Commitment may be back on for Bishop

AUBURN | Visits to Florida and Georgia in the past week had Tray Bishop rethinking his plans to commit on Monday.

But another visit to Auburn Saturday and that commitment timeline may be back on.

“After my visits I was going to reevaluate so I put a hold on it. But by tomorrow at midnight, I'll know if I'm still going to release it,” Bishop said.

Bishop plans to post on Twitter around Sunday at midnight if he will commit Monday.

If he does, Auburn appears to be in good shape for a top quarterback target they’ve been actively recruiting for more than a year.

“Nothing has changed from day one. Everything is still the same. Today I saw myself excelling in that offense a lot,” Bishop said.

Bishop said Gus Malzahn and Auburn’s staff showed him a video with his highlights right next to a former Auburn quarterback who excelled in the zone read.

“They had this nice video made where they had the Auburn plays and the plays I had similar to that,” Bishop said. “Most of them were the Nick Marshall plays he had and the plays I had alike. That boosted it up for the offense.”

Bishop said Georgia is “probably’ pushing him the hardest besides Auburn. The Gators, who have offered Bishop as a defensive back, also remain in the mix. Georgia told him he’ll get a shot at quarterback. but Bishop doesn’t consider that a real shot.

“No, not for real,” he said.

Bishop, 6-foot-3 and 190 pounds, has visited Auburn a number of times and has a strong relationship with the coaching staff, players and other recruits.

“With this recruiting class we’ve got some big linemen coming in so that kind of keeps me wanting to play quarterback,” he said. “The receiver group that just came, they’ll be here next year too.”

Auburn made it clear to Bishop that they’re looking to add a dual-threat quarterback to the 2017 class as soon as possible and hope he’ll jump on board soon.

“Things could be getting pretty close,” Bishop said.