Auburn will be tasked with slowing down a heap of great quarterbacks in 2025.
The 2025 season is quickly approaching, which means it is a great time to scout every quarterback that the Auburn Tigers are slated to face this season.
Auburn will head to Baylor to open the 2025 season on Aug. 29 for a game that is sure to excite those who love great passing games. The Tigers will face Ball State and South Alabama before opening SEC play at Oklahoma, then Texas A&M, to close the September portion of the schedule. Auburn will also face a College Football Playoff participant in Georgia, as well as arch rival Alabama at home this season, with games against Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Missouri, and Arkansas mixed in.
The docket of quarterbacks Auburn is slated to face is a great mix of experienced quarterbacks and those aiming to make a name for themselves as transfers or being first-year starters. Auburn’s defensive backfield will be experienced and ready to slow down each team’s passing game every week.
Ahead of the 2025 season, here is a look at every quarterback Auburn is slated to face this season, ranked No. 12 to No. 1.
The first player on our list has had a strange, yet eventful college career to say the least. Ball State’s Kiael Kelly began his career as a defensive back at Ball State in 2022 before making the move to offense, where he has played quarterback and wide receiver. He started in seven of 11 games in 2023 at quarterback, where he passed for 577 yards and two touchdowns while adding 724 yards and seven scores on the ground. He caught three passes for 10 yards as a receiver last season.
There is zero doubt that Kelly will be a major player in Ball State’s offense when the Cardinals visit Auburn on Sept. 6, but will it be at quarterback?
No. 11 DJ Smith, Mercer Bears
Smith started seven games for Mercer in 2024 and…
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