{"id":386142,"date":"2026-01-03T21:13:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T21:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/386142\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T21:13:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T21:13:07","slug":"usf-freshman-qb-transfer-locklan-hewlett-commits-to-auburn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/386142\/","title":{"rendered":"USF freshman QB transfer Locklan Hewlett commits to Auburn"},"content":{"rendered":"

USF freshman quarterback Locklan Hewlett<\/a> will transfer to Auburn, he announced Saturday on social media.<\/p>\n

Hewlett\u2019s decision will reunite him with new Auburn coach Alex Golesh and offensive coordinator Joel Gordon.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe in the coaching staff, and believe it\u2019s the best staff in the country,\u201d Hewlett said.<\/p>\n

Hewlett signed with USF as a member of the 2025 class. He played in two games as a true freshman, completing 7-of-12 passes for 90 yards and a touchdown. Hewlett has four years of eligibility at Auburn.<\/p>\n

Hewlett is the second quarterback Auburn has added in Golesh\u2019s first class. Rhys Brush<\/a> signed with the Tigers in December. The two young quarterbacks should provide depth in the room that needs it. Former starters Jackson Arnold, Ashton Daniels and Deuce Knight all are transferring leaving Auburn without any scholarship quarterbacks.<\/p>\n

In addition to depth, Auburn also is looking for a starting quarterback and likely will focus hard on USF starter Byrum Brown<\/a>. <\/p>\n

More on Hewlett<\/p>\n

From his USF bio:<\/p>\n

HIGH SCHOOL:\u00a0Named a U.S. Army All-American\u2026earned first-team All-District honors, and was a Duval Sports Prime Time Player\u2026passed for more than 5,000 yards and 47 touchdowns with just 13 interceptions and a 61 percent completion percentage on his career, according to MaxPreps\u2026.in his senior year, led the team to 11-1 record, district title, and a second-straight Class 3S state championship game appearance\u2026threw for 2,712 yards and 23 touchdowns while completing 64.3 percent and throwing just five interceptions as a junior in 2023 according to MaxPreps, while leading St. Augustine to the Class 3S state championship game\u2026threw for 343 yards and three touchdowns in a win vs. Nease and 376 yards and four touchdowns vs. Bolles\u2026passed for 2,126 yards and 23 touchdowns as a sophomore, helping St. Augustine win a district title and make second round of Florida\u2019s 3S playoffs.\u2026rated a three-star recruit by ON3, ESPN, Rivals and 247 Sports with a composite ranking of 86\u2026On3 ranks as a top 150 player in Florida\u2026chose USF among 28 offers, including Miami, Texas A&M, Pitt, Iowa State, Arizona, Illinois, Cincinnati, UCF, Wake Forest, and Rutgers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"USF freshman quarterback Locklan Hewlett will transfer to Auburn, he announced Saturday on social media. Hewlett\u2019s decision will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386143,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[399,187948,398,396,397,4504,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-386142","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-locklan-hewlett-25-st-augustine","10":"tag-ncaa","11":"tag-ncaa-football","12":"tag-ncaafootball","13":"tag-regwall","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}