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‘There’s optimism’ Auburn star won’t miss time for conduct violation

By Andrew Hughes

According to Auburnundercover's Nathan King, "there's optimism" that Auburn football won't have its star RB miss any time from a suspension Mandatory Credit: The Montgomery Advertiser
According to Auburnundercover's Nathan King, "there's optimism" that Auburn football won't have its star RB miss any time from a suspension Mandatory Credit: The Montgomery Advertiser /
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Riding on the high of a major recruiting flip of Chilton County High School star linebacker Demarcus Riddick from Georgia on July 26, the Auburn football program reportedly has more good news for fans: “There’s optimism” that Jarquez Hunter will be available for the start of fall camp, with relying on USF transfer Brian Battie, second-year Damari Alston, and incoming Montgomery Catholic recruit Jeremiah Cobb being the Tigers’ hedge if for some reason something changes.

“There’s optimism within the program that Hunter will be good to go for the start of camp, but if he’s unavailable for any period of time, there will obviously be an increased load on the Tigers’ other tailbacks,” Auburnundercover’s Nathan King wrote.

While Hugh Freeze was unable to update reporters at SEC Media Days 2023 about whether or not Hunter would be available, it appears as though the program is quietly moving toward preparing to feature all of its backfield weapons this fall.

Auburn football has many questions needing to be answered on offense

Hunter’s availability is one of the most pressing issues the Auburn football offense faces ahead of the 2023 season, but that’s certainly second to the quarterback question that doesn’t appear to be answered yet. Robby Ashford was the Las Vegas favorite to win the starting job, but that story led to an influx of public action on Payton Thorne. So the sportsbooks have no actual idea what’s going on, and Freeze hasn’t given any clear indication of what’s going on with the QB position either.

This could be seen as a good thing from a scouting perspective since other SEC teams have no idea where to begin when it comes to Freeze’s squad. For Tiger fans, though, it can’t feel great not knowing who will be relied on at the sport’s most important offensive position.

The point of Thorne was to bring in a starting-level talent who can push Ashford, so if the former state champion at Hoover was Vegas’ QB1 prediction because of an offseason bump in output, mission accomplished. Let’s just hope Ashford wasn’t favored because Thorne isn’t grasping Philip Montgomery’s offense instead…

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