Auburn commit Bralan Womack was on the Plains for the Tigers' 23-17 double overtime loss to No. 16 Missouri on Saturday. The top safety and No. 14 overall player in the 2026 class, Womack came away with a bad feeling about the direction Hugh Freeze's program is going in.
He sent a direct message to Freeze and his coaching staff.
"The honest truth in how I'm feeling right now, the defense has got to stop leaving the game up to the offense," Womack told Auburn Undercover. "At this point, the defense — in the college world we live in now — you've got to score 20 or more points to compete. And we've done that zero times in SEC play. It doesn't look like it's going to change. Nothing's changing. Defense, we had some times we could've gotten off the field. But when the time prevailed we got you the ball two extra times and did nothing with it. You've got to capitalize on offense. All the teams that are successful right now in the college world are putting numbers on the scoreboard. We're not doing it."
It was the fourth-straight SEC game this season in which the Tigers failed to get to 20 points, as the offense continued to waste opportunities despite a tremendous defensive effort. Jackson Arnold, on a short leash, finished 18-of-30 for 207 yards and an interception, failing to throw a touchdown for the third-straight game.
Despite his feelings and the fact that Auburn now sits at 3-4, Womack says he is still committed to the Tigers.
"It doesn't affect my commitment at all," Womack said. "The players that we have on this team I think are second to none in this conference, in this country. We have an insanely incredible wide receiver corps. Our running back is phenomenal. We're just not making the plays offensively in the big moments. Convert the third down that the tight end dropped. We're taking sacks after sacks after sacks. I mean, something has to change offensively."