Recent Auburn Quarterback Offer Is Coming Off A State Title
Auburn's 2025 recruiting class is off to a hot start but does not yet hold a quarterback commitment.
From the class of 2024, the Tigers are bringing in Rivals #6 dual-threat quarterback Walker White. He provides down-the-field throwing ability and creates plays with his legs as well. The 6-foot-4 and 220-pound White hails from Little Rock (Ark.) Christian Academy and helps strengthen Auburn's quarterback depth chart.
The Tigers now need to find a 2025 signal-caller. One of Auburn's most recent offers would be 2025 passer Cutter Woods from Anderson (S.C.) Westside. He's the top-rated quarterback in South Carolina by Rivals.
To learn more about Woods, his quarterback trainer Ramon Robinson took the time to discuss his talented trainee. He operates RR Elite Quarterback Academy.
With Woods gaining recruiting notoriety, a good starting point to find out about would be his size.
"Shoes off, 6-foot-3 and 205 (pounds)," Robinson said of Woods. "Maybe 210."
Robinson holds a strong knowledge of Woods' talents.
"I've been training Cutter since the...I want to say the fifth or sixth grade."
Woods is continuing to develop as a player. His best attribute, according to Robinson, is a truly important aspect of all team sports.
"His greatest attribute right now, No. 1, is what everyone wants from a quarterback, his leadership. His leadership is tremendous. There are a lot of things he does off the field, just to rally the guys up, to keep them together. To build that unity, that bond.
"He does everything you're wanting and looking for in a quarterback; not just on the high school level. The things he's doing on the high school level, I didn't do, and others didn't do, because it was a totally different time.
"He's doing things right now, on a different level. That comes from his dad being a businessman, so Cutter knows how to orchestrate and get things in order. His mom, she's the same. She helps run the business. So a lot of his development comes from the family as well.
Those things go along with me giving him experiences of what it is to be a quarterback. What does it take to be a quarterback? My sessions are not just about training. I'm mentally challenging you just as much as I'm physically challenging you with throwing mechanics or footwork.
"His leadership is off the charts. If you go talk to his head coach, Brian Lane, he will rave about Cutter."
In Robinson's opinion, Woods' leadership is a major reason why Anderson is coming off an incredible 2023 season with a 14-1 record.
"If Cutter's leadership was any less than it is right now, then Westside wouldn't have been in a position to be a state champion."
So why is Woods such a leader?
"He loves football. A lot of guys don't love football. He loves to be that guy that's under pressure and make those throws; those clutch throws."
To make those big plays, there's a lot of work that goes into making it happen.
"He's the complete package when it comes to coverage recognition, being able to operate in the pocket, and being able to operate outside the pocket.
"When it's time to extend the play, he's worked on those things. Cutter is not the fastest guy. I always tell him, 'I don't need you to run a 4.4 forty; I need you to extend the play.' He's worked on his speed coach, a guy by the name of Brandon Bennett, who played running back. Cutter has been able to improve his agility. Everything has come together.
"The throwing, the mechanics, the footwork, and also the strength and agility."
Woods is still a player that's getting better as well.
"We wanted to see him move a little bit more. We see you can throw from the pocket. Those things I thought he could work on, he did all those things this year as far as being able to create and extend plays outside the pocket."
Robinson believes there's still more Woods can do at the next level.
"I think he can do a lot of great things in college; his best days are ahead of him. He has developed. I see his ceiling at the top of the SEC. Not just in the SEC but college football."
As for recruiting, here are the schools Robinson mentions as recruiting Woods.
"Virginia is after him hard. Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, and Syracuse is recruiting him hard. Everything right now is really ACC heavy."
Auburn is the first SEC program to offer Woods back on Feb. 8, and he also has the three ACC programs mentioned above, plus Indiana, East Carolina, Wake Forest, Duke, Marshall, James Madison, Appalachian State, Charlotte, Coastal Carolina, and Miami-Ohio, among others.
Robinson believes the Transfer Portal is a major reason why Woods and other prep quarterbacks are not gaining more early offers.
"I think he's very under-recruited. I have a lot of guys in that class that are under-recruited. Not just my guys but across the country. We all know what that's about, that's with the (Transfer) Portal. A lot of colleges are going to the (Transfer) Portal and these high school quarterbacks are not getting recruited the way that they should."
Thanks to Mr. Robinson for taking the time to discuss Woods and what makes him a top recruit.