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DEL.ICIO.USDouglass LB Atchinson is Auburn’s 23rd commitment
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Douglass linebacker Jonathan Atchinson appears to be one of the finishing touches of Auburn’s 2009 recruiting class.
The 6-foot-3, 215-pound Atchinson committed to the Tigers over Alabama, among other colleges. He is a member of the AJC’s Georgia Top 150, and rated as the nation’s No. 59 outside linebacker by Rivals.
“It just felt like the right thing to do,” Atchinson said Monday evening after practice.
Auburn now has 23 commitments for its 2009 class. Atchinson is the fifth linebacker who said he intends to sign with the Tigers, joining Jonathan Evans of Prichard, Ala., Donald Ford of Odenville, Ala., Harris Gaston of Bessemer, Ala., and Eltoro Freeman of Perkinston, Miss.
Atchinson said he was informed by Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville that the Tigers were going to sign five linebackers. Atchinson said he wanted to be the fifth, as the Tigers have offers extended to several other top-rated linebackers.
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By War Eagle
August 18, 2008 8:57 PM | Link to this
Good athlete and will be a big asset to Auburn LB core
By Dee
August 18, 2008 9:57 PM | Link to this
Great Choice young man!!
By YellerSkeeters are PeterEaters!
August 18, 2008 10:31 PM | Link to this
If UGA don’t want you …
By **Frederick (Bailey) Douglass**
August 19, 2008 10:00 AM | Link to this
Congrats young man. Please make us proud by going to Auburn to (1) play hard, (2) study hard, and (3) continue in representing the West Side of ATL to the best of your abiltiies. Everything else will take care of itself.
Good Luck~
By LanierTiger
August 19, 2008 11:03 AM | Link to this
War Eagle Big Jon! Welcome to Auburn!
You’ll have a great time, make great friends, learn great things and you’ll always have a HOME to come back to (after the NFL).
Sincerely, Your Auburn Family
By rbu
August 19, 2008 12:41 PM | Link to this
Congrats & War Eagle Jonathan. Auburn is a great place. At AU, football is serious business and AU football players are real-men: Tough-as-nails, never-give-up, son-of-a-guns on the field; classy, character-filled, caring guys off the field.