Chizik wasting no time on recruiting trailNew head coach Gene Chizik Gene Chizik (born December 28, 1961 in Clearwater, Florida) is the current head football coach at Iowa State University. Chizik played linebacker for the University of Florida during the 1981 season, competing in the Peach Bowl. He graduated from Florida in 1985. said he’d be hitting the road and the phones after Monday’s press conference to shore up and add to Auburn’s recruiting class. Apparently, he wasn’t fibbing fib n. An insignificant or childish lie. intr.v. fibbed, fib·bing, fibs To tell a fib. See Synonyms at lie2. . Auburn locked up its first official signee sign·ee n. One who has signed a document, such as a contract or petition. of 2009 Wednesday, the first day mid-year junior-college transfers were eligible to do so. The newest Auburn Tiger is Nick Fairley, a 6-foot-4 defensive lineman from Copiah-Lincoln Community College Copiah-Lincoln Community College (Co-Lin) is a junior college with campuses in Wesson and Natchez, Mississippi. It also has an academic center in Mendenhall, Mississippi, which is called the Simpson County Center. It serves a seven-county area in southwest Mississippi. in Wesson, Miss. He originally signed with Auburn out of Mobile’s Williamson High School in 2007, but did not meet academic qualifications. Four-star linebacker Eltoro Freeman, formerly of Benjamin Russel High School, is expected to sign with the Tigers today, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. AuburnSports.com. Freeman has spent the last two years at Perkinston-Mississippi Gulf Coast junior college. Multiple schools made a run at Fairley, according to AuburnSports.com, but a call from Chizik on Monday night sealed it. Fairley had been verbally committed to the Tigers. Fairley will be considered a sophomore and will be eligible for spring practice. Shortly after his press conference Monday, Chizik visited Prattville High School Prattville High School, formerly Autauga County High School, is a high school in Prattville, Alabama and forms part of the Autauga County School System. As of 2005 it has an enrollment of some 2,100 students and a faculty of 103 teachers. and made an in-home visit to four-star commitment Reggie Taylor, a defensive back from Fort Valley, Ga., according to AuburnSports.com. On Tuesday, he visited commitments at Williamson High with newly anointed "Anointed" redirects here. For the process of anointing, see Anointing. Anointed is a Contemporary Christian music duo consisting of siblings Steve and Da'dra Crawford. Their musical style includes elements of R&B, funk, and piano ballads. recruiters Phillip Lolley and Joe Whitt and also visited Hoover High. Jimmy Perry, Auburn’s director of football operations, is also helping Chizik recruit until a full-time staff is in place. Four-star commitment Phillip Lutzenkirchen, a tight end from Marietta, Ga., is expected to host Chizik on Saturday, according to Inside the Auburn Tigers. Georgia on Chizik’s mind? Chizik has not contacted Georgia assistants ...yet. Chizik has yet to contact Georgia coach Mark Richt to seek permission to speak with his assistant coaches, according to the Atlanta-Journal Constitution. Chizik has been rumored to be interested in Bulldogs recruiting coordinator Rodney Garner and offensive line coach Stacy Searels, both of which are former Auburn players. Garner interviewed last week to become Auburn’s head coach. “Who wouldn’t want to talk to those guys?” Richt told the AJC AJC Atlanta Journal & Constitution AJC American Jewish Committee AJC Arabian Jockey Club AJC American Jewish Congress AJC Australian Jockey Club (Sydney, Australia) AJC Anderson Junior College (Singapore) . “They are outstanding coaches.” Powers files papers Junior cornerback Jerraud Powers has filed his papers to have his stock evaluated for the upcoming 2009 NFL Draft. He expects to receive word back in the next few weeks. “I think every junior should do it just to get some feedback from it,” Powers said. Powers does not project as a top pick on most scouting service Web sites. He would likely be a second-day selection. Powers was hampered by a nagging hamstring injury hamstring injury Sports medicine A muscle injury of biceps femoris, seen in sprinters and runners, when a contracted muscle meets a lengthening force, overpowering intrinsic muscle resiliency Management RICE, NSAIDs, gradual ↑ of pain-free activity–eg, throughout the second half of 2008. He finished the season with two interceptions and 47 tackles. “I’m just going through the evaluation process and trying to get as much information as I can possible,” Powers said. “I’m going to get to sit down with coach Chizik and get his opinion on things and just go from there.” Trott talks about injury When Tommy Trott stood to speak with reporters Sunday, he was doing so with the assistance of crutches. Trott’s left knee is still a bit swollen and is being stabilized by a large brace, as the junior tight end continues to recover from anterior cruciate ligament anterior cruciate ligament n. Abbr. ACL The cruciate ligament of the knee that crosses from the anterior intercondylar area of the tibia to the posterior part of the lateral condyle of the femur. surgery. The normal recovery period from the surgery is six months, Trott said, so he will likely miss all of spring practice. Trott sustained the injury against Georgia on Nov. 15. It was a series of three separate blows that ultimately led to , Trott said. “I went out to block a cornerback on a stretch play and he cut me down trying to make a pile in the backfield. I took a helmet there,” Trott said. “I got off the field, Dr. (James) Andrews looked at it and said I might have sprained my MCL MCL - Macintosh Common LISP … but that I ought to be able to play. “I went back out there someone bumped it and it gave a little bit more. After that, I was just blocking somebody and it blew out. “When it blew out, that was bad.” 
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