Who Will Be Auburn's Starting QB In 2025? | Auburn Football Transfer Portal Targets

[@WarDamn-kid5]

If Freeze gets the right QB, Auburn is a 10-2 team with a without a doubt!

[@joshknox2410]

We need a few OL to go along with the next QB

[@rocboysfootball]

@@joshknox2410 Agreed. Specifically in pass pro. Feel like this unit blocks well in the run game but pass pro gets ugly at times against the better SEC front 7s.

[@Mikevdog]

There is plenty of doubt

[@jonathanreaves1767]

Ehhhh....idk. Hugh can't do what's NEEDED. He forces the issue. For example; if we would have stuck to the run vs vandy like the Kentucky game it would have been alot different

[@lewismorris5931]

No Vandy stacked the box from the start, Kentucky waited to late! Plus Vandys dline is better than Kentuckys

[@williamharris2827]

Cam Newton, Nick Marshall, Bo Nix, and Jared Stidham are the best 4 QBs we have had since 2010. The offense fit their skill set. You had 3 game changers and one great game manager. Auburn needs a game changer at QB.

[@rocboysfootball]

Could not agree with this more. If Auburn wants to win at the highest level in the SEC need a difference maker at QB. Thorne just not that. This team is damn good around the QB but they need a guy to elevate them.

[@colereviewsyt]

They're the only qbs we've had aren't they?

[@colereviewsyt]

Bo wasn't that good at Auburn. I know he went on to be good at Oregon though

[@williamharris2827]

@colereviewsyt he put us in a better position to win even as a true freshman

[@AdaptiveCapitalResearch]

@@colereviewsyt Bo was good with a bad team around him but the fanbase was too clouded to see that - ran him out of town.

[@bonnienay2674]

GET FATIL OR MATEER AND MEGEMAN(IF SHOULDR REALLY WELL) AND AUBURN BETTER NEXT YEAR.

[@oxfordcon]

As a dude from Auburn, you know ball my man. No offense to them, but your analysis is better than most of the Auburn media heads. Insane we were a top 25 SP+ team all year and went 5-6. I’m with you on these picks - I personally think Hugh nabs 2 transfer QBs to avoid the same negative water cooler talk of this past year in doubling down on Thorne. Solid QB battle competition / elevation in that room. Kevin Jennings + Mateer kid would be fireworks, and I think we could afford it. Subbed 🫡

[@dakster4729]

Need an O-Line first, QB second. Been the same issue for years.

[@rocboysfootball]

O-Line in pass pro needs to get better.

[@hillbilly6638]

I do agree, o- line as important as QB.

[@UnkleRuckusNoRelation]

Harsin left the cuppard bare Freeze is rebuilding the right way if given time time we have great days ahead.

[@brodyhall5848]

I went to the same high school as Thomas Castellanos, and my dad, and I know him and his family really well. Heard that He is very interested in Auburn.

[@WhoSays12]

NO! He can't throw

[@williamharris2827]

Has to have QB who can run the RPO similar to what Freeze had in Malik Willis who left Auburn

[@milanphillips7492]

Freeze beat up on g5 teams with Willis Freeze has to get an OC and get away from his high school offense to win in the sec

[@stephenbowden1142]

Speaking of SMU when we do make a coaching change hopefully down the road. I think Rhett Lashlee would be fire bringing him home

[@rocboysfootball]

He is doing such a good job at SMU.

[@auvet1986]

No on Rhett.

[@milanphillips7492]

​@@auvet1986 i would rather have Rhett then freeze

[@hillbilly6638]

​@@milanphillips7492tough call there.

[@gregmontbello6969]

You fire Freeze early and no good coach will want to come period? Why so he can fired 2 years later. no way

[@lemoriesnalls2894]

I could understand why Auburn would go after some of those guys, but I’m more interested in plan B. What will Freeze do if it’s not a qb that’s a good fit in the portal? Can he develop one of the young guys in case the portal doesn’t work?

[@chrisalexander1274]

Short answer: No

[@thechef525]

That’s exactly what I’ve been saying.

[@rocboysfootball]

I think Freeze has to make the portal work. Walker White and Deuce will be two great young QBs to have in the chamber developing. But not sure if any of them will be ready to win 10+ games next year. I think that QB will need to come from the portal.

[@lemoriesnalls2894]

@ right! Freeze hand picked Thorne, Brown, White, and if he signs, Knight. How does a coach miss on 4 quarterbacks , especially when it was a position of need when he got the job?

[@lemoriesnalls2894]

@@rocboysfootball oh to get to 10 wins the next qb definitely has to come from the portal. At the same time, Freeze better have a plan B just in case. What if that portal qb gets hurt?

[@WilliamMontgomery-i2v]

WHITE looks like a winner needs work passing but still better than what we have now oline coaching sure can be better appears like Alot of talent coming HF and staff will have few excuses working hard don,t need to be one of them with the money they make 24 25 Dream team is loaded up to the coachs now hope they know this War Eagle

[@coopersmith7649]

I love Mateer personally

[@granthopkins9065]

I've been told by a friend of mine who is on the auburn staff that John Mateer will be top target at this point.

[@autk]

He has a 7 figure deal already waiting is what's been reported with whom is the question, and how many bidders

[@Freeze4545]

We clearly need 2 of these guys. We are an injury away from being in the same situation next year as this year.

[@rsk3286]

As an Auburn fan, I think they just the check for the most talented qb in the portal the first week it opens. No reason not to.

[@johnnyforshee1076]

Freeze Needs to spend big money on a big time qb

[@derrickgilchrist1329]

Hank brown, walker white give them a chance first

[@Beausey]

@@derrickgilchrist1329no

[@wesdavis309]

What about James Madison QB Alonzo Barnett III?

[@Dmac-fg9nu]

He’s legit

[@rocboysfootball]

I need to do buzz him a little more. Thanks for the suggestion. Ill circle back to him.

[@runyunhyde4373]

It needs to be a QB with rpo experience

[@derrickgilchrist1329]

Line first

[@cjellis1019]

Hot take: AU grabs 2 QBs from the portal. A 1 year rental and a younger QB (Air Noland is a popular name). The White, Knight, and the transfer will compete for the job in 2026.

[@jfinch8328]

This is the video I want to see🔥 #WAREAGLE

[@rocboysfootball]

About to start ramping it up. Gonna be a fun next month for Auburn. Have a feeling we gonna see some real fireworks.

[@BoSamford]

Go Auburn!!!!❤

[@sambinox8725]

The drop off from Salter took place because he was saving his health imo. He played really safe this season

[@MrKeydeveiousi]

If Payton Thorne was chris todd Auburn would be a 10 win team

[@justcurious6776]

Todd was way better than thorne

[@milanphillips7492]

​@@justcurious6776 bum shoulder Todd was better then Thorne

[@JavarisJamarJavarisonLamar1]

Are you Chris Todd😂

[@DrexelKilpatrick]

very good info.. war eagle

[@rocboysfootball]

WDE

[@Iceman24424]

As long as he’s better than PT I don’t care!!

[@rocboysfootball]

😂 we can agree on that.

[@Iceman24424]

@ Facts!!

[@thechef525]

This is what I don’t understand if you have a stud of a freshman QB already in the system and we got a very good 5 star dual threat QB coming in why go to the portal? I think we rely on the portal a bit too much.

[@jbatson251]

As much as I’d like to believe in Walker White, I just don’t see him being a SEC caliber QB. He has a strong, but inaccurate Arm. And when I mean inaccurate, I mean the majority of high school QBs are more accurate than him

[@hillbilly6638]

​@@jbatson251 quite an assessment to make on 1 quarter of play. Have you checked out his H.S. film?

[@pluggdn4443]

I’ve been advocating for Salter since midseason last year. He fits freeze’s system. But give me Preston Stone or Kaidon Salter with a Gus Malzahn OC spot

[@AdaptiveCapitalResearch]

YES - Gus as OC would be awesome. Hugh can recruit and Gus can draw up the plan. Gosh if we could pay Gus enough and if they could work out their personal egos that would work IMO.

[@hillbilly6638]

​@@AdaptiveCapitalResearchdon't let gimmick high school offense Gus anywhere near Auburn. Geeez.

[@jonathanreaves1767]

​@AdaptiveCapitalResearch good to know I'm not the only one who would love this. People forget....Gus has ALWAYS been a great OC. Its incredibly hard to be a hc and call one side of the ball or the other at this level. If they could marry hf passing concepts with gus's run schemes....whoa. watch out

[@hillbilly6638]

@@jonathanreaves1767 Gus's HS gimmick offense has been figured out by all!!! When the coaches on the other team is telling the D where the ball is going... time to change, not Gus, that's why he got fired and why he sucks at UCF. I'll give him props for turning a gimmick offense into millions, but refusing to change makes him unacceptable as a coach. The goat, Saban, changed when called for. Gus's ego just too big.

[@Hummer999xx]

If freeze doesn’t have a QB in the roster for 2025, shame on him for miss evaluating Walker and Hank.

[@jayerhardt8638]

Underwood decommitted from LSU, so i dont see nuss entering the portal

[@JMcC64]

If you I'm Freeze and I'm looking at a "get to 7-8 wins or pack my bags" season, I'm not interested in a "might be" "could be" transfer QB. Dude better be a lock game changer. Coaching up apparently is not a strong point with this staff. QB talent evaluation suspect as well.

[@LeeClayton-yj8wo]

What about Thomas Castellanos

[@rocboysfootball]

Do not love him personally. I think he is exciting but far too much of a roller coaster. I think Auburn can do better.

[@WhoSays12]

He can't pass. Mostly a runner

[@TDSJayWayne]

I think we need to find a experienced senior to help teach and lead these younger QB

[@stephenbowden1142]

Holden has been leaving for years according to everyone. You know who hasn't said Holden was leaving? Holden. Either he is comfortable being a Auburn back up and finishing his degree or he wants into coaching. He may leave but I won't consider it a lock. Walker is a talented young qb and if we keep Deuce he even said he needs a year to he ready for sec. So we have to hit the portal and let whoever and Walker fight it out in the spring. However if walker doesn't win that puts him and Duece fighting for 2026 and we have a talented 5 star commitment for 26 already

[@rocboysfootball]

Yeah I give him credit for staying, rare to see these days.

[@lewismorris5931]

Most kids know that education is more important . Holden is one of them! Free school is the best!

[@Q2GLObalWatchin]

Someone Who can stand in the pocket and delivery the football.

[@dakster4729]

You are assuming a pocket...

[@jerrodfarris3286]

Salter isn't a power 5 qb. Sure hope it isn't him

[@hillbilly6638]

I'm thinking the same thing.

[@colereviewsyt]

Freeze was out of his mind to not have gone after a QB last year. Should be drug tested. What about that guy unlv did dirty? Or that QB at Georgia tech

[@MrKeydeveiousi]

Every person you named except Jackson Arnold..is better than Payton Thorne... Thorne has zero IT factor

[@datdude_mp123]

Noah Fifita

[@kennethmoore8067]

I hope he brings Peyton Thorne back he can make him great again

[@jameslong4453]

Auburn has a QB must learn to develop them. Walker White

[@rocboysfootball]

This is true. I feel like after next year they will not need to get a transfer QB but 2025 seems to be a huge year for Freeze. I have a feeling he will want to get a guy who is proven. I do agree with this take tho, do not want to see them have to go to the portal so hard every year.

[@LynnSpencejr]

Will Duece Knight transfer ?

[@AllTrades205]

Auburn is getting Jalen Milroe.

[@HartofSports]

Playing 4 years at Alabama and then going to Auburn their biggest rival. I could be wrong I Just don’t see that happening

[@kennysponto6568]

Get somebody who is actually there to play. Not there to wear a uniform :\ Get the H out of the stands mentality and get on the field and own it.

[@austindailey8746]

The issue with freeze and his staff is, they can't develop players. They have no clue what they're doing. Freeze needs to handover the playcalling. Chizik couldn't do it, tubberville couldn't, and malzahn couldn't do it. What makes him different? It doesn't work. Freeze needs to be a head coach. Grow and develop players and make smart decisions. None of these players will stick. We're gonna lose all the guys we just got. He should be fired if there's no improvement next season for sure. He's wasted a whole offseason by not getting rid of thorne and lazily coaching this team. Freeze sucks and hopefully yall will see that.

[@Beaver_Cleavage420]

Jayson Daniels-Kansas

[@RedCarGuy1]

Jayden and prob not. He’s too injury prone and the SEC is way more rough than the big 12

[@Beaver_Cleavage420]

@RedCarGuy1 it's Jaylon Daniels...and ok

[@RedCarGuy1]

@@Beaver_Cleavage420 then why did you put Jayson ??

[@Beaver_Cleavage420]

@@RedCarGuy1 spell check...why'd you put Jayden?

[@kennysponto6568]

Arch Manning

[@Suburban-j1b]

I want stone from Smu or weighmen from Texas a&m

[@hillbilly6638]

Not Weighman

[@Chris-ls1yg]

Ewers from Texas

[@williamwquinley6391]

Please….not another mid major former player. Freeze has not shown that he can evaluate transfer portal players on a consistent basis

[@AdaptiveCapitalResearch]

Except for Thorne most of the portal players he's gotten on offense have been good gets.

[@mattmartin3886]

Play calling didnt help. HF didn't use the rb position like he needed.

[@colereviewsyt]

We need a black guy man. Auburn is best when we have a black guy at QB

[@eddiecole5433]

What a crock. We definitely don't need to choose our qb or any players based on their race.

[@hillbilly6638]

​@eddiecole5 433 agree, but we damn sure don't need a 6.7 forty guy who my grandmother can outrun with a weak arm to boot.

[@colereviewsyt]

Clearly I was joking but then I thought about it Craig, Campbell, Cam, Nick....I man we had Jeremy Johnson but still look at the ratio

[@normanspain7160]

Auburn has to get the number 1 QB in portal.It’s obvious Freeze is not impressed with what he’s got.So let’s get 5he best hired gun we can find.

[@kennysponto6568]

No to LSU

[@rynebozzell]

Dude, 2025 is not the year that Hugh Freeze must win a championship or get fired. It’s just not. 2026 maybe. Payton Thorne has been a great quarterback for Auburn. He has fewer interceptions than Nussmeier or Carson Beck. Thorne also has 26 sacks, twice as many as Nussmeier or Beck and that leads the SEC. That means the offensive line is the problem. Auburn would do well by not pursuing an expensive quarterback and instead focusing on the offensive line and the defensive line. Hank Brown should likely transfer. That leaves Knight and White, both are Top 5 national ranked quarterbacks. Auburn starting quarterback in 2025 will be Walker White. Mark down. But if you are really serious about looking for a transfer portal quarterback, Jackson Arnold (5 Star QB) of Oklahoma makes a lot of sense. Auburn is not going to bring in another quarterback without proven success against tremendous competition. And there isn’t one. Love the show. Big fan! Keep up the good work.

[@AdaptiveCapitalResearch]

Hugh needs to make a huge jump - 2025 is make or break for him.

[@rynebozzell]

@ no sir, this is not a true statement.

[@war7iger]

Thorne has all those sacks because he won't get rid of the damn football... kid is slow

[@rynebozzell]

@ no, that is a false statement.

[@eddiecole5433]

You must be a relative of Thorne. I have been a real fan of Auburn football for over 60 years and Thorne is the worst qb we have had that got to start more than 3 or 4 games. It's not about the numbers. He plays scared. He has proven that he will fold under pressure numerous times and consistently makes the OL look bad by taking sacks when he could get rid of the ball.

[@GracieSkywalker]

It won’t be Salter I tell you that he’s been up and down this year if Auburn don’t make the playoffs next year Freeze will be fired so it has to be a guy that can get Auburn competing for a sec championship next year

[@MrKeydeveiousi]

Not if Hugh freeze he as the number one recruiting class in 25... despite hf record if Auburn has a top2 class you have to give him a 4th year

[@stephenbowden1142]

He is going to get year 4 unless we implode

[@johnnyforshee1076]

Don't be surprised if Kiffin flips Knight

[@Q2GLObalWatchin]

@@johnnyforshee1076 man Sthu

[@cedriccarter7508]

Juju Lewis 😂😂

[@k-rizzel9952]

Tom brady could be the qb and it will not matter. Auburn will never be good. Its been over 1000 days since auburn has been ranked in the top 25 😂😂😂😂