Hugh Freeze’s staff in his second year at Auburn is continuing to take shape as the program officially announced the additions and promotions of 11 members of Auburn football’s recruiting and analyst staff Monday afternoon.

The additions of Kenyatta Watson as Auburn’s director of recruiting research and strategy and Maurice Harris as director of football and recruiting relations highlight Monday’s announcement.

In Watson, the Tigers are getting a well-known name out of the Atlanta area as Watson spent more than a decade developing football talent there. Watson most recently spent time at Georgia Tech as the program’s director of scouting and pro liaison.

Meanwhile, in coming to The Plains, Harris reunites with Freeze for the second time after the two spent five seasons together at Ole Miss, where Harris served as tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator, and four seasons together at Liberty, where Harris served as Freeze’s co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach. Harris’ hiring at Auburn comes on the heels of him spending the 2023 season as Jackson State’s offensive coordinator.

Monday’s announcement also included the promotion of Auburn grad Aaron Pittard as the program’s assistant director of player personnel after being a player personnel analyst last fall, as well as the addition of TJ Randall as the program’s assistant director of player personnel and scouting. Randall comes to Auburn having previously worked under Freeze at Liberty.

Auburn also announced the addition of Haylee Brown as a hospitality graduate assistant. According to Brown’s LinkedIn, she previously spent two years as a football recruiting assistant at Liberty, where she received her undergraduate degree last spring.

On the analyst side of things, Auburn announced the elevation of Paxton Montgomery, who is set to serve as a special teams and defensive analyst after being a special teams intern last fall, as well as Sammy Cohen, who will hold the role of defensive analyst after being a defensive intern in 2023.

New additions to Auburn’s analyst staff include former Arkansas defensive back Rohan Gaines, former Maryland defensive lineman Brett Kulka and Buddy Brosky as defensive analysts, and Heath DeDeaux as an offensive graduate assistant.