Now the Tigers have four freshmen tight ends on the roster, and veteran John Samuel Shenker has been more of a tight end than an H-back during his time on the Plains. Last year, Jay Jay Wilson and Spencer Nigh split time and moved all over the field for the Tigers. From 2015 to 2018, Chandler Cox was on the field constantly. Uzomah got a greater amount of shine in 2014. Then they signed two four-star tight ends - the 6-foot-7 Brandon Frazier and the nearly 300-pound JJ Pegues.įor most of the Malzahn era, Auburn has preferred to give more of its snaps to H-backs than tight ends. The Tigers signed two three-star tight ends in Tyler Fromm and Luke Deal last season, redshirting them both.
That is per tracking by Sports Info Solutions.Īnd, like Lindsay references in his question, Auburn now has the personnel to match up with an offensive mind who likes getting the ball to the tight ends much more often. Here’s a truly wild statistic that my editor, Jason Starrett, discovered this week: Under Chad Morris, Arkansas had nearly as many tight end targets (38) in the month of September last year as Auburn had in the last four seasons combined (40). If Morris is truly taking over the offense, the first thing you can expect is a lot more balls thrown to the tight ends. That’s new! I know Morris likes to use them in place of FBs, but what else can we expect to see from these guys?
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We have a full TE room now, instead of a closet. 1 back at Auburn, but there’s a lot of potential for him to make things happen in a rotation. But with the door now open for more playing time, Shivers could turn into the type of back who could create big plays on between-the-tackles runs on a more consistent basis for the Tigers. Shivers wasn’t much of a receiving option in high school or in his first two seasons at Auburn. I’ll also mention Shaun Shivers here, as he’ll be practicing this spring instead of committing to track full-time. Both of those areas fit right in line with what should be expected from the backs in a Chad Morris offense. Both were pass-catchers out of the backfield in high school and showed that big-play ability the Tigers have lacked at the running back position recently. I lean toward Richards and Bigsby because of their playing styles, even though we haven’t seen them play at the collegiate level yet. That might have been a product of the offensive line struggles, but Whitlow provided a better burst down the stretch, as evidenced by his performance in the Iron Bowl. He wasn’t particularly explosive or overly successful against ranked opponents last season outside of a couple of long runs against LSU. Williams, who I still think could turn into an effective back at Auburn. The answer that immediately comes to mind is a combination of the freshmen, Mark-Antony Richards and Tank Bigsby. The third question is an interesting one that I’m sure will be discussed for the next several months. The relationship between him and the staff had deteriorated rather quickly due to several recurring issues - and it was not a performance problem or a potential playing time squeeze, either. Simply put, this wasn’t a complete surprise, and there had been doubts about Boobee Whitlow’s future with the program for the last couple of months. I’ll point back to my story from Wednesday as the answer to Grant’s first two questions. Let’s go.Ĭan you provide any insight to Boobee leaving the program? Why now? Who’s your bet to take the biggest leap forward now? There’s even a challenge from an inferior Friday mailbag. This week’s Auburn Mailbag features questions about the Tigers’ future at running back, Chad Morris’ growing influence, the defensive reset, the near and distant future of the basketball program, Derrick Brown, Cam Newton, equestrian, Spider-Man, Mexican food and a lot more.
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