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Auburn football coach Hugh Freeze discusses QB transfer Jackson Arnold
Auburn football coach Hugh Freeze discusses Oklahoma QB transfer Jackson Arnold on Tuesday, March 25, at the Woltosz Football Performance Center in Auburn.
AUBURN — Jackson Arnold’s new in town, and as the prospective starting quarterback for Auburn football’s 2025 season, he’s clearly been like drinking from a firehose.
In speaking to the media Wednesday for the first time since his arrival, he went over the lot of it for nearly 15 minutes: On his offseason, his decision to transfer, what he knows about the Iron Bowl and more. But he’ll soon take to Pat Dye Field at Jordan-Hare Stadium for the first time, during Auburn’s A-Day spring practice on noon Saturday.
“We played here last year, but it’s a little different when you’re not playing and when you’re actually on the field kind of soaking it all in,” Arnold said. “I’m excited for Saturday, A-Day. I know it won’t be nearly as packed as it will in the fall, but I’m really excited.”
Here’s a rundown of what Arnold said about Auburn’s spring practices, his fit in Hugh Freeze’s offense, Deuce Knight and more.
Jackson Arnold on his decision to join Auburn football
Arnold was a heavy favorite to head to Mississippi State and reunite with his former Oklahoma offensive coordinator Jeff Lebby in Starkville. While a visit was widely reported, it never happened. A day after Arnold’s Auburn visit, he chose the Tigers.
“I think just them persistently recruiting me early,” Arnold said. “They were one of the first teams to hit me up out of the portal. They stressed how much they wanted me out of the portal, too. It’s nice to feel wanted. Coach Freeze, and Coach (Kent) Austin and Jesse (Stone), their message to me was we’ve got great ballplayers, they’re going to be around me and help me out and…
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