Aubserver Mailbag 20: Let's put the 2021 recruiting class in proper context

Plus: Devan Barrett, instant-impact signees, the return of a CFB video game, basketball defense, joggers, fantasy booking and Painter

HC Bryan Harsin, right, and a 5-star signee (Todd Van Emst/Auburn Athletics)

Since the last Mailbag, Auburn basketball played the No. 2 team in America and a bitter rival. Auburn football signed six new players and pushed closer to adding a few more. Multiple Tigers came back to the program after opting out of the 2020 season, including one at his old position.

And EA Sports announced that it was going to make a college football game again.

The first week of February has been a constant flood of news, and we haven’t even gotten to the Super Bowl yet. (Apologies to Carlton Davis and Jamel Dean, but we’re riding with Andy Reid all the way Sunday.)

This week’s mailbag touches on a lot of these topics, plus important issues such as jogger fashion, European soccer transfer policy and professional wrestling (of course). Let’s go.

What do you think of the move of Devan Barrett back to running back?

Walt

I personally think it’s a huge deal for Auburn’s roster. Having just two scholarship running ba…