4 T ABL E OF C ONTENT S 5..............................................................................................2020 Schedule 6 ..........................................................................................Scouting Auburn 7 ........................................................................ Scouting Mississippi State 9 ...............................................................................................Auburn Roster 11 ............................................................................Mississippi State Roster 13 ........................ A Word from Allen Greene, Director of Athletics 15 ......................................................................................Auburn Traditions 17 ................................................................................................ Depth Charts 19 ...................................................................................... Stat Comparisons 21,23 ..Auburn awards: Former student-athletes receive honors 25 ........................................................Look Back: 2010 Clemson game 27-29 .............................................................Head Coach Gus Malzahn 31-35 ..............................................................................Assistant Coaches 37 ................................................................................. Director of Athletics 39 .......................................University News: Carnegie Classification 41 ..................................................................................... Auburn University 43 .................................................................................University President 45.......................................................................................Board of Trustees 47 ............................................................. Through the Lens: Texas A&M 49 ..............University News: Ada Ruth Huntley - SGA President 51 ............................................................................Kentucky Game Recap 53-55 ................................................................................2020 Top Photos 57 .......................................................................Heisman Trophy Winners 59 ............................................................................ Auburn All-Americans 61........................................................Georgia/Arkansas Game Recaps 63 ......................................... South Carolina/Ole Miss Game Recaps 65 ................................................Auburn Postseason Award Winners 66-67................................................................................Tigers in the NFL 71 ....................................................................................... LSU Game Recap 73 .........................................................................Tennessee Game Recap 75 ........................................................................ Band/Cheer/Tiger Paws 77-87.......................................................................... 2020 Auburn Tigers 89.............................................................University News: Rane Center 91 ...............................................................Auburn Undefeated Seasons 93 ..........................................................University News: War Eagle VIII 95 .............................................................................................SEC Schedule 97 ................................................. Alabama/Texas A&M Game Recaps 99 .....................................................................Auburn Sports Properties Cover: Trent Kelley, Prince Micheal Sammons, Clarke Smith TABLE OF CONTENTS A UBURNTI G ERS.C OM2020 A UBURN SCHEDULE 5 A UBURNTI G ERS.C O M 9.26 Kentucky Auburn, Ala. W, 29-13 10.10 Arkansas Auburn, Ala. W, 30-28 11.28 Alabama Tuscaloosa, Ala. L, 13-42 10.3 Georgia Athens, Ga. L, 6-27 11.21 Tennessee Auburn, Ala. W, 30-17 10.31 LSU Auburn, Ala. W, 48-11 10.17 South Carolina Columbia, S.C. L, 22-30 12.5 Texas A&M Auburn, Ala. L, 20-31 10.24 Ole Miss Oxford, Miss. W, 35-28 12.12 Mississippi State Starkville, Miss. Davis Wade Stadium Blue - Home Orange - Away 2020 AUBURN SCHEDULE6 SC OUTING A UBURN HEAD COACH GUS MALZAHN (Henderson State, 1990) Auburn Record ................................................................67-35 (8th Year) vs. Mississippi State ................................................................................. 4-3 Career Record ................................................................77-38 (9th Year) vs. Mississippi State ................................................................................. 4-3 AUBURN (5-4, 5-4) Sept. 26 .............................KENTUCKY ......................................... W, 29-13 Oct. 3 .............................. at #4 Georgia ......................................... L, 6-27 Oct. 10 ............................ ARKANSAS ........................................W, 30-28 Oct. 17 ............................ at South Carolina ...............................L, 22-30 Oct. 24 ........................... at Ole Miss ..........................................W, 35-28 Oct. 31 ............................ LSU ...........................................................W, 48-11 Nov. 14 ............................ at Mississippi State .......................postponed Nov. 21 ............................ TENNESSEE .......................................W, 30-17 Nov. 28 ........................... at #1 Alabama ....................................... L, 13-42 Dec. 5 ............................. #5 TEXAS A&M ...................................L, 20-31 Dec. 12 ............................ at Mississippi State .................................6:30 pm SERIES HISTORY n The Tigers hold a 64-27-2 (.699) record all-time against Missis- sippi State and have won seven of the last 11 matchups against the Bulldogs. n Auburn was a 56-23 winner in Auburn last season, while the Bulldogs won 23-9 in Starkville in 2018; the home team has won seven of the last nine games. n Auburn has a 30-7 advantage in all games played at Auburn, a 13-7-1 lead in all games played at Starkville, and a 21-13-1 advantage in games played at neutral sites. n Those include Birmingham, Ala. (AU leads 14-11-1); Columbus, Miss. (AU leads 1-0); Jackson, Miss. (AU leads 5-2); and Mont- gomery, Ala. (AU leads 1-0). n Auburn has an all-time record of 52-68-7 in regular-season finales since 1892. n The Tigers are 51-69-7 all-time in the final game of the regular season played away from Auburn. IN DECEMBER n Auburn is 22-25-2 (.500) all-time in December. Prior to this year, Auburn’s only previous home game in December was a 30-20 win over Alabama in 1989. n Away from Auburn, the Tigers are 21-24-2 (.468). n Auburn is 3-2 in December under Gus Malzahn. n This will be Auburn’s first-ever game on December 12. KICKOFF COVERAGE n Auburn is one of only 14 teams nationally with both a fumble return and an interception return for scores this season. n Redshirt freshman Colby Wooden is third in the SEC with 8.5 TFL this season; Wooden has recorded at least 0.5 TFL in every game but one. As a team, the Tigers are seventh in the SEC with 48.0 TFL. n Zakoby McClain is third in the SEC averaging 10.4 tackles per game (94 total) and Owen Pappoe is 10th in the conference with an 8.1 average (73 total). n Bo Nix’s 91-yard TD pass to Anthony Schwartz vs. LSU is tied for the longest pass play in the SEC and the third-longest in the FBS this season. n True freshman Tank Bigsby is eighth in the SEC in all-purpose average (114.7/gm) and has accounted for more than a quarter (12-48) of Auburn’s plays of 20+ yards this season (8 KOR, 4 rush). n Seth Williams has 12 receptions of 20+ yards as well this sea- son. n Bigsby, whose 642 rushing yards ranks second among all FBS freshmen, was the first Auburn freshman to rush for 100 yards in three consecutive games; previously only Bo Jackson (1982) and Michael Dyer (2010) rushed for three 100-yard games against SEC opposition as Auburn freshmen. n Anders Carlson is one of 20 semifinalists for the Lou Groza Award; the junior placekicker is 15-17 on field goals and 22-23 on PAT this season. MORE TIGER STRIPES... n Against Texas A&M, linebacker Zakoby McClain posted a career-high 17 tackles, the most by an Auburn player since Demetruce McNeal (18) at Mississippi State in 2012. It was McClain’s sixth career double-figure tackle game (fourth this season) and the fifth time this year he has led the Tigers in tackles. The junior now has 153 tackles for his career. n The Tennessee game was Gus Malzahn’s 100th game as Au- burn head coach. His first game was a 31-24 win over Washing- ton State at JordanHare Stadium in 2013. n With 732 combined career kicking points, the Carlsons (Daniel and Anders) are now third all-time in the most points scored by a duo of brothers who kicked for the same college. SCOUTING AUBURN A UBURNTI G ERS.C OM Owen PappoeSC OUTING MISSISSIPPI S T A TE 7 HEAD COACH Mike Leach (BYU, 1983) Mississippi State Record ....................................................2-6 (1st year) vs. Auburn .................................................................................................. 0-0 Career Record .............................................................141-96 (19th year) vs. Auburn ....................................................................................................0-1 MISSISSIPPI STATE (2-6, 2-6 SEC) Sept. 26 ......................... at #6 LSU ............................................W, 44-34 Oct. 3 .............................. ARKANSAS ............................................ L, 14-21 Oct. 10 ............................ at Kentucky .............................................L, 2-24 Oct. 17 ............................ #11 TEXAS A&M................................... L, 14-28 Oct. 31 ............................ at #2 Alabama ........................................ L, 0-41 Nov. 7 .............................. VANDERBILT ......................................W, 24-17 Nov. 14 ............................ #24 AUBURN .............................................PPD Nov. 21 ............................ at #13 Georgia ...................................... L, 24-31 Nov. 28 ........................... at Ole Miss ............................................. L, 24-31 Dec. 5 ............................. MISSOURI ....................................................PPD Dec. 12 ............................ AUBURN ................................................6:30pm STORYLINES n Mississippi State and Auburn meet for the 94th time in pro- gram history on Saturday. The Tigers hold a 64-26-2 lead in the all-time series. The two teams have evenly split the last eight matchups with both claiming four victories. State has won three of the last four in Starkville. n Mike Leach has met Auburn once in his career to open the 2013 season. That was also Gus Malzahn’s first season on The Plains. Leach’s Washington State team lost that match- up, 31-24, in Auburn. n Mississippi State is set to play the second-latest non-bowl game in its history when the Bulldogs host Auburn. Entering 2020, the latest non-bowl game played in December was a 16-0 loss at Memphis Athletic Club on Dec. 7, 1895. In the modern era, the latest December game came on Dec. 6, 1941 in a 26-13 victory at San Francisco. n The Bulldog offense has already broken 15 different passing and receiving records this season and is on pace to break six more before the season ends. n 21 Bulldogs have made their first career start this year, tied for third-most in the Power Five and tied for 10th in the FBS. 44 percent of snaps have been taken up by first-time starters, and on average, MSU has 4.9 first-time starters on the field for every play. n Will Rogers led all NCAA quarterbacks in completions during the month of November (121) and was the only quarterback in the NCAA with 1,000 passing yards and zero interceptions last month. n MSU’s true freshmen have combined for 119 catches, the most by any true freshman group in the NCAA (LSU, 80; Texas Tech, 80; Pittsburgh, 67; Oklahoma, 56). n RB Jo’quavious Marks has broken MSU’s single-season records for receptions by both freshmen and running backs and needs just eight more catches (58) to crack the single-season top 10. n WR Jaden Walley currently leads MSU with 462 receiving yards and would be first freshman to lead State in receiving yardage since Chad Bumphis (375) in 2009. He needs 49 receiving yards to break Mardye McDole’s freshman record of 510 yards set in 1977 and would be just the second MSU freshman with a 500-yard season. n WR Austin Williams boasts the fourth-highest hands grade in the FBS according to PFF (90.3). Of his 54 career recep- tions, 50.0 percent have led to a touchdown or first down. n LB Aaron Brule leads the Bulldogs with 30 total pressures this year per PFF, which is fourth in the SEC and second among all FBS linebackers. He is also tied for the team lead with 3.5 sacks for a team-leading loss of 19 yards. n DB Martin Emerson ranks seventh among Power Five cor- nerbacks and second in the SEC at the position in coverage grade (83.6) per PFF (min. 200 coverage snaps), and is one of eight Power Five cornerbacks with zero touchdowns allowed in coverage. n MSU is one of two SEC programs along with Kentucky that can boast multiple active players with 20.0 or more career tackles for loss (DE Marquiss Spencer, 22.5; DE Kobe Jones, 20.5; LB Erroll Thompson, 20.5). NUMBERS TO KNOW n 167: Consecutive pass attempts by QB Will Rogers without an INT, the second-longest streak in the SEC and sixth-lon- gest in the FBS. n 9: Tackles needed by LB Erroll Thompson to become the first Bulldog since at least 2000 with 300 career tackles. n 0: Touchdowns in coverage allowed by DB Martin Emerson this season. n 22: QB hurries by LB Aaron Brule, which leads all FBS line- backers. n 1: QB Will Rogers was the only signal caller in the FBS to throw for 1,000+ yards with 0 INTs in November. n 6: Rushing TDs allowed by MSU, which is tied for the sec- ond-fewest in the SEC. SCOUTING MISSISSIPPI STATE A UBURNTI G ERS.C O M Erroll Thompson and Martin Emerson A UBURN TIGERS ROS TER 9 No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown 0 Owen Pappoe LB 6-1 222 So. Lawrenceville, GA 1 Big Kat Bryant DE 6-5 250 Sr. Cordele, GA 1 Anthony Schwartz WR 6-0 179 Jr. Pembroke Pines, FL 3 D.J. Williams RB 5-10 208 So. Lake Placid, FL 3 Zykeivous Walker DE 6-4 266 Fr. Ellaville, GA 4 Tank Bigsby RB 6-0 204 Fr. LaGrange, GA 4 Jay Hardy DE 6-4 299 Fr. Chattanooga, TN 5 Kobe Hudson WR 6-1 196 Fr. Pine Mountain, GA 5 Chris Thompson Jr. DB 6-1 202 Fr. DeSoto, TX 6 Ja’Varrius Johnson WR 5-9 160 RFr. Trussville, AL 6 Christian Tutt DB 5-11 192 Jr. Thomson, GA 8 Shaun Shivers RB 5-7 179 Jr. Fort Lauderdale, FL 9 Zakoby McClain LB 6-0 211 Jr. Valdosta, GA *10 Devan Barrett DB 6-0 200 Jr. Tampa, FL 10 Bo Nix QB 6-2 213 So. Pinson, AL 11 Shedrick Jackson WR 6-0 201 Jr. Hoover, AL 12 Sammy Cohen DB 6-1 210 RFr. Marietta, GA 12 Eli Stove WR 6-0 191 Sr. Niceville, FL 13 Trey Lindsey QB 6-0 200 RFr. Montgomery, AL 13 Ladarius Tennison DB 5-10 197 Fr. Rockledge, FL 14 Grant Loy QB 6-5 230 Sr. New Washington, OH 14 Nehemiah Pritchett DB 6-1 177 So. Jackson, AL *14 Traivon Leonard DB 6-0 214 Sr. West Palm Beach, FL 15 Chayil Garnett QB 6-1 216 Fr. Lake Wales, FL 15 Jordyn Peters DB 6-1 200 Sr. Muscle Shoals, AL *16 Malcolm Askew DB 5-11 185 Sr. McCalla, AL 16 Malcolm Johnson Jr. WR 6-1 185 Fr. Bryans Road, MD 17 Elijah Canion WR 6-4 213 Fr. Hollywood, FL 17 Marco Domio DB 6-1 180 Jr. Houston, TX 18 Seth Williams WR 6-3 211 Jr. Cottondale, AL 20 Sawyer Pate QB 6-1 206 Fr. Alabaster, AL 20 Jamien Sherwood DB 6-2 220 Jr. Jensen Beach, FL 21 Smoke Monday DB 6-2 196 Jr. Atlanta, GA 22 Trey Elston DB 6-0 188 Jr. Auburn, AL 23 Roger McCreary DB 6-0 188 Jr. Mobile, AL 24 Eric Reed Jr. DB 6-0 187 Fr. Shreveport, LA 24 Cord Sandberg QB 6-3 222 So. Bradenton, FL 25 Caylin Newton WR 5-11 201 Jr. Atlanta, GA 25 Colby Wooden Buck 6-4 268 RFr. Lawrenceville, GA 26 Anders Carlson K 6-5 215 Jr. Colorado Springs, CO 27 Jackson Billings WR 5-10 175 Fr. Huntsville, AL 27 Tanner Dean LB 6-3 217 Jr. Birmingham, AL 28 Devin Guice DB 5-8 160 Sr. Opelika, AL 28 Mark-Antony Richards RB 6-1 208 RFr. Wellington, FL 29 Derick Hall Buck 6-3 238 So. Gulfport, MS 30 Tommy Nesmith WR 6-0 175 RFr. Auburn, AL 30 Desmond Tisdol LB 6-0 231 Fr. Rochelle, GA 31 Zion Puckett DB 5-11 205 RFr. Griffin, GA *31 Chandler Wooten LB 6-2 229 Sr. Acworth, GA 32 Trent Mason WR 6-1 185 RFr. Lakeland, FL 32 Wesley Steiner LB 6-0 227 Fr. Warner Robins, GA 33 K.J. Britt LB 6-0 243 Sr. Oxford, AL 35 James Owens Moss WR 5-9 182 Sr. Opelika, AL 35 Cam Riley LB 6-4 209 Fr. Evergreen, AL 36 Jaylin Simpson DB 6-0 171 RFr. Brunswick, GA 37 Payton Anderson RB 5-11 225 RFr. Fyffe, AL 37 Romello Height Buck 6-3 215 Fr. Dublin, GA 38 Barrett Tindall LB 6-0 214 Sr. Birmingham, AL 39 Chris Bobo DB 6-0 193 Sr. Alpharetta, GA 39 Marshall Meyers P 5-8 185 Fr. Opelika, AL 40 Flynn Driscoll TE 6-6 242 So. Madison, CT 40 Jacoby Puckett DB 6-0 183 RFr. Griffin, GA 41 Aidan Marshall P 6-0 210 Jr. Winchester, VA 41 Erik Piedy DB 5-10 184 So. New Orleans, LA 42 Jacob vonEschenbach Buck 6-1 230 Sr. Enterprise, AL No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown 43 Kameron Brown LB 6-0 237 RFr. Sugar Hill, GA 44 Daquan Newkirk DT 6-3 317 Sr. Orlando, FL 44 Jay Sharp RB 5-7 157 Fr. Birmingham, AL 45 Caleb Johnson DE 6-2 248 So. Columbus, GA 46 Jacob Jasinski RB 5-10 194 So. Birmingham, AL 46 Jake Levant LB 6-1 228 Fr. Vestavia Hills, AL 47 John Samuel Shenker TE 6-3 241 Jr. Albany, GA 49 Dre Butler DT 6-5 304 So. Covington, GA 50 Jalil Irvin OL 6-2 310 So. Stone Mountain, GA 51 Barton Lester LB 6-3 208 Jr. Montgomery, AL 52 Nick Brahms OL 6-3 299 Jr. Navarre, FL 52 Russ Logan LB 5-11 193 So. Eutaw, AL 53 Clarke Smith LS 6-3 247 Sr. Leeds, AL 54 Tate Johnson OL 6-3 309 Fr. LaGrange, GA 55 Brenden Coffey OL 6-5 279 Jr. Paradise, CA 55 Jaren Handy DL 6-5 252 So. Hattiesburg, MS 56 Tashawn Manning OL 6-3 324 Jr. Apopka, FL 57 Avery Jernigan OL 6-3 296 Fr. Blackshear, GA 57 Brooks Walton LB 5-11 208 So. Little Rock, AR 58 Keiondre Jones OL 6-3 335 RFr. LaGrange, GA 59 Brodarious Hamm OL 6-5 330 Jr. Griffin, GA 60 Bill Taylor LS 6-3 220 Sr. Northport, AL 61 Reed Hughes LS 6-1 212 Fr. Conway, AR 62 Kameron Stutts OL 6-4 325 So. Killen, AL 65 Alec Jackson OL 6-5 315 Jr. Montgomery, AL 67 Jacob Quattlebaum LS 6-0 219 So. Enterprise, AL 68 Austin Troxell OL 6-6 312 Jr. Huntsville, AL 70 David Shannon OL 6-7 246 Jr. Birmingham, AL 71 Brandon Council OL 6-4 325 Jr. Tar Heel, NC 72 Prince Micheal Sammons OL 6-7 313 Sr. Blanchester, OH 73 Gabe Brinson DT 6-5 305 So. Lorton, VA 75 Trent Kelley OL 6-5 292 Sr. Phenix City, AL 76 Jeremiah Wright DT 6-5 340 Fr. Selma, AL 77 Kilian Zierer OL 6-7 294 Jr. Munich, Germany 79 Kamaar Bell OL 6-2 325 RFr. Moultrie, GA 80 Ze’Vian Capers WR 6-4 194 Fr. Alpharetta, GA 81 J.J. Evans WR 6-3 210 Fr. Montevallo, AL 82 Hayden Brice TE 6-3 220 Jr. Jackson, MS 83 Malcolm Russell WR 5-11 201 So. Pelham, AL 84 Jackson McFadden WR 6-1 185 So. Nashville, TN 85 Tyler Fromm TE 6-5 237 RFr. Warner Robins, GA 86 Luke Deal TE 6-6 247 RFr. Greenwood, SC 87 Brandon Frazier TE 6-7 270 Fr. McKinney, TX 89 J.J. Pegues TE 6-2 300 Fr. Oxford, MS 90 Daniel Foster-Allen DE 6-4 250 Fr. Mobile, AL 91 Oscar Chapman P 6-3 210 Fr. Adelaide, Australia 92 Marquis Burks DT 6-3 312 Jr. Chicago, IL 93 Evan McGuire K 6-5 200 Fr. Alabaster, AL 94 Tyrone Truesdell DT 6-2 326 Sr. Augusta, GA 95 Nick Curtis DE 6-4 197 RFr. Birmingham, AL 96 Ben Patton K 5-10 190 RFr. Rochester, MI 97 Watkins Johnston DL 6-0 262 Fr. Montgomery, AL 99 T.D. Moultry Buck 6-2 253 Sr. Birmingham, AL *Has opted out for the 2020 season AUBURN TIGERS ROSTER A UBURNTI G ERS.C O MNext >