Fred Gaskin III
Auburn Tigers
85
Great

Fred Gaskin III

Auburn TigersSolid
SSDefenseGreatTRANSFER · South Florida
2nd String / Backup

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Fred Gaskin III is listed 2nd string at SS for Auburn Tigers.

Junior · #23 · 5'10", 202 lbs

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Depth at SS · Auburn Tigers

  1. 1888Kaleb HarrisStarter
  2. 22385Fred Gaskin IIIYou

Auburn Starting Lineup

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Up next for Auburn

Auburn plays Arkansas at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 12:45 PM ET.

The Story

The Tackling Machine

A 3-star recruit out of Vanguard, ranked #549 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 53 tackles, 2 INT, 2 PBU. That's 7% of the team's production at his spot and 85th-percentile production nationally — good for a 85 overall (Great tier).

Recruit3★ · #549 NatlTeam Share7%Percentile85th
Ocala, FL
Jersey
#23
Class
JR/TR
Height
5'10"
Weight
202 lbs
Transfer
South Florida

Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
—5322

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8853
National Rank
#549
High School
Vanguard
Hometown
Ocala, FL

Why this rating?

On a 84-rated defense; 85th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.86 for competition level) put them +7 vs unit starters → 85.

Team defense (SP+)
84
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 85% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 27% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.86)
Depth-chart adjustment
+7 for role; −6 depth penalty

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Sep 13WUSMTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 43-8

Fred Gaskin III's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

Tackling Machine
53 tkl · 2 PD · 2 INT
Usage / Involvement70%
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