AUBURN, Alabama — Auburn's next H-Back is not on campus.

But he will be after committing Sunday to the Tigers.

Arizona State graduate transfer Jay Jay Wilson committed to the Tigers during a visit to Auburn over the weekend and is expected to compete immediately and likely start at H-Back next season, Auburn Undercover has learned.

The former Arizona State tight end and linebacker visited Auburn over the weekend and is eligible immediately to play in the fall. He will arrive on Auburn's campus in the summer to battle redshirt freshman Harold Joiner for the starting job at H-Back, which the Tigers figure to utilize more in the passing game next season.

Joiner will likely step in immediately as Chandler Cox’s replacement as the starting H-Back, where the Tigers leaned on Cox for the last four seasons, sources close to the program tell Auburn Undercover. Wilson caught 165 passes for 2,538 yards and 19 touchdowns during his high school career while also playing defense. He also ran for 714 yards and 18 touchdowns to compile 3,286 all-purpose yards at Valencia High in California.

Wilson’s four-year career at Arizona State was spent bouncing back and forth between offense and defense, where he changed positions four times under four different offensive coordinators and three defensive coordinators.

The 6-foot-3, 245-pound athlete started his career at tight end for the Sun Devils, but moved to linebacker on Sept. 23, 2017 against Oregon. He returned an interception for a touchdown in his first start at linebacker against Utah and finished his junior season with a career-high 47 tackles in 2017.

He played in only four games in 2018 after a coaching change, a one-game suspension and a foot injury — allowing him to take advantage of the NCAA’s new redshirt rule. He will have one year to play one season at Auburn.

Wilson has kept his recruitment quiet since his departure from the Sun Devils, but he is not expected to visit other schools after committing to the Tigers. Wilson is not on social media and declined interview requests following his visit to Auburn on Sunday.

He caught five passes for 97 yards and three touchdowns in his limited time at tight end at Arizona State before moving to linebacker. He finished his career in the Pac-12 with 63 tackles, including two sacks, to go along with one pass deflection and a forced fumble.

Wilson was rated a 4-star athlete out of Valencia High during the 2015 recruiting cycle. He signed with the Sun Devils over Colorado and Utah, among others. He was rated the nation’s 10th-best athlete by 247Sports at the time.

Wilson is the 18th commitment for the 2019 recruiting class at Auburn, and one of only two to not yet sign a National Letter of Intent. Receiver George Pickens remains committed but has not signed heading into National Signing Day on Feb. 6. Nine players in the 2019 class have enrolled in classes and are on campus today.

Auburn's recruiting class ranks 12th nationally. Wilson is the only graduate transfer in the Tigers' class and is not factored into the national ranking.

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