Analyst: Redshirt freshman could win Auburn football QB battle

Andrew Hughes

Dawgs Daily recruiting analyst Connor Jackson believes a redshirt freshman can win the Auburn football quarterback battle this spring Mandatory Credit: Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports

Red-shirt freshman Holden Geriner, deemed the forgotten man in the room, could win the Auburn football quarterback battle this spring — this at least according to Dawgs Daily recruiting analyst Connor Jackson.

Early thoughts on a few SEC QB battles

UGA: Gunner Stockton is a dark horse. He’s Mike Bobo’s guy, has been for a few years.

Bama: Very confident Ty Simpson will win the QB battle.

Auburn: If the battle is between Ashford and Geriner, i’m somewhat confident Geriner can win.
— Connor Jackson (@CJacksonPRZ) February 27, 2023

Jackson even went as far as to say that Geriner has an NFL arm:

Few more thoughts

Bama: Milroe has a lot he needs to improve on. That being said, I think it may be his job to lose right now.

Auburn: Holden Geriner was one of my favorite recruits in the 2022 class. I think he has an NFL arm. Let’s see if I was right.
— Connor Jackson (@CJacksonPRZ) February 27, 2023

Auburn football has only had two NFL draft picks at the quarterback position since 2010, Cam Newton and Jarrett Stidham, and including with Jason Campbell, has only had three NFL draft picks in the 21st century.

2023 Auburn football quarterback battle as open as it was in 2022

Interestingly enough, it appears as though the quarterback battle is just as open in 2023 as it was last year around this time. Once again, it’ll be Geriner, Robby Ashford, and T.J. Finley battling in the spring — and, if things aren’t definitive enough, fall camp as well — for the QB1 position on the Plains.

Though Ashford did well enough to earn the job and keep it from Week 4 onward, the new coaching staff changes the game. Hugh Freeze and Philip Montgomery may have offensive tendencies that favor Ashford, but Geriner’s arm is almost unanimously seen as the one with the most potential in the room.

Perhaps Finley finally has the coaching personnel to bring out his best. He’s always been an elite practice performer who gets the yips when games start. Freeze could be the perfect anecdote for his problems for all we know.

Things are widen open for the QB1 job. Same as it ever was.

Andrew Hughes

Andrew is currently the site expert for Fly War Eagle, with previous bylines at Glory Colorado and Hardwood Houdini. His work has been featured in The Miami Herald, Bleacher Report, and Heavy. Andrew graduated from Brooklyn College with a degree in print journalism in 2017 and has been a sports fan since 1993.