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Auburn is hosting one of its biggest recruiting weekends of the year this weekend, with a slew of elite prospects on campus for its Big Cat recruiting event. On Saturday evening, they scored their first commitment of the camp, with four-star receiver Eli Stove pledging to play for Gus Malzahn and the Tigers, and the Tigers head coach is pumped about it.
BOOM!!!
— Coach Gus Malzahn (@CoachGusMalzahn) May 30, 2015
The Niceville, Fla. native told 247sports of his commitment on Saturday. A 6-foot-1, 178-pound receiver, Stove is ranked as the No. 7 player at his position in the nation, per the 247sports industry composite.
Stove’s commitment softens the blow of five-star receiver Nate Craig-Meyer’s decommitment a few weeks ago. Stove is now the lone receiver in Auburn’s recruiting class, but the Tigers will almost surely look to add a few more. Auburn has seven total commitments now, with Stove the highest-rated among them. One of those commitments, four-star athlete Stephen Davis Jr., is unsure of his commitment.
A former freelance journalist from Philadelphia, Brett has made the trek down to SEC country to cover the greatest conference in college football.
