AUBURN, Alabama – Tailback Mike Blakely is no longer a member of the Auburn football team.

Blakely played sparingly last season, but was Auburn's third-leading rusher, gaining 153 yards on 33 carries. He had carries in two of Auburn's first three SEC games, but didn't have a carry in the final five league games.

He played as a redshirt freshman last year after sitting out the 2011 season after transferring from Florida.

Tre Mason will return for his junior season after rushing for a 1,000 yards last year, but Blakely's departure, along with the departure of senior Onterio McCalebb, has Auburn looking to replenish its running back crops this recruiting season. Carmeron Artis-Payne, a junior college transfer, is already in school and will participate in spring practice.

in Johnathan Ford, Tarean Folston and Cornelius Elder.

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