With an injury to starting center Avery Jones, Connor Lew is in line to start against Mississippi State.
AUBURN, AL - March 24, 2023 - Auburn Offensive Lineman Connor Lew during spring practice at the Woltosz Football Performance Center in Auburn, AL. Photo by Austin PerrymanIn the moments after his freshman center played the most significant snaps of his college career, Auburn head coach Hugh Freeze’s first description of Connor Lew was mature.
Auburn has not stated exactly what Jones’ injury is, but he was not seen on the field during a practice window open to reporters Tuesday. Offensive lineman Gunner Britton said Lew has the biggest forearms he’s ever seen. He said when he was a freshman, his body didn’t look as strong as Lew’s. “I tell everybody that asks: ‘If you could do it all over again, would you still come in the spring,’” Lew said Tuesday. “And I say, ‘No hesitation. I definitely would.’”
Jones and Lew have appeared to work together well thus far. Two weeks ago in Baton Rouge, when Auburn was down by multiple touchdowns to LSU in the fourth quarter, Lew warmed up on the sideline to go into the game in relief of the starters. Yet as he practiced snapping the ball, it was Jones playing the role of quarterback behind him catching the ball, seeming to coach him on the game Jones had just come out of.It all seemed to set up Lew as an obvious redshirt candidate.
“I think people say as an offensive lineman if nobody mentions your name that’s usually a good thing,” quarterback Payton Thorne said. “I don’t think anybody mentioned his name.”
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