Who’s in the best position to land 4-star DL TJ Lindsey?

TJ Lindsey has locked in his commitment date for Aug. 12, his sister’s birthday, and he will commit to Alabama, Auburn, Miami, Texas or Texas A&M.

The 6-foot-3, 270-pound four-star defensive lineman made the move from Bryant (Ark.) to Bradenton (Fla.) IMG Academy this off-season after taking official visits to Auburn, Miami, Texas A&M and Texas. Alabama made his list of finalists, but he has not taken a visit to Tuscaloosa.

A decision is now less than a week away and one school has grabbed the momentum. That is Auburn. Hugh Freeze and his staff have recently flipped five-star linebacker Demarcus Riddick from Georgia and five-star wide receiver Perry Thompson from Alabama. It changed things quickly with Jalewis Solomon over the weekend when his recruitment was trending toward South Carolina before he committed to the Tigers on Saturday. They also added a commitment from wide receiver Malcolm Simmons at Big Cat weekend.

Auburn has quickly put together a Top 15 recruiting class and they could be close to adding more to it.

Lindsey had a great official visit to the Plains early in June. That set the bar high for him. His time around Jeremy Garrett, the staff, the players and the people placed Auburn high on his list. Auburn still had to go against the Hurricanes, Longhorns and Aggies, schools that had hosted Lindsey on campus more times than Auburn.

Coming out of the visits, the buzz was still favoring Auburn. Texas A&M has been in this the longest. Lindsey has deep relationships there and he has visited College Station around half a dozen times. But Auburn still looks to be in the best position to land to the versatile defensive lineman.

Rewind back three or four months and this looked like it was going to be Texas vs. Texas A&M. Auburn entered the picture in the spring, got Lindsey on campus the first weekend in June and could be on the verge of adding him to its class next week.

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