Cottage Hill Christian Academy linebacker Shadarius Toodle is one of the stars of Auburn’s 2026 recruiting class, but older brother and fellow Tigers recruit Shadrick might have had the most memorable line of National Signing Day on Wednesday.

“It’s a childhood dream being from Alabama and to despise Alabama as much as I do, so it’s always been a dream to go to Auburn,” Shadrick Toodle Jr. said. “And it’s the best campus in the South, the best facilities in the South, the best coaches in the South. So I’m ready.”

Shadarius, a 4-star linebacker rated the No. 14 player in the state of Alabama by 247 Sports Composite, and Shadrick, a 3-star safety who will transfer to Auburn from Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, officially became part of Alex Golesh’s first recruiting class in a si

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