Auburn offensive analyst Brian Blackmon has been hired for an on-field role at Troy, a source familiar with the situation told AL.com.

Blackmon, 43, spent the last season as an offensive analyst on Gus Malzahn's staff at Auburn, where he worked alongside assistant coach Herb Hand with the offensive line. Hand accepted the offensive line/co-offensive coordinator position at Texas on Tuesday, and Auburn re-hired former assistant J.B. Grimes as the new offensive line coach on Wednesday.

Blackmon will coach tight ends at Troy on coach Neal Brown's staff, according to the source.

"I think he'll be an excellent college coach," Malzahn said of Blackmon last February.

Prior to spending a season on Malzahn's staff at Auburn, Blackmon spent the previous 21 years at Opelika, where he served 13 years as offensive coordinator under legendary Bulldogs coach Spence McCracken before spending the last eight as head coach and athletics director. During his eight seasons at the helm, Blackmon guided Opelika to a 69-25 record, including the school's only tro trips to the Class 6A state championship game in 2012 and 2016.

Under Blackmon, Opelika was a fixture in the Class 6A state polls and won three straight region titles while making the playoffs in seven of his eight seasons. Blackmon, who helped produce several college prospects, including former Auburn safety Stephen Roberts, the late Jakell Mitchell, South Carolina quarterback Jake Bentley, Louisville defensive end Quandeski Whitlow, West Virginia safety Charlie Benton, Duke offensive lineman Rakavius Chambers and current Troy linebacker Zo Bridges.

A native of Montgomery, where he was a member of Lee's 1991 state championship team, Blackmon played at North Alabama before transferring to Troy and earning his bachelor's degree in accounting. He also holds a master's degree from Auburn.

Blackmon is latest in a line of former high school coaches to parlay a role as an analyst on Malzahn's staff into an FBS coaching gig. Current Auburn offensive coordinator Chip Lindsey, Georgia running backs coach Dell McGee and South Carolina running backs coach Bobby Bentley all previously spent time as analysts under Malzahn before landing on-field roles elsewhere.

Lindsey was an analyst for Auburn in 2013 before spending the next two seasons as the offensive coordinator at Southern Miss, followed by a stint at Arizona State before becoming Auburn's offensive coordinator last year. McGee also served as an offensive analyst in 2013 before being named the running backs coach at Georgia Southern, where he spent two seasons -- and served as interim head coach for the program's first-ever bowl game after the 2015 season -- before joining Kirby Smart's staff at Georgia. Bentley was an offensive analyst for Auburn in 2015 before following former Tigers defensive coordinator Will Muschamp to South Carolina as running backs coach, a role he has held for the last two seasons.

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