Recruiting: 2027 Carlsbad LB Rated 4 Stars, Gets SEC Offer

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>It's been another good week for 2027 Carlsbad linebacker [player_tooltip player_id='1248663' first='Colton' last='McKibben'].</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Monday, 247 Sports  boosted McKibben to a four-star prospect, a rating only a few hundred high school prospects nationally earn every year. McKibben is rated the 12^th-best LB in the country and the No. 185 recruit overall for the 2027 class by 247 Sports.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Wednesday, McKibben was offered by SEC power Auburn, his first offer from that conference. Auburn joins Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona State, Nebraska, Iowa State, Oklahoma State, TCU and Texas Tech among the Group of Power 4 schools that have offered McKibben. New Mexico, New Mexico State and UTEP have also offered.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>He visited SMU and TCU last week.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:html --> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">After an amazing phone call I'm very excited to receive an offer from <a href="https://twitter.com/AuburnFootball?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AuburnFootball</a>! Thank you <a href="https://twitter.com/AaronPittardAU?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AaronPittardAU</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/CoachDurkin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CoachDurkin</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/coachbsheldon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@coachbsheldon</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/CoachHughFreeze?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CoachHughFreeze</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/CoachSanders88?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CoachSanders88</a> <a href="https://t.co/cEhRHrTMjV">pic.twitter.com/cEhRHrTMjV</a></p>&mdash; [player_tooltip player_id='1248663' first='Colton' last='McKibben'] (@COLTONMCKIBBEN9) <a href="https://twitter.com/COLTONMCKIBBEN9/status/1917685761270309265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 30, 2025</a></blockquote> <!-- /wp:html --> <!-- wp:html --> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Blessed to receive a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️<br>from <a href="https://twitter.com/247recruiting?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@247recruiting</a>! The work is not done! <br>No. 12 nationally<br>No. 1 in NM<br>No. 185 overall prospect on the nation <a href="https://t.co/nJSPSiBS3e">pic.twitter.com/nJSPSiBS3e</a></p>&mdash; [player_tooltip player_id='1248663' first='Colton' last='McKibben'] (@COLTONMCKIBBEN9) <a href="https://twitter.com/COLTONMCKIBBEN9/status/1916894797085708442?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 28, 2025</a></blockquote> <!-- /wp:html --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>  </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p> </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->