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AUBURN | West Point (Miss.) offensive tackle Scott Lashley's visit to Auburn on Tuesday was more about his mother.
Lashley had visited Auburn before. His mother, Amy Lashley, had not.
"It was good coming back and bringing my mom so she could get a look at things and how it compares to other schools," Scott Lashley said. "It was very big because Auburn is in my top 10 and I wanted her to come here so she could get a feel for things, and if Auburn is the place for me I could get her blessing."
His mother's opinion matters and will weigh heavily in his decision-making.
"She's very analytical," Lashley said. "She's been to four colleges (Auburn, Alabama, LSU and Mississippi State) and she has the same notebook and she writes things down and we weigh out the pros and cons. She looks at things a whole different way than I do."
Except on Tuesday. The two saw things the same.
"She said she liked it very, very much, too" Lashley said.
Especially their meetings with offensive line coach J.B. Grimes and offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Rhett Lashlee.
"She liked it very much when we talked to them," he said. "Coach Grimes has coached a long time so I know he knows what he's doing. He coached standout left tackle Greg Robinson, who did exceptionally well in the NFL draft. Coach Grimes is good at what he does."
Lashley, 6-foot-8 and 300 pounds, plans to visit Georgia Tech this weekend. He'll return to Auburn in the fall.
"I'm coming back for a game," Lashley said. "Right now I really like what I'm seeing. Auburn is like a home feel. It's a very beautiful place. The famous atmosphere, the academics and the team is always up-tempo and hype, and the coaches, too.
"Everything is here, even the dorms. The dorms are the best I've seen so far."
Lashley recently announced his top 10 (in no order) of "Alabama, Georgia, Auburn, Tennessee, Arkansas, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Florida and Florida State."
Rivals ranks Lashley the No. 28 offensive tackle in the 2016 class and No. 13 overall player in Mississippi.
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