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Auburn CB Keionte Scott enters NCAA Transfer Portal

Cole Pinkstonby:Cole Pinkston•12/24/24•

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Auburn cornerback Keionte Scott has entered the transfer portal as a graduate transfer according to On3’s Pete Nakos. Scott is one of several players across the country who now will have an extra year of eligibily due to their time in JUCO. Scott had 113 tackles in his three years at Auburn and also had an interception. He was rated as the No. 1 JUCO cornerback according to at least one recruiting service.

What does it mean?

Before the junior college rule implemented by the NCAA, Auburn was not counting on Scott to return. He was a playmaker early in his career when he specifically played nickel. Scott did not perform as well when he made the switch to corner full time. He eventually lost his starting spot as the season went on. The Tigers were planning the position without Scott in mind.

Departure impact: Minor

Keep track of all transfer portal happenings via the On3 Sports portal wire. Sort by top portal players available, most recent portal entries, player rankings, position rankings and more.

Keep track of On3 Sports transfer portal team rankings here.

Auburn finished with the No. 6 portal class in 2023 and the No. 17 class in 2024.

The On3 Sports overall team recruiting rankings can be found here.

Auburn finished with the No. 8 class in 2024 and currently has the No. 5 class for 2025. Auburn’s entire class list with rankings and profiles can be found here.

Following Auburn’s Iron Bowl loss to Alabama, head coach Hugh Freeze addressed how aggressive the Tigers might be in the portal moving forward.

“Well, we’re going to try to sign the best high school class we can first on Wednesday,” Freeze said. “And then, it’s very hard to answer that because as you know, you have no idea even what your roster is going to look like a week from now. So it’s kind of difficult to answer. But the first priority is let’s get this signing class in next Wednesday and then we’ll go from there and see what’s next.”

Freeze said the combination of attempting to retain your roster and recruit in the portal creates real uncertainty during the process.

“It’s hard to say–I mean you feel optimistic about everything we’ve done, but how in the heck do you really know in today’s times. We’ve just got to work to the end. The good thing is, as mentioned earlier, you know, there’s a portal that opens too, if you don’t get all the ones that you wanted,” Freeze said.

“I’ve said I want to try to build through high school and I can’t even keep up with it, you know, anymore. Really, I’m kind of off the social media world and if somebody don’t tell me something, it’s hard for me to even keep up. But I feel pretty good about most of our relationships. But again, you never really know.

“We have one Top-10 class and hopefully we can land another next week. We have to go back and try to finish it, then hit the portal to make sure we aren’t feeling this way next year.”

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