow linemen Prince Tega Wanogho and Jack Driscoll. "I thought I would, but just things happen the way they're supposed to be," Harrell, a two-year starter for Auburn, said. Instead, he stuck around Auburn, working out and practicing yoga four times a week as he prepared to show off his skills at Auburn Pro Day.

When the day came, Harrell put up "solid numbers" in front of the numerous NFL scouts and coaches who filled the indoor practice facility. Despite the added pressure from not being invited to the combine, Harrell treated the day like he treated all the game days he went through in the last five years at Auburn. "I don't really get nervous or anything anymore," Harrell said. "You just wake up one morning, and if it's for you, then it's for you. I took preparation with my coaches here and all the training that I did, just made sure that I did the right things." Friday morning, the 6-foot-3.5 Harrell weighed in at 307 pounds, two pounds below his official roster weight. He recorded a 24.5 inch vertical and an unofficial 40-yard dash time of 5.22 seconds. The time would have tied him for 20th among linemen, and the vertical would have come in at 35th. - Birmingham News

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OG Marquel Harrell, Auburn
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03/07/20 - Derrick Brown, Sr/2020, Auburn, 6-5, 326 (DS#1 DT) + More +

Derrick Brown is paying attention. The former Auburn star and unanimous All-American sees those questioning his ability and the doubters who wonder if he's worth a first-round pick or worthy of being among the first 10 players off the board in April's NFL Draft. He has taken note of the people eyeing his three-cone drill time from the NFL Combine (8.22 seconds, which was the fourth-worst among tackles in Combine history), and those - including one Pro Football Focus analyst - who doubt he's a good enough pass-rusher to warrant being selected in the first round. And Brown has a message for all of them. "Well, you know, if you care about the three-cone drill as much as handling a double-team, then hey, go for it," Brown said after Auburn's pro day on Friday. "If that's what you think, that's what you think. I can't do nothing about it." "(Those drills) tell you nothing about how you play football," Brown said. "So, I mean-I don't necessarily think it's even the team or coaches that worry about it. I mean, you know, tape does all the talking for me that anybody needs." - Birmingham News

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DT Derrick Brown, Auburn
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03/06/20 - Prince Tega Wanogho, rSr/2020, Auburn, 6-5, 308 (DS#11 OT) + More +

Auburn held its annual pro day on Friday at the program's indoor practice facility, with 18 former Tigers working out in front of personnel from across the NFL -- including at least two head coaches in Detroit's Matt Patricia and New York Giants coach Joe Judge. Along with the nine players who participated at last week's NFL Combine in Indianapolis, the following former Auburn players participated in Friday's pro day: offensive linemen Mike Horton and Marquel Harrell, safety Jeremiah Dinson, receiver/tight end Sal Cannella, tight end Jay Jay Wilson, receiver Will Hastings, defensive lineman Gary Walker, running back Kam Martin and H-back Spencer Nigh.

While each of those nine players had their first opportunity to show out in front of NFL scouts, many of the Tigers who participated in the Combine rested on their numbers from last week's scouting event and only participated in position drills and select workouts. Former offensive lineman Prince Tega Wanogho did not go through any workouts or drills as he continues to recover from a knee scope and will hold his own private pro day sometime in April ahead of the NFL Draft. - Birmingham News

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OT Prince Tega Wanogho, Auburn
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03/06/20 - Jeremiah Dinson, rSr/2020, Auburn, 5-11, 191 (DS#18 FS) + More +

When Jeremiah Dinson, Auburn's leading tackler, found out he didn't get an invite to the NFL Scouting Combine, he was a little shocked. He, who finished the season with 88 tackles, didn't get invited but fellow safety Daniel Thomas, who had 14 less tackles did. Cornerback Javaris Davis, who had 45 less tackles did, and so did cornerback Noah Igbinoghene who had 46 less. Granted, safeties generally have a lot of tackles, but shouldn't he have gotten a look? "Man, it was tough at first," Dinson said. But Dinson didn't let it shake him, and he never questioned himself. Instead, he looked back on how much he's overcome - from arriving in a strange city far from Miami as a freshman to recovering from a terrible injury - and it reminded him that if it's meant to happen, it will.

"I look at my journey and how I got here today, and that was trust in God," Dinson said. "I still believe in Him, and I still believe in His plan. It is what it is." Less than a week after the NFL Combine, Auburn held its own Pro Day. It was one last chance for players who graduated or left the program to work out with their teammates, but more importantly, it was a chance for players like Dinson who weren't invited to the combine to show NFL scouts what they have to offer. Dinson recorded a 33-inch vertical and his unofficial 40-yard dash time was 4.73. He also participated in skill drills with defensive backs Thomas, Davis and Igbinoghene. - Birmingham News

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FS Jeremiah Dinson, Auburn
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03/06/20 - Joshua Holsey, rSr/2017, Auburn, 5-10, 190 (DS#42 CB) + More +

The man who helped bring the "Stupid D" mentality to Auburn's defense is back on the Plains in a new role. Former defensive back Josh Holsey has joined Gus Malzahn's support staff as a graduate assistant working with the Tigers' defense. "It was a pretty short discussion," Auburn coach Gus Malzahn said. "Josh was just a super player here and a super young man. He played in the NFL. It was kind of one of those deals where when he got done I kind of had him on my mind. I know coach (Kevin) Steele thinks the world of him too. I think it's a really good situation for him. He's going to be a great coach." Holsey played at Auburn from 2012-16, appearing in 44 games over those five seasons while making 31 starts in the secondary and finishing with 118 career tackles. A well-respected former defensive back with experience at cornerback and nickel, Holsey was a cornerstone of Auburn's defensive turnaround during Steele's first year as defensive coordinator in 2016. - Birmingham News

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CB Joshua Holsey, Auburn
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