In today’s college football chaos, stability is a myth. Coaches are falling like dominoes, and even the locker rooms feel under siege. Auburn’s interim head coach, D.J. Durkin , knows it all too well. Still settling in after Hugh Freeze’s departure, Durkin is haunted by a roster that suffered badly. 28 players have gone to the transfer portal in the 2024-2025 season. Portal predators are knocking, and Auburn’s Durkin just heard the first few taps on the door.

On November 8, Auburn Tigers beat writer Justin Hokanson wrote on X, “DJ Durkin starts to get emotional saying, “every coach in the country is calling these guys trying to drag them into the portal”…and they stuck together.” Well, thank god Durkin did not have to go through the 2024 heartbreaks. Freeze saw quarterback Walk

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