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#23 Fred Gaskin III

Class  JR/TRFrom  South Florida (transfer)Ht / Wt  5'10" · 202 lbHometown  Ocala, FL · Vanguard

Depth-chart placement

Current role

NB3

Placement

Depth

Room

Safety

Experience

3-JR

Last change

Updated 2026-07-29

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S room context

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Fred Gaskin III holds the NB · Depth spot in Auburn Tigers’s safety room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

SS · StarterKaleb HarrisStarter

FS · StarterEric WintersStarter

NB · StarterSylvester Smith-ReedStarter

SS · BackupJacoby MathewsBackup

FS · BackupChamp AnthonyBackup

NB · BackupAnQuon FegansBackup

NB · DepthFred Gaskin IIIDepth

Transfer history

2026South Florida→Auburn Tigers

Background & career

Fred Gaskin III is a 5'10", 202-pound nickelback from Ocala, Florida who attended Vanguard High School. A three-star recruit in the 2024 class with a rating of 0.8853, Gaskin transferred to Auburn after playing at South Florida. He wears jersey number 23 and enters the 2025 season as a junior.

South Florida2024 – 2025

Auburn2026 — present

Previous schoolSouth FloridaRecruiting3-star · No. 547 nationalOriginOcala, FL · Vanguard