Meet Auburn's transfer pickups ... so far
With the addition Monday of running back Brian Battie, Auburn now has landed nine transfers from the portal this offseason. Here’s a closer look at these pickups:
NOTE: HERE ARE THE ON3 TRANSFER PORTAL PLAYER RANKINGS
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–Brian Battie, RB, USF
On3 Transfer Portal Ranking: No. 3 RB
Seasons left: Battie has two years of eligibility.
411: Battie, listed at 5-foot-8 and 165 pounds, was an NCAA consensus All-American as a freshman kick returner. He was a second-team All-AAC as a sophomore rushing for 1,186 yards.
–Nick Mardner, WR, Cincinnati
On3 Transfer Portal Ranking: No. 76 WR
Seasons left: Mardner has one year of eligibility.
411: Mardner spent the 2022 season at Cincinnati after having spent the prior seasons at Hawaii. He had 19 catches for 218 yards and three touchdowns in 2022. For his career, Mardner has 81 catches for 1,488 yards and 11 touchdowns. He was at Hawaii at the same time as Auburn’s new wide receivers coach Marcus Davis.
–Lawrence Johnson, DL, Purdue
On3 Transfer Portal Ranking: No. 22 DL
Seasons left: Johnson has one year of eligibility.
411: Johnson started all 13 games for Purdue in 2022, totaling 28 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks. In 37 career starts at Purdue, Johnson has 87 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks.
–DeMario Tolan, LB, LSU
On3 Transfer Portal Ranking: No. 17 LB
Seasons left: Tolan has three years of eligibility.
411: Tolan, an Orlando-area native who Auburn recruited hard out of high school, played in 12 games as a true freshman in 2022. He recorded nine total tackles (three solos) last season. Tolan had a career-high four tackles in a win over Ole Miss.
–Mosiah Nasili-Kite, DL, Maryland
On3 Transfer Portal Ranking: No. 14 DL
Seasons left: Nasili-Kite has one year of eligibility remaining.
411: In 2022, Nasili-Kite had 26 tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss. He recorded 81 total tackles and 9.0 sacks during his three seasons with the Terrapins. Nasili-Kite was a 2022 Phil Steele Preseason First Team All-Big Ten pick.
–Gunner Britton, OT, Western Kentucky
On3 Transfer Portal Ranking: No. 3 OT
Seasons left: Britton has one year of eligibility remaining.
411: Britton started every game at tackle for Western Kentucky in 2022. He played the first six games at right tackle before switching to left tackle the final six games. He was a second-team All-CUSA selection.
–Dillon Wade, OT, Tulsa
On3 Transfer Portal Ranking: No. 20 OT
Seasons left: Wade has two years of eligibility.
411: He was recruited to Tulsa and played there under Phillip Montgomery, who served as the head coach for the past eight seasons. Montgomery now is the offensive coordinator at Auburn. The 6-foot-4, 290-pound transfer prospect was the Golden Hurricanes’ starting left tackle in 2022.
–Rivaldo Fairweather, TE, Florida International
On3 Transfer Portal Ranking: No. 5 TE
Seasons left: Fairweather will have two seasons to play at Auburn.
411: He had 28 catches for 426 yards and three touchdowns last season. Fairweather will leave FIU after recording 54 catches for 838 yards and five touchdowns.
–Elijah McAllister, Edge Vanderbilt
On3 Transfer Portal Ranking: No. 63 LB
Seasons left: McAllister, who has one year of eligibility.
411: McAllister played in 34 games in his career at Vanderbilt, redshirting in 2018 as a freshman and not playing in 2020 during the Covid year. Across the 34 games in 2019, 2021 and 2022, he had 65 total tackles, including 6.5 for loss and 2.5 sacks in his career.
