Well, not exactly. But overtures were made.

From the Spring 2011 edition of Tiger Roar, a quarterly all-sports magazine produced by the Auburn Athletics Department and distributed to Tigers Unlimited donors, former Auburn athletics director David Housel writes:

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So there you have it. Prince William was almost an Auburn Tiger, insofar as he was offered an honorary football scholarship as an infant. That's much closer than most of us ever come to getting a scholarship offer.

Prince William is the eldest son of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Diana, Princess of Wales, and third eldest grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. He is second in the line of succession to the British throne, behind his father.