The fact that Auburn has signed Freeze for seven years says that they are committed for the long run. Coach Freeze’s buyout would be $20.3 million should the Tigers decide to let him go early now, per Maxwell Donaldson of the Gadsden Times via the Montgomery Advertiser.

Ahead of Wednesday's national signing day, here's a full rundown of where Auburn football stood after the December early signing period.

Auburn football coach Hugh Freeze said in his introductory press conference he had a "gift" for developing quarterbacks. To this point with the Tigers, the results have underwhelmed.

Injuries were a big factor in why the Auburn football program only notched five wins during the 2024 season. All of these hardships in fixing rotations, alongside only getting two triumphs in the SEC,

Speaking at the Senior Bowl this week, Auburn football coach gave his first impressions of his early enrollee quarterbacks, Jackson Arnold and Deuce Knight.

Hugh Freeze said at Senior Bowl practice Wednesday that both McGough and Vachon will be back in 2025, and he’s “prayerful and hopeful” that McPherson will also return. Freeze said McPherson underwent surgery, a decision that Freeze said the doctors felt like was “the best option.”

After earning six wins and a bowl bid in Hugh Freeze's first season, the Tigers regressed in 2024 by finishing 5-7 and a 2-6 mark against SEC foes. Auburn has now finished each of its last four seasons with seven losses and has failed to build a .500 or better record since finishing 6-5 in 2020.

Arnold was the Sooners' starter in 2024, but had an up and down year that included a win over Alabama, but also saw him get benched early in the season. He was a five-star recruit coming out of high school, though, and Auburn head coach Hugh Freeze sees the potential in his new signal caller.

Missouri State football will sign plenty of new names during Wednesday's National Signing Day. Here are the players MSU added in December's period.