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The quarterback room will be the most popular discussion topic as spring practice heats up.
Spring practice is underway at Auburn, and it’s time to debut our position group previews ahead of A-Day, which will take place on Saturday, April 12, at Jordan-Hare Stadium.
The next position group that we will examine in our Spring Breakdown series is the quarterbacks, which will feature many fresh faces. Auburn head coach Hugh Freeze needed to rebuild his quarterback room following the graduation of two-year starter Payton Thorne, and the transfers of Walker White to Baylor and Hank Brown to Iowa. This years room will feature two experienced transfers in former Oklahoma quarterback Jackson Arnold and ex-Stanford starter Ashton Daniels. Alabama high school legend Tanner Bailey has joined the roster as a walk-on, with the headlining addition being four-star signee Deuce Knight, who has enrolled and will participate in spring practice.
As expected, the battle will be between Arnold, the former Gatorade Player of the Year from Texas, and the freshman Knight. Last week, Freeze shed light on what each player brings to the room.
“(Arnold) has a calm demeanor and confidence. He understands ball and has a high football IQ. Arm strength is good. There’s a reason he was Gatorade Player of the Year coming out of high school. I think he needed to start to regain some confidence, and I think he’s doing that in a fast, fast pace. His decision making has been on point. We’ll watch today’s film, I don’t know about it, but in the previous three days — again, he didn’t have pads on — there’s been very, very few decisions that were the wrong ones. I think he is throwing a very accurate ball. I’m really impressed by his pocket presence when the traffic is around him, his eyes stay down field and uses his legs when he needs to. I’m really…
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