Former Auburn Tiger Jeffrey M’ba commits to Purdue

The former Auburn defensive lineman has chosen the Boilermakers.

Lance Dawe | Apr 25, 2023

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Former Auburn Tiger Jeffrey M'ba has committed to Purdue, per his social media.

M'Ba had a short lived career with the Tigers, committing in December of 2021 to Bryan Harsin and his staff before essentially not playing the upcoming season. A assumedly disgruntled M'Ba considered entering the portal in December of 2022, only to put up an interesting Instagram post in French instead.

"My first high school games I hardly played, then I ended up best player in my state and top 10 in my position," M'Ba wrote. My first year of JUCO I hardly played then I ended up best player in the United States. My first year Auburn I hardly played then .. I think you understood the pattern."

He was clearly expecting things on the Plains to turn around.

Committing to Auburn as the No. 1 junior college player in the country, M'Ba brought an intriguing blend of size and power to the Tigers. He struggled to crack the depth chart in his first season on the Plains after his time at Independence Community College, where he spent two seasons and collected 50 tackles and 15 TFL. Listed at 6-foot-6, 305 pounds, M'Ba appeared in nine total games last season with a PFF grade of 55.8 (albeit with a small sample size of only 82 snaps). Auburn credits him with 7 total tackles, one TFL, one sack, and one forced fumble.

M'Ba was seen as raw but full of potential when he committed, having only played football for three years. He got his start in the sport with Pionniers de Touraine in his native France before coming to the States, but missed time when he first got to Auburn with a shoulder injury, which led to him missing spring practice.

He was confident in a spring practice interview with the media less than a month ago, claiming he's "trying to destroy people" and will be fulfilling his life-guiding Latin phrase “Vae Victus," which translates woe to the vanquished or conquered.