A new coach at Auburn meant significant roster turnover would surely follow. Before Hugh Freeze’s team lines up for fall practices in a few weeks, his roster has more than three dozen new faces, including more than 20 transfers. In his first offseason back in the SEC, Freeze took advantage of the new landscape the transfer portal has made for college football to reshape the Tigers. Auburn brought in the fifth-ranked transfer class, according to 247Sports, and led the nation with 11 four-star rated transfers.

Here’s a look at one of them…

No. 14 Jyaire Shorter, wide receiver, senior

Hometown: Killeen, Texas (Ellison High School)

Previous university: North Texas

Height: 6-foot-2

Weight: 209 pounds

A look back at the past: Initially recruited as a tight end, Shorter enrolled at North Texas as a 3-star prospect after an impressive prep career at Ellison High School, where he recorded 73 receptions, more than 1,300 receiving yards and 11 touchdowns in two seasons on varsity. Once with the Mean Green, which beat out schools like Bowling Green and Houston for his commitment, Shorter appeared in 32 games, hauled in 58 receptions for 1,320 yards and scored 20 touchdowns. Shorter’s biggest season came last fall as he 628 receiving yards on 23 catches, of which 11 went for scores. Shorter led the FBS in yards per catch in 2022 with an average of 27.2.

2023 season outlook: The Tigers needed to add a receiver who could pose a threat on deeper routes and got their guy in Shorter. Leading the FBS in yards per catch points to Shorter’s ability to take the top off opposing defenses. At North Texas, Shorter lined up at wideout more than 90% of the time, and will likely do the same at Auburn. Shorter, with his mix of strength and speed, will be complemented by Koy Moore, a returning junior who posted 314 yards and a touchdown for Auburn in 2022.

“Jyaire Shorter, I think, is a deep-ball threat. He’s proven he can go get the ball,” Auburn head coach Hugh Freeze said of Shorter in May. “He gives us some length and catch radius that we need for what we want to do offensively.”