The Auburn Tigers opened up their first day of fall camp on Wednesday, marking a new beginning for Coach Alex Golesh on the Plains as he takes on his first season with the program.
The media was allowed a 15-minute viewing window of the Tigers first workouts of the period, and the Auburn Undercover staff took its focus to a variety of different areas with some different position groups.
As a whole, none of the players were in pads today during the viewing period, and the quarterbacks were the only position group as a whole that donned the orange non-contact jerseys. Wide receiver Christian Neptune was also in a non-contact jersey for an undisclosed injury that was not made known during the press conferences that took place on Tuesday.
The quarterbacks took on a variety of different drills between both the indoor and outdoor facilities on Wednesday. The group started out by working with the running backs on hand-offs and passes in the flat, rotating reps.
The group then made its way to the outdoor facility to work with the wide receivers in various passing routes, working in the flats, bench routes and deep shots up the sideline. The offensive staff was harping on the receivers squeezing the ball after the catch, preaching ball security as a basic skill without any defenders on the field.
Freshman DeShawn Spencer has brought some talent to the field and has shown flashes of solid technique, having high awareness on the sidelines. It will remain to be seen where that talent goes, but the freshman has displayed ability to make an early impact. Golesh also acted as a coverage linebacker on the flat routes, allowing quarterback Byrum Brown to work on accuracy and quick decision-making.
The tight ends focused on getting off the line and blocking with the sleds, honing in on strength, technique and duration of their blocks off the snaps.
The offensive line also spent time with blocking technique, holding their forms through and extensive rush one-on-one with other offensive lineman.
The defensive front went to work on similar things, but primarily centered on first contact off the jump and getting a quick first step at the snap of the ball.
