Auburn Football Recruiting 2012: Blue-Chip QB Zeke Pike Commits To Tigers

Zeke Pike, last seen earning our allegiance amid unsubstantiated but entertaining charges he winged a ball at a ref in a 7-on-7 game, has given defending national champion Auburn their first big recruiting coup of the 2012 class: The highly-touted quarterback our of Edgewood, Kentucky, destined for five-star ranking status if scout chatter is any indication, committed to play for the Tigers over the weekend, and spoke to our friends at Rivals on Wednesday about his decision:

Pike’s certainly talking the talk: The last time we heard an Auburn quarterback invoke the “God thing,” it was Cam Newton, and this was going on around him.