National Signing Day may be a relatively quiet one for Auburn’s 2023 class — with four-star running back Jeremiah Cobb expected to be the only February signee — but Hugh Freeze and his staff made strides with the Tigers’ future classes on Wednesday.

A couple hours after Auburn picked up its first commit of the 2025 class in Opelika defensive end Malik Autry, the Tigers gained their second commitment of the day and second of the 2024 class in the form of four-star in-state cornerback Jayden Lewis. The 6-foot-, 170-pounder out of Anniston chose Auburn over a top-six that also included Ole Miss, Tennessee, Arkansas, South Carolina and Florida State.

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Lewis joins fellow blue-chip cornerback A’Mon Lane as commitments for Auburn in the 2024 class, which last month saw quarterback Adrian Posse back off his commitment following the coaching change on the Plains. Auburn’s 2024 class now ranks 28th nationally a full year out from the end of the cycle, as the Tigers have already secured commitments from two of top-20 players in the state.

Lewis is rated as the No. 17 overall prospect in Alabama this cycle, and he’s a four-star recruit in the 247Sports Composite rankings, which has him as the nation’s No. 24 cornerback recruit and No. 264 overall player.

As a junior at Anniston, Lewis earned Class 4A first-team All-State honors.

Tom Green is an Auburn beat reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Tomas_Verde.