Auburn football receives crystal ball for North Texas linebacker Larry Nixon III

Auburn is in pursuit of one of the most productive linebackers in the transfer portal.

Larry Nixon, a senior linebacker transfer from North Texas, is announcing where he will be committing by Tuesday, May 16th.

Auburn has received a crystal ball to land Nixon, per Rivals.

Nixon appeared in 41 games over the course of four seasons for the Mean Green, collecting 245 tackles, 11.5 tackles for loss and 6.5 sacks. In 2022, Nixon started all 14 games for UNT, racking up 105 tackles, 5.5 TFL and a sack.

The Auburn Tigers had ten players depart from the program during the spring transfer portal window, including three backup linebackers:

Quarterback TJ Finley

Wide receiver Tar'Varish Dawson

Wide receiver Landen King

Offensive lineman Colby Smith

Defensive lineman Jeffrey M'ba

Defensive lineman Tobechi Okoli

Defensive end Dylan Brooks

Linebacker Kameron Brown

Linebacker Desmond Tisdol

Linebacker Powell Gordon

Auburn has pulled in an impressive haul thus far during Hugh Freeze's first season on the Plains, currently sitting at No. 3 nationally in 247Sports' transfer portal class rankings.

Stay up to date on all of the Tigers' commitments, departures, and prospects for key positions at auburndaily.com.

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