“You’re looking at him.”
That was Will Muschamp’s answer when he was asked who Auburn’s third safety would be.
“I don’t know right now,” Muschamp said. “We need to make some progress.”
Jokes aside, Muschamp said he has seen some good things out of his defense this spring, and is encouraged about where the unit is headed.
“I’m pretty pleased with where we are at this point,” Muschamp said. “We still have a long way to go, but as far as the attitude, the buy-in and the guys working extremely hard, we’ve got a core group of guys that work really hard, and that’s huge, in order to have a really good football team. In a good unit defensively, work ethic’s got to be a part of it.”
Just as it is on the other side of the ball, Muschamp said there are several positions on defense still up for grabs.
“In the front seven, we have some great competition,” Muschamp said. “It’s going to be a lot of fun in the fall as far as guys that are competing for playing time, competing to start, and understanding being a part of that rotation. We have a lot of competition up front.”
One of those positions being competed for is linebacker, which Muschamp said is where Auburn holds a lot of talent.
“Right now there’s not a starter at linebacker for us,” Muschamp said. “All three of those guys (Cassanova McKinzy, Kris Frost and Tre' Williams) showed the capability to start at linebacker here at Auburn.”
Those three aren’t the only ones vying for position though.
“I would throw in there Justin Garrett, who had a tremendous six days then had an unfortunate situation with his ankle,” Muschamp said. “We got four guys here on campus that I feel very comfortable with, and we need to get better after that.”
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