Auburn football fired head coach Hugh Freeze on Sunday. It wasn't exactly a surprise, as Freeze had never truly found his footing with the Tigers. NBC Sports reporter Nicole Auberbach is naming a candidate she thinks would be a good replacement for Freeze.

“Auburn should hire Jon Sumrall. No need to overcomplicate this one,” Auerbach posted to X, formerly Twitter, on Sunday.

She isn't the only person linking Sumrall to the job. The Tulane head coach is also getting some love from On3's Pete Nakos. Nakos has Sumrall first on his hot board for Auburn.

While Sumrall has won a lot of games as a head coach, that isn't the only reason why Nakos finds him a strong candidate.

“A former Kentucky linebacker, (Sumrall) has connections to the Alabama high school recruiting scene and would be

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