As it prepares for a road trip to top-ranked Georgia this weekend, Auburn football has already lost one battle to the Bulldogs on game week, as three-star cornerback Nash Johnson announced he will flip his commitment from the Tigers to Georgia on Tuesday, Oct. 13.
Auburn‘s no stranger to the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry seeping into the recruiting trail. Last season, after its loss to the Bulldogs, the Tigers flipped linebacker Shadarius Toodle back from Georgia.
Johnson committed to Auburn in May, backing off an initial pledge to Alabama. He was one of the earliest additions that month, among a flurry of commitments that pushed the program into a 20-plus member recruiting class, which still ranks top 15 nationally.
The flip marks Auburn’s first loss on the recruiting trail during the season. Without Johnson, Auburn’s eighth-lowest-rated commitment, its class still ranks 12th nationally and seventh in the SEC.
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BREAKING: Class of 2027 CB Nash Johnson III has Flipped his Commitment from Auburn to Georgia, he tells me for @Rivals
The 6’0 180 CB had been Committed to the Tigers since May
“1000% Committed, staying 🏡
God got me🙏🏾”https://t.co/UaJUIihB76 pic.twitter.com/j4TbGEORGb— Hayes Fawcett (@Hayesfawcett3) October 13, 2026
Adam Cole is the Auburn athletics beat writer for the Montgomery Advertiser. He can be reached via email at [email protected] or on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, @colereporter. To support Adam’s work, please subscribe to the Montgomery Advertiser.
This article originally appeared on Montgomery Advertiser: Auburn football loses commitment of CB Nash Johnson to Georgia