Brantley star commits to Auburn

By: By Andrew Gribble Media General News Service | Alabama's13.com
Published: January 29, 2009

Brantley athlete Anthony Gulley became Auburn’s 23rd commit of the 2009 class Wednesday, according to multiple Auburn scouting services.

“It’s awesome (to be playing in the SEC),” Gulley told AuburnSports.com. “There’s probably one out of 10 D-I players that get to go to an SEC school and I’m just excited.“

Gulley passed up on an offer to play both football and baseball at Troy, according to AuburnSports.com. He may try out for the Auburn baseball team, according to the Web site.

At 5-foot-11, 185 pounds, Gulley will play slot receiver at Auburn, according to AuburnSports.com.

Gulley made an official visit to Auburn on Jan. 16 and said at the time he was leaning to committing with the Tigers, but wanted to fulfill a scheduled visit to Troy. Days later – before making that visit — Gulley told Auburn recruiting Web sites he had committed to Auburn, but there was confusion as to whether Auburn had made him an official offer.

Gulley received a firm offer from Auburn earlier this week and confirmed his decision to coach Gene Chizik and offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn on Tuesday, according to AuburnUndercover.com.

“It just feels like this is my home – where I need to be,” Gulley said Jan. 18.

Gulley did it all at Brantley High School, a 1A power.

He ran for 1,162 yards on just 58 carries, caught 17 passes for 543 yards and racked up a 40.7 yards-per-return average on kickoffs and a 40.6 mark on punt returns. All told, he had 31 touchdowns.

As a free safety, he picked up 48 tackles, nine sacks and two interceptions.