Auburn football: Ike Hilliard says kids ‘are working their butts off’
Auburn football receivers coach Ike Hilliard is high on his young group during the precious few weeks of fall camp preceding the September 3rd opener against the Mercer Bears at Jordan-Hare Stadium.
He’s had similarly inexperienced receiving corps before, but Hilliard shouted out the single most important thing you could do when you sign up to be an Auburn man under Bryan Harsin: work. Hard work.
In the deep heat of an Alabama August, the WR room was impressing an NFL vet that has cut his teeth in the professional coaching ranks since his retirement as a player. With so many new faces, that’s all you could realistically hope for at this stage. The results should follow, a capable QB under center withstanding.
Check out the all-out praise Hilliard had for his first unsalaried set of receivers of his coaching career (h/t Auburn Tigers official website):
"“They’re eager to learn, eager to get out there. They’re also more prone to make mistakes if they don’t pay attention to the details or the concepts. But these kids are working their butts off. They really are. It’s been remarkable for me to witness the load that these kids can carry and how they can run and run and run some more.”"
Auburn football HC Bryan Harsin believes the WR room lives the creed
Auburn football HC Bryan Harsin likes where the WR room was ‘as far as just the work’ — living proof that this current group, recruited by Harsin, understands the assignment the Plains bestows upon the chosen honored few in the orange and blue.
Mercer’s sizable secondary should prove to be a somewhat (spread-wise at least) intriguing FCS tune-up for the tall receiving corps–with the six-foot-five Landen King, six-foot four Ze’Vian Capers, six-foot-three Camden Brown, and six-foot-two Shedrick Jackson–out of the gate. With a revamped coaching staff and a fresh batch of potential freshman difference-makers to go along with (more than likely) a new starting quarterback and a few transfers ready to contribute on the defensive front and secondary, Tiger fans ought treat this as another fresh start and new era for Auburn football.