Auburn athletic director Jay Jacobs confirmed Thursday night on Twitter that longtime Bulldogs assistant Rodney Garner, his onetime co-worker at Auburn, has accepted a position as assistant head coach defensive line coach on Gus Malzahn's new Tigers staff.

Garner was an All-SEC offensive lineman at Auburn in 1988 and served as recruiting coordinator, tight ends coach and assistant strength and conditioning coach for the Tigers from 1990-95. He spent the 1996-97 seasons at Tennessee before joining Jim Donnan's UGA staff in 1998, and he has been the Bulldogs' recruiting coordinator since.

Chris Denson, a 6-foot-2 guard on the Auburn Tigers, rose up and dunked one lefty on Tennessee Tech’s 6-foot-6 Matt Marseille.

LB Reuben Foster, the No. 6 overall recruit in the Class of 2013 out of Auburn (AL) High School, got the “AU” logo tattooed on his right forearm upon switching his commitment from Alabama to Auburn in July. But now, less than five months later, Foster decommitted from the Tigers on Friday.



The prized recruit is now considering Georgia, Alabama, LSU, Washington and Miami.

UPDATE: Apparently this was Alabama's logo back in the day. Check it. Thanks to lsu02150.

The American Eagle Outfitter’s store shows an elephant (The Alabama Crimson Tide’s mascot) with what looks to be an Auburn Tiger logo on it...

Auburn has hired former Southern Miss coach Ellis Johnson as defensive coordinator. Johnson was fired after Southern Miss went 0-12 in his lone season, but has an impressive track record running Southeastern Conference defenses South Carolina, Alabama and Mississippi State. Malzahn called Johnson...

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"one of the top defensive minds in all of college football."

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We'll find out soon enough.