Kris Frost will return to Auburn for his senior season, he announced on Twitter.

Frost, a junior from Matthews, N.C., said, "after much praying and thinking I will be returning for my senior season. I love the Auburn family and I look forward to next year! WAR EAGLE."

Frost told Auburn's official website AuburnTigers.com, "I'm excited to come back and I feel like we have some unfinished business and I feel like we can win a championship. I think this was the best decision for me and everyone. The biggest part of my decision is my love for Auburn, and what I feel I can accomplish at Auburn.

"We got really close to winning a championship, and we've had a whole lot of success. I feel like I can come back and be a captain and be a leader of the defense and the whole team.

Frost finished 2014 with 87 tackles and 10 tackles for loss, and joins fellow junior linebacker Cassanova McKinzy in returning to Auburn for one final season.

"It's cool that both of us have chosen to come back," Frost said. "We kind of compete with each other, and it's going to be a great thing. I feel like we make this defense a top defense in our league. We have an opportunity to do some great things."

Frost had already notified head coach Gus Malzahn and new defensive coordinator Will Muschamp of his decision before his announcement. Frost is elated to be working under Muschamp for his final season.

"Being able to be coached by Coach Muschamp was definitely one of the biggest factors playing into this," he said. "It just seemed like all the stars were in line for me. I'm on track to graduate this summer, and talking to Coach Muschamp, and talking to him pretty much every day since he's been back Auburn, he went to great lengths to really help me get all the feedback from NFL scouts. He's showed me how much he knows and his knowledge about previous guys who have left, it seemed like he really cared. You can tell he cares about his guys. He's been only around for 2 Â½ weeks in Auburn, and he's already showing how much he cares about the guys, and how much he cares about me. That went a long way for me."

Frost and McKinzy join lineman Avery Young and wideout D'haquille Williams in returning, after previously thinking about departing early. Auburn's only underclassman to leave early will be junior wideout Sammie Coates.

Frost was ranked one of the top 100 players in the nation by 247Sports out of Butler High School and an Army All-American.