Why Jeremiah Koger is a perfect fit for Auburn's new era on offense
An elite deep-ball threat with multiple years of eligibility remaining? The Tigers could build around the Baltimore native, starting this fall.
AUBURN — If Auburn would have had a receiver who put up the numbers Jeremiah Koger had last season at USF, that receiver would have finished second only to Cam Coleman in receiving yardage.
That receiver would have finished third behind Coleman and Eric Singleton Jr. in receptions.
But that receiver would have finished with the most touchdowns on the team. In fact, he would have finished in the top 10 all-time at Auburn for the most receiving touchdowns in a single season.
And he would have done it as a true freshman.
That’s the second-most impressive aspect of Koger’s 2025 season at USF — one in which he starred next to Keshaun Singleton and caught passes from Byrum Brown, earning him a priority transfer spot on Auburn’s roster after Alex Golesh was hired.
The most impressive aspect? Koger did all of that without recording a single statistic in the entire first month of the season.
Extrapolate his numbers from his final nine games at USF into a full 13-game workload, and he would have likely hit 800-plus yard and double-digit touchdowns.
Koger has WR1 potential in this offense, having scored touchdowns and four-plus catches in all but two of the nine games in which he recorded stats last season. He’s got the size, the swagger and the smile to become a household name on the Plains.
“High-energy, big-time playmaker,” Koger said this spring when asked how he would describe himself to his new fans. “If you see me around the facility all day long, I walk around and put a smile on people’s faces. I’m smiling all day long. Everybody loves me here, and I feel like I’m a person who reflects good energy around the whole facility — offense, defense, staff, coaches, trainers.”
Koger had plenty to smile about last season. Now, Koger is another year older — and another year plugged into the same system, with the same coaches, with the same quarterback and with several of the same teammates at wide receiver.
“It’s always good when you and your QB have chemistry,” Koger said. “Somebody you know. He knows how you run, how you run your routes, where you’re going to be, when you’re going to be there, what kind of passes you need. Just having that chemistry is a big step for what we need in this offense.”
A lot of the new pieces on the 2026 Auburn offense from USF are going to be short-term rentals. But Koger has multiple years of eligibility remaining.
And he might just be scratching the surface of what he could become on the Plains.