Hugh Freeze stayed active in reshaping Auburn football’s 2023 roster. After adding another defensive back recruit during the All-American Bowl on NBC, the Tigers found another defensive tackle on Sunday.

Mosiah Nasili-Kite, a former All-Big Ten honorable mention with Maryland, will spend his last year of eligibility on the Plains. A three-star recruit from Emerald (Wash.) Ridge, Nasili-Kate signed with Independence (Kansas) Community College out of high school.

He’s listed as a 6-foot-2, 310-pound defensive tackle and recorded 63 total tackles and five sacks across 23 games for the Terrapins. He flashed at times in 2020 and 2021, stringing together multi-sack performances and two eight-tackle games.

Nasili-Kite visited Auburn on Friday after announcing his entry to the transfer portal on Jan. 1. He’ll bring a reliable presence to the trenches as many of Auburn’s new additions along the defensive line project to be outside rushers. New defensive line coach Jeremy Garrett has worked quickly to make his mark with Freeze’s staff, playing a role in the acquisitions of Keldric Faulk, Brenton Williams and Quientrail Jamison-Travis.

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Nasili-Kite is the second defensive player to choose Auburn out of the portal, joining Vanderbilt edge Elijah McAllister and fifth overall transfer. Western Kentucky offensive tackle Gunner Britton was the fourth on Thursday.

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