Hugh Freeze fielded 68 different players in Auburn's season-opening win over UMass.
But Auburn did and then some as 68 different Tigers took the field against the Minutemen, all while having a handful of guys not available to play Saturday.
“It’s valuable because their parents are here, and their girlfriends are here and they practice their tail off and there’s no guarantee they get any snaps,” said Freeze, who had more family members present in his Auburn debut than any other game he’s ever coached in. And while Thorne indeed started Saturday’s game, he was far from the only quarterback to take snaps for the Tigers. And it wasn’t because Thorne was relieved after the game was already well in hand – Auburn used its “backup quarterback” during the Tigers’ second possession.Instead, maybe it’s got two – and maybe even three – quarterbacks who compliment each other well.
Mind you, junior running back Jarquez Hunter — who is believed to be Auburn’s main guy in the backfield — wasn’t available against UMass. He’s one more running back the Tigers will eventually have at their disposal.Running backs coach and associate head coach Cadillac Williams went as far as to say this year’s running back room was the deepest he’d seen it since returning to The Plains as a coach in 2019.
Meanwhile, elsewhere on the offensive side of the football, seven different guys lined up at tight end and nine different guys took snaps at wide receiver.
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