MOBILE, Alabama -- Rich McGlynn celebrated his fifth year as Auburn's NCAA compliance director this month and he has just one wish for the upcoming year.

"Hopefully, next year is not as stressful," McGlynn said Monday night prior to a speaking engagement with the Mobile Auburn Club at True's Midtown Restaurant. "I hope next year is as eventful on the field. It's been an interesting year for sure. I love Auburn. I love working for Jay Jacobs. I love our coaching staff and I love our kids. It's been a wild ride. From a professional and personal level, the stress has been there.

"We're working hard. Does that mean we're perfect at what we do? Absolutely not, but no one is. But we are doing it the right way, and we're building a program."

McGlynn has had his share of high-profile situations to deal with, specifically the Cam Newton saga and the HBO special in April in which four former Auburn players said they received cash from boosters. Those incidents drew national attention, but McGlynn said he has no new information either.

However, he was willing to share some insight on the transfer of former Florida running back Mike Blakely and his eligibility at Auburn. Blakely signed with Florida in December but never officially practiced or played for the Gators.

"We have filed a waiver in an attempt to see if we can have Mike be immediately eligible and we're in that process right now," said McGlynn, who spent five years on the NCAA staff before accepting his Auburn position. "We're working with the NCAA and hoping to get a favorable outcome on it. That's where we are at this time."

Blakely would give the Tigers some much need depth at running back where they have only two experienced players in sophomore Mike Dyer and junior Onterio McCalebb.

McGlynn said he hasn't seen an appeal be impacted by the fact that a player never practiced at his previous school. "But that doesn't mean anything," he said. "The NCAA takes each case on its merits and looks and reviews those specific facts and makes a decision.

"We need to make an argument based upon the rule. The rule was not put into place based upon an individual in Mike's situation in order to be eligible here at Auburn. I believe we put together a strong waiver to that. Now it's just a matter of seeing what the NCAA has to say about it."

McGlynn said he expects to have a response from the NCAA soon.

"They usually take two or three weeks," he said. "I anticipate we will hear something here in the next couple of weeks on the outcome. If they deny it then we have the ability to appeal, and that takes some times as well.

"Obviously, we want to get this done before camp. I always tell people to understand that under the rule right now he is ineligible. He can come in, he can practice, he can receive aid, and he can be a part of the team, but cannot be eligible in his first year at Auburn. So we're treating it right now like a redshirt, hoping that we get good news and he'll actually be able to compete."