Here's what to know about Auburn's newly named starting quarterback.
Auburn football fans will see a new name and number jog out onto the field with the Tigers’ starting offense on Saturday as redshirt freshman quarterback Hank Brown is reportedly expected to make his first start under center.
That same season, Brown passed for 3,264 yards and 47 touchdowns on 73.3% passing. Brown’s 47 touchdown passes rank as the fifth-most in Tennessee state history. The 6-foot-4 signal caller’s first offer came from Pitt, then Illinois and then UT-Martin. He also received offers from Eastern Kentucky and Austin Peay.
Fortunately, UAB and Dilfer, his former high school coach, offered him, but Brown was slow to jump at the opportunity. Thorne and backup quarterback Holden Geriner had both had their chances, but struggled to get Auburn’s offense going against the Maryland Terrapins, who went on to win the game by a convincing margin.
“Hank has incredible poise. Everyday when he’s running the scout team and he has very little protection, he stands in there and makes throw after throw after throw. I think he has incredible poise for a freshman, for sure,” Freeze said in his postgame press conference from the depths of Nashville’s Nissan Stadium.
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