Chad Morris has been busy searching for future Auburn gunslingers in his short time with Gus Malzahn's program.

Granted, it's not just Morris dishing out the offers. Auburn has its area recruiters and Malzahn, but as the quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator, it's mostly Morris running the show. That's evidenced in the fact that Morris is fast at work replanting his Texas recruiting roots for Auburn, already having offered five QBs from the Lone Star State.

Auburn is green in its quarterback room currently, with 2019 SEC Freshman of the Year Bo Nix set to reprise his role as QB1, while 3-star 2019 signee Chayil Garnett will fight for the backup spot.

Looking ahead, however, once Nix is gone, the Tigers are thin. Their only committed quarterback for the future, 2021 4-star Aaron McLaughlin, parted ways from his Auburn pledge early last month.

But Morris has been vigilant in attempting to shore up that void, as well as future ones. Auburn technically has more than 25 quarterback offers spread across the next few classes, but many of those were former OC Kenny Dillingham's projects on the West Coast.

Here are the 10 quarterbacks offered by Auburn since Morris was hired 80 days ago, as well as some other names to know.

Okay, so it's really nine quarterbacks offered since Morris arrived, but Ty Keyes and Auburn go too far back to ignore.

Auburn saw something early in Keyes, offering after his freshman season. Since, he's blossomed into a top-15 pro-style prospect in the nation.

If Keyes' high school sounds familiar, it's because former 5-star quarterback prospect and Auburn great Jason Campbell also made his name at Taylorsville as the No. 1 player in the state before coming to the Plains.

When McLaughlin decommitted, Morris and Auburn ramped up their recruitment of the fellow 2021 prospect Keyes. The QB visited campus two weeks ago, saying he's "open to everybody right now" and that he plans to take all his senior visits before committing.

Keyes threw for over 3,700 yards and 49 touchdowns while leading Taylorsville to a state title last season.

A speedy, dual-threat QB from Houston, Kyron Drones' recruitment has accelerated as of late. A state champion last season at Shadow Creek High School who had more than 3,400 passing yards and 46 passing TDs, more than 820 rushing yards and 18 TDs on the ground, and a 16-0 record as the starting quarterback, Drones has earned 13 Division-I offers since the start of 2020.

Drones told Rivals.com last week that he and Morris had a good relationship prior to the offer on Feb. 17, and that he'll be visiting Auburn at the end of the month.

Drones gave TCU his first visit the day the dead period ended, and, as a player who often compares himself to Deshaun Watson, he'll be camping with Clemson soon, looking for an offer from Dabo Swinney and company.

Less than 10 minutes before Drones tweeted he'd been offered by Morris, another dual-threat prospect from Texas beat him to it.

Salter has already taken two visits to Baylor, as the Bears got in early as his first Power-5 offer. The QB also has a long-standing relationship with new Arkansas offensive coordinator Kendal Briles from the coach's time as Houston's offensive coordinator when Salter was a freshman.

He told Rivals this week that an SEC school will "most likely" be where he ends up. Salter visited Arkansas and Ole Miss over the weekend.

In the fall at Cedar Hill, Salter had 38 total touchdowns and an eye-popping performance in the playoffs earned him

A top-5 dual-threat quarterback in the upcoming class, Dematrius Davis committed to Virginia Tech last season. But Morris still popped in with an offer to the Texas-based prospect on Jan. 10.

Auburn is very much on the outside looking in, as Davis was considering LSU, Texas A&M and Baylor before he chose Justin Fuente and the Hokies. And there's no reason to believe he'll back off his commitment. But it's worth noting Morris is getting as involved in his comfort zone of Texas as possible.

Speaking of which: It's no surprise Morris is using Texas to build for future classes, too.

Cade Klubnik announced he received an offer from Morris during the Auburn-Kentucky basketball game over the weekend.

Klubnik impressed as a backup when given the opportunity for Westlake, which won the 6A state championship last season. Auburn serves as his third Power-5 offer after Baylor and Virginia Tech.

Likely a rising star in Savannah, the strong-armed Holden Geriner picked up his fourth Power-5 offer from Auburn last week.

Geriner camped and visited multiple times at Georgia as an underclassman and eventually earned an offer to play in Athens. He holds offers from Florida State and Arkansas, as well.

The most recent offer for the 6-foot-4 junior from California is Auburn.

Maalik Murphy has garnered Power-5 offers from the biggest schools out there, such as Alabama, LSU, Georgia, Ohio State, USC and a host of others. He's called Oregon his dream school, has strong ties at Ohio State and has visited USC many times since he was a freshman.

Still, Auburn will look to make a name for the SEC in Murphy's recruitment over his final two seasons.

Auburn and Michigan are the biggest-named offers to come in for Preston Howard, a rangy and fast, 6-foot-6 dual threat-quarterback.

He also holds an offer from his home-state school, Maryland, as well as West Virginia. Howard's recruitment is just getting started but with another solid year at QB his junior season, he could be a major athlete to watch whom Morris worked to get in with early.

Jacurri Brown was offered by Morris during a visit at the end of January. All eyes will be on Brown as a possible rising star in a rich recruiting area in Valdosta.

His first Power-5 offer came from Virginia Tech, followed by Ole Miss, Virginia, a big G5 offer from Cincinnati, Kentucky, Georgia Tech and finally Auburn.

His only visit thus far has been to Auburn for Junior Day, where he told AuburnSports.com, "Auburn is probably the only offense that is what I want that has offered," and that Malzahn's program is "high" on his list moving forward.

Morris made sure to make his Texas connections known by offering Quinn Ewers, one of the top 2022 QB prospects in the state, his first day on the job in Auburn.

With two big seasons likely ahead for Ewers at Southlake Carroll, his already impressive offer sheet is only expected to grow. He's got offers from every big school in the state, as well as Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Arkansas and Ohio State.

Ewers is keen on earning offers to Alabama and Clemson, as well.

Will "Goose" Crowder is a fast-rising prospect from nearby Gardendale High School in Birmingham. He's been camping at Auburn since his early years as a QB and told AuburnSports.com after a Junior Day visit last month that an offer from the Tigers "would be really big."

Interestingly enough, Morris gave Crowder his first Power-5 offer over this past summer during a camp in Fayetteville while Morris was still Arkansas' head coach.

Crowder said last month he "hasn't missed a beat" with Morris and still loves the relationship they have.

Does Morris' plan for QBs in this coming class involve the budding in-state star? Arkansas remains a heavy player for him despite the coaching change, and Crowder has also visited Kentucky and West Virginia.

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