Entire Auburn staff visits Brooks
Garrison Brooks is a top priority for Auburn in the 2017 recruiting class, and Bruce Pearl made sure the Auburn High forward knew it Wednesday night.
That’s when Pearl and three assistants - Chuck Person, Chad Dollar and Harris Adler - all made an in-home visit with Brooks and family.
“They brought everybody except Aubie,” Tamala Colquitt, Brooks’ mother, said. “It went really, really well. Having the whole staff there allowed them to do an incredible job presenting Auburn. Each staff member had a different perspective on why Garrison should go to Auburn. Their presentation was generated just for him and I thought that was truly special.”
Pearl and his assistants took advantage of the opportunity to go in-depth with Brooks. The staff touched on many subjects, including the Rivals150 four-star recruit joining their No. 1-ranked recruiting class as well as the benefits of him staying close to home.
“They talked about their plan for him, how he’d fit into their scheme and style of play,” Colquitt said. “They talked about who they already have committed in 2017 and what he would add to the class. They talked about going off to college versus being right here at home, how him being a hometown kid from the city of Auburn with his family, friends and community and how important it would be for everybody to be able to come and support him.
“It was exactly what he needed to hear.”
Colquitt is a proponent for Brooks staying close to home, but not only because he’s her son. She’s a basketball fan, an Alabama high school basketball fan, who would like to see the in-state colleges benefit from the in-state high school talent.
Colquitt also knows basketball. She’s been around it all her life. Colquitt’s brother, Mo Finley, played at UAB, and she is a former basketball hostess at Auburn.
“We haven’t had this type of talent in one class in forever,” Colquitt said. “Austin Wiley, John Petty, Jamal Johnson, Alex Reese, Herb Jones … with the 2017 class in Alabama being one of the best, if not the best, it’s been in a long time, it would be a travesty for our state to see those kids leave the state, the majority if not all of them.
“Me being an Alabama person, I’m for our colleges and universities in our state. We can’t get better letting our talent leave our state. We can’t put families in the seats when our kids are going elsewhere. We have to present a product that catches the eyes of our kids to keep them here in Alabama.”
Colquitt believes Pearl and his staff accomplished that Wednesday night during their in-home visit with Brooks.
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