Spring practice notebook: QBs go live in first scrimmage; offensive weapons stepping up; insider notes
On a perfect mid-morning on The Plains – 74 degrees and sunny – Gus Malzahn set the quarterbacks loose inside Jordan-Hare.
On a perfect mid-morning on The Plains – 74 degrees and sunny – Gus Malzahn set the quarterbacks loose inside Jordan-Hare.
“When someone says Markaviest, I kind of cringe."
Auburn's offense appeared to be taking shape with the usage of some new personnel groupings and there seemed to be some separation in the quarterback battle in Wednesday's open practice.
Freshman defensive back Cam'Ron Kelly announced his departure from Auburn this afternoon via his Twitter.
"Like another version of Deshaun. He's another leader, he's behind me so I'm always hearing him, so I believe he's another Deshaun."
Seth Williams is looking to dominate the SEC this season.
"It was like a meeting we had and he was like, ‘This crap is going to be different.’"
"He is athletic; he has a skillset to be successful,"
"His approach has been completely different than last year, which is to be expected."
Both Shivers and Anthony Schwartz, a rising sophomore receiver, will both miss all of Auburn football's spring practice while they compete for the track and field team.
"You know we're about to get this tradition back on. I feel like he's gonna do a really good job."
Media was given a 20-minute viewing period Monday. Here's Nix going through drills at Auburn's indoor practice facility.
Football is back.
If you were waiting to hear the big news on who would be the spring football quarterback for the Tigers, today was not your day.
The Southeastern Conference plans to donate $100,000 to Auburn University to support the school's relief efforts for the tornado that killed 23 people in Lee County on March 3, the league office in Birmingham announced Wednesday morning. "SEC teams often face each other in fierce athletic competition, ...
"So, I was definitely shocked and disappointed, but at the same time, there’s nothing I can do about that but continue to do what I’ve been doing, and that’s get better and improve myself.”
He will be paid $300,000 this upcoming season and can receive an additional $25,000 if he stays at Auburn beyond the 2019 season.
“I’m excited to see how coach Malzahn handles all four guys. I’m anxious to see who rises to the top and who really wants to be the guy.”
“For the most part, I’m just trying to tune it out and trying to do my job out here at these workouts to show that and prove to people that I should be moving up the boards.”
Dean returned to Auburn's campus for the Tigers' Pro Day on Friday after recording a blazing 4.3-second 40-yard dash at last week's NFL Combine.