After a three-way quarterback battle with Payton Thorne, Robby Ashford and Holden Geriner, Hugh Freeze picked the Michigan State transfer.
Thorne had the shortest time to settle into Auburn over sophomores Robby Ashford and Holden Geriner who had both spent a year in the program already while Thorne arrived over the summer and fall camp marked his first practices with the team.
Come Auburn’s first preseason scrimmage last Saturday at Jordan-Hare Stadium, Freeze said he thought he had narrowed down to two quarterbacks, but the quarterback play in that came cause Freeze to rethink his decision. During drills open to the media, Thorne was consistently the quarterback most frequently working with the other projected starters, even though Ashford and Geriner each had turns, too.
Thorne has shown to be mostly reliable in fall camp and brings far more experience than anyone else in the quarterback room. Thorne had 26 starts for Michigan State and completed just over 60% of his passes with 49 touchdowns. He totaled 6,494 passing yards in 29 career games with the Spartans. Michigan State lost star running back Kenneth Walker III to the NFL after that season, and took a step backward in 2022.
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