Auburn's goal this week is to get healthy before SEC play opens Saturday at Texas A&M.
The last two games have seen Seth Williams, Derrick Brown and Prince Tega Wanogho leave with injuries, not to mention the preseason injuries to freshman D.J. Williams and sophomore Shedrick Jackson.
According to head coach Gus Malzahn at his Tuesday press conference, Williams, Wanogho, Brown and Jackson will all practice "in some capacity this week." Malzahn is also optimistic that freshman running back D.J. Williams will take the field against Texas A&M.
Malzahn would not commit to them playing but did say they will practice, and said they will be day to day leading up to kickoff Saturday.
Williams, who is still recovering from a shoulder injury, is looking to get back into action for the first time since the first half of the Tulane game. Brown, who suffered an "upper body contusion" during the Kent State game, and Wanogho were both on the sidelines and are closer to being full speed.
The Tigers passed for 166 yards Saturday versus Kent State in Williams' absence, but only had one throwing touchdown on a flea flicker to Eli Stove, with the rest coming on the ground. Auburn will look to have more of a balanced attack this weekend facing an Aggies' defense that is third in the conference in total defense.
No. 8 Auburn will travel to College Station, Texas, to take on No. 17 Texas A&M on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. CST. The game will be televised on CBS.
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