With Auburn's 2018 recruiting class signed and in the books, it's time to get familiar with a new batch of prospects. Over the next several days, AL.com will provide position-by-position look at Auburn's top targets in the 2019 recruiting cycle. Today, we're analyzing the running back position.

TOP RUNNING BACK TARGET

Noah Cain (5-foot-11, 207 pounds, Bradenton, Fla.)

Cain, a native of Baton Rouge, La., is one of the top running backs in the 2019 class. The IMG Academy prospect is a five-star recruit who is rated as the No. 3 running back in the nation and the No. 27 player overall in the country. While LSU is his hometown team, he isn't a lock to end up back home and Auburn is very much in the mix for him after he took an extended weekend visit earlier this month for the program's junior day.

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Derrian Brown (5-foot-11, 174 pounds, Buford, Ga.)

Brown is the No. 9 running back in the 2019 class and considered the 139th-best player in the country. He holds offers from 22 programs, including Florida, Georgia Tech, Ohio State, Tennessee and others, though Auburn is the apparent favorite at the moment. He was on campus in November for the Iron Bowl.

John Emery Jr. (6-foot, 194 pounds, Destrehan, La.)

Emery is a Louisiana native, and it'll likely be difficult for Auburn to pull him away from his home state, where he could become the next great running back for LSU. Still, Auburn will make a push for the four-star prospect, who is ranked as the No. 6 running back in the nation and 66th-best player in the 2019 class. Emery was on the Plains earlier this month for Auburn's junior day, so he has already had a chance to get acquainted with the Tigers' staff and get a feel for campus.

IN-STATE GLANCE

The top running back in the state for 2019 is St. James prospect Tony Amerson, a 5-foot-10, 210-pound three-star prospect who holds offers from Mississippi State, Kentucky, Louisville and a handful of others, though Auburn has yet to offer him. Amerson is the No. 52 running back in the nation and No. 26 player in Alabama. The state's No. 2 running back is three-star Hoover prospect Larry McCammon, a 5-foot-10, 180-pounder who has just one Power Five offer at the moment--Iowa.

Looking ahead to Auburn's current running backs in 2018

Kam Martin, junior; Malik Miller, redshirt sophomore; Devan Barrett, sophomore; JaTarvious Whitlow, redshirt freshman.

2018 running back signees

Asa Martin, four-star (Decatur); Harold Joiner, four-star (Birmingham); Shaun Shivers, four-star (Hollywood, Fla.)

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