AU 'boosts up' after BIG CAT

Wide receiver Jeremiah Holloman was impressed with Saturday visit to Auburn

AUBURN | Jeremiah Holloman listed Georgia No. 1 on his list of top schools before visiting Auburn on Saturday.

Holloman was reluctant to do the same when he left. He, at the least, needed more time.

“I’ll have to go home and think about it,” Holloman, who his from Newton High in Covington, Ga., said. “This visit definitely helped Auburn. They gave me a lot to think about."

Holloman visited Auburn for BIG CAT, the Tigers’ big, annual recruiting event that first started with the 2010 recruiting class. Holloman was one of approximately 35 recruits on campus Saturday, all of whom are top targets for the Tigers.

The group participated and competed in pie-eating contests and dance-offs, among other non-football-related activities. The recruits had all day to bond, to build relationships and talk recruiting.

Holloman liked what he heard from several of his fellow recruits during BIG CAT. Auburn, according to Holloman, will have an impressive signing class in 2017. Malcolm Askew, the four-star athlete from McAdory, committed to Auburn in front of the group at the end of the day. Holloman expects more of the BIG CAT visitors to commit and sign with Auburn.

“With the class that they’re building, they have a lot to look forward to,” Holloman said. “Not everyone is committed, but I talked with a whole bunch of players and know that they really have high intentions of coming here.”

Holloman didn’t limit his comments to only the recruits at BIG CAT. IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) quarterback Kellen Mond, who recently de-committed from Baylor and is looking hard at Auburn, was in Los Angeles for the Elite 11 Quarterback Challenge and couldn’t attend BIG CAT.

“We started talking through Twitter,” Holloman said of his friendship with Mond. “We started off talking about Baylor and then we started talking about Auburn and our interest in it.”

Mond committing to Auburn would help the Tigers’ chances with Holloman, but it wouldn’t seal the receiver’s fate. Holloman likes Auburn for his own reasons, and after Saturday, he has even more.

“Auburn definitely got more points,” Holloman said. “They boosted up more after today."

Holloman doesn’t have a timetable for a commitment. He wants to make the most informed decision possible.

“Whenever me and my family feel the time is right,” Holloman said.