4 T ABL E OF C ONTENT S 5..............................................................................................2020 Schedule 6 ..........................................................................................Scouting Auburn 7 ....................................................................................Scouting Texas A&M 9 ...............................................................................................Auburn Roster 11 .......................................................................................Texas A&M Roster 13 ........................ A Word from Allen Greene, Director of Athletics 15 ......................................................................................Auburn Traditions 17 ................................................................................................ Depth Charts 19 ...................................................................................... Stat Comparisons 21,23 ..... Auburn Men: senior captains K.J. Britt, Big Kat Bryant 25 ..................................Look Back: 2010 SEC Championship 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: at Alabama 49 ..............University News: Ada Ruth Huntley - SGA President 51 .....................................................................Senior Spotlight: Bill Taylor 53-55 .................................................................................. Gameday Maps 57 .......................................................................Heisman Trophy Winners 59 ............................................................................ Auburn All-Americans 61................................ University News: Veteran’s Resource Center 63 ....................................................Newcomer Q&A: Jeremiah Wright 65 ................................................Auburn Postseason Award Winners 66-67................................................................................Tigers in the NFL 71 ................................................................Alabama Sports Hall of Fame 73 .........................................................................................University News: ..................................... Auburn Financial Management Association 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 ................................................Olympic Sports Update: Gymnastics 99 .....................................................................Auburn Sports Properties Cover: 2020 Senior Class (not pictured: Tanner Dean, T.D. Moultry, James Owens Moss) 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. Jordan-Hare Stadium 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 ...............................................................67-34 (8th Year) vs. Texas A&M ............................................................................................ 4-3 Career Record ................................................................ 77-37 (9th Year) vs. Texas A&M ............................................................................................ 4-3 AUBURN (5-3, 5-3) 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 .......................................11 a.m. Dec. 12 ............................ at Mississippi State .....................................TBA SERIES HISTORY n The all-time series between Texas A&M and Auburn is tied 5-5. n The teams first met in Dallas in 1911, a 16-0 Texas A&M victo- ry, and also played in Dallas at the end of the 1985 season, when the two schools met in the 1986 Cotton Bowl on New Year’s Day (a 36-16 Texas A&M win). n Prior to the 2018 Auburn 28-24 win at Jordan-Hare Stadi- um, the visiting team had won every matchup since Texas A&M joined the SEC in 2012. n In the first matchup of the teams as SEC members, Texas A&M was a 63-21 winner in 2012 in Auburn. n In the last three meetings, Auburn was a 42-27 victor at Texas A&M in 2017, won 28-24 in Auburn in 2018, and was a 28-20 winner at Texas A&M last season. MORE GAME TIDBITS n Saturday’s contest will also be Senior Day for Auburn. n The 18 Auburn seniors in their last home game: Chris Bobo, K.J. Britt, Big Kat Bryant, Tanner Dean, Devin Guice, Trent Kelley, Grant Loy, James Owens Moss, T.D. Moultry, Daquan Newkirk, Jordyn Peters, Prince Micheal Sammons, Clarke Smith, Eli Stove, Bill Taylor, Barrett Tindall, Tyrone Truesdell and Jacob vonEschenbach. n Auburn has an all-time record of 86-28-6 in the final game played in Auburn each season. IN DECEMBER n Auburn is 22-24-2 (.479) all-time in December. Auburn’s only previous December home game was a 30-20 win over Alabama in 1989. n Auburn is 3-1 in December under Gus Malzahn. n This will be Auburn’s first-ever game on December 5. 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 second 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 fifth in the SEC with 45.0 TFL. n Zakoby McClain is sixth in the SEC averaging 9.6 tackles per game (77 total) and Owen Pappoe is 10 in the conference with an 8.4 average (67 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 seventh in the SEC in all-pur- pose average (119.5/gm) and has accounted for more than a quarter (11-43) of Auburn’s plays of 20+ yards this season (8 KOR, 3 rush). Seth Williams has 11 receptions of 20+ yards as well this season. n Bigsby, whose 566 rushing yards rank fourth among all FBS freshmen, was the first Auburn freshman to rush for 100 yards in three consecutive games; previously only Bo Jack- son (1982) and Michael Dyer (2010) rushed for three 100- yard games against SEC opposition as Auburn freshmen. n Jamien Sherwood is one of only four players in the SEC with two or more fumble recoveries this season. SCOUTING AUBURN A UBURNTI G ERS.C OM Eli StoveSC OUTING TEXAS A&M 7 HEAD COACH JIMBO FISHER (Salem, 1990) Texas A&M Record ........................................................ 23-10 (3rd year) vs. Auburn ...................................................................................................0-2 Career Record .............................................................106-33 (11th year) vs. Auburn .................................................................................................... 1-2 TEXAS A&M (6-1, 6-1 SEC) Sept. 26 ......................... VANDERBILT .......................................W, 17-12 Oct. 3 .............................. at #2 Alabama ..................................... L, 24-52 Oct. 10 ............................ #4 FLORIDA ....................................... W, 41-38 Oct. 17 ............................ at Mississippi State ........................... W, 28-14 Oct. 31 ............................ ARKANSAS ......................................... W, 42-31 Nov. 7 .............................. at South Carolina ................................W, 48-3 Nov. 28 ........................... LSU ............................................................W, 20-7 Dec. 5 ............................. at Auburn .....................................................11 am Dec. 12 ............................ at Tennessee .................................................TBA WHAT TO WATCH FOR n The Aggies look to break the series tie and snap a three- game skid against Auburn. n Senior QB Kellen Mond is in need of 48 passing yards and 47 rushing yards to become the third QB in SEC history to pass for over 9,000 yards and rush for over 1,500 yards in their career. n Sophomore RB Isaiah Spiller leads the SEC averaging 112.0 yards per game and is second in the league with a 6.03 yards per carry average. n Spiller has rushed for over 100 yards and scored at least one touchdown in four of A&M’s five straight victories. n The trio of Spiller, along with classmates RB Ainias Smith and TE Jalen Wydermyer, has combined to tally six 100- yard games and six multi-touchdown games this year. n The Aggie offensive line ranks fourth in the nation and leads the SEC, allowing just 0.43 sacks per game and 3.0 total on the season n The unit is also top 10 in the country and atop the league, with a 4.0 TFL allowed per game average. n A&M leads the SEC in total defense and ranks second in rush defense after limiting its opponents to a combined 10 points and 87 yards on the ground in the last two games. n Senior LB Buddy Johnson leads the high-powered defense, pacing the team in tackles in six of the team’s seven games this season, reaching double figures in the category on five occasions. n Senior DB Myles Jones broke into the top 10 on A&M’s ca- reer pass break ups list with a pair of PBUs against LSU. n Jones needs to break up three passes to move into the top five all-time. QUICK HITS n This season, senior QB Kellen Mond has become A&M’s all-time leader in career passing yards (8,952), passing touchdowns (68), completions (741), attempts (1,277) and total offense (10,405), while currently sitting in second on the career TD’s responsible for (87) and QB victories (28-13) lists. n A&M remains the No. 5 team in the nation according to the AP for the fourth straight week, boasting the team’s highest in-season ranking since the 1999 season. n The Aggies landed at No. 5 in the initial College Football Playoff ranking, its highest mark since coming in at No. 4 in the first CFP rankings in 2016. n To date, 89-percent of the Aggies’ rushing yards and 96-percent of their receiving yards have come from fresh- men and sophomores. n Twenty-six of their 29 touchdowns have been scored by freshmen and sophomores. n A&M has scored 19 times on its last 21 trips into the red zone (last five games), with 15 of those scores being touchdowns. n The Aggies’ 53.7 success rate on third-down tries ranks fifth the nation, as they have converted more than 58.0 percent on third downs in four of the last six games. n Texas A&M averages more than 4:00 advantage in time of possession per game and have held the TOP advantage in each of the last six games ... The Aggies lead the SEC in TOP and rank No. 16 nationally. n Under DC Mike Elko, the Aggies ranked in the top 35 in total defense in 2018 (No. 32) and 2019 (No. 29) FBS statis- tical rankings. n Prior to Elko’s arrival, the Aggies hadn’t ranked in the top 50 nationally in more than a decade (since 2006). SCOUTING TEXAS A&M A UBURNTI G ERS.C O M Kellen Mond 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 19 Matthew Hill DB 6-1 190 So. Lawrenceville, GA 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 No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown 42 Jacob vonEschenbach Buck 6-1 230 Sr. Enterprise, AL 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 48 O.C. Brothers LB 6-1 236 RFr. Titusville, FL 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 >