Auburn head coach Hugh Freeze has been impressed with his running backs in fall camp. But that is coming against his own defense. He isn't sure if that's a good thing about his running back room or a bad thing about his defense.
After each of Auburn’s first two preseason scrimmages, head coach Hugh Freeze said it was hard to be happy and this is why: if one part of your team succeeded, does that mean it came at the expense of another?
Auburn’s rush defense last season was ranked 96th out of 131 FBS teams in terms of rushing yards allowed per game. Based on the depth chart Auburn released Monday, Marcus Harris and Jayson Jones will once again be Auburn’s starters on the defensive interior. Auburn brought in reinforcements like Justin Rogers and Lawrence Johnson through the transfer portal to help defend the run on the interior.
“He’s one of the OGs of the game in terms of defense,” Asante said of Roberts. “His defenses have been proven to be fundamentally sound for years. I think the biggest thing is that it’s an aggressive style of defense. We’re going to try to get downhill. We’re going to try to come down in our gaps and basically cause havoc on their side of the ball.”Results in Auburn’s scrimmages would suggest that hasn’t happened so far. History doesn’t do any favors for the defense either.
Despite losing Tang Bigsby to the NFL after last season, Auburn’s running back room was able to improve its depth through the growth of Alston this fall and the addition of Brian Battie from USF. Sean Jackson has shown flashes throughout camp, too.
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