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The LifeGreen color is a trademark of Regions Bank. 435 1 12/2812/284 TABLE OF CONTENTS 5 ...........................................................................................................Schedule 6 ..........................................................................................Scouting Auburn 8........................................................................................Scouting Arkansas 10 .............................................................................................Auburn Roster 12...........................................................................................Arkansas Roster 14 ..............................................................Opponent Outlook: Arkansas 16 ......................................................................................Auburn Traditions 18 ...............................................................................................Depth Charts 20 .....................................................................................Stats Comparison 22-24 ...........................................................Dillon Wade: Mr. Versatility 28-30 ............................................................Head Coach Hugh Freeze 32-36 .............................................................................Assistant Coaches 38 ........................................................................25 Years of Eagle Flights 40 ....................................................................................Auburn University 42 .......................................................................................Board of Trustees 44 .....................................................President Christopher B. Roberts 46 .....................................................Director of Athletics John Cohen 48 ..................................................................Through the Lens: Missouri 50 ............................................................................University News: RFID 52 ...................................................................................Aflac Kickoff Game 54 ..................................................................Jordan-Hare Stadium Map 56-57 ...................................................................Gameday Parking Map 60 ......................................................................Heisman Trophy Winners 62 ..............................................................................................All-Americans 64 ........................................................................Future SEC Opponents 66 ................................................................Postseason Trophy Winners 68-69 ...............................................................................Tigers in the NFL 72 ....................................................Auburn Football: By The Numbers 74 ...........................................................................Auburn University App 76 ............................Marching Band, Cheerleaders and Tiger Paws 78-90 .........................................................................2025 Auburn Tigers 92 .................................................................Everything Auburn Podcast 94 ................................................................................Undefeated Seasons 96 .............................................................................Orange & Blue Review 99 ................................................................................2025 SEC Schedule 101 .............................Olympic Sport Update: Women’s Basketball 103-104 .........................................................Auburn Sports Properties COVER: .....................................................................................Dillon Wade TABLE OF CONTENTS AUBURNTIGERS.COM2025 AUBURN SCHEDULE 5 AUBURNTIGERS.COM 8.29 Baylor Waco, TX McLane Stadium 9.13 South Alabama Auburn, AL Jordan-Hare Stadium Homecoming 10.25 Arkansas Fayetteville, AR Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium 9.6 Ball State Auburn, AL Jordan-Hare Stadium 10.18 Missouri Auburn, AL Jordan-Hare Stadium 10.11 Georgia Auburn, AL Jordan-Hare Stadium 9.20 Oklahoma Norman, OK Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium 11.1 Kentucky Auburn, AL Jordan-Hare Stadium 9.27 Texas A&M College Station, TX Kyle Field 11.8 Vanderbilt Nashville, TN FirstBank Stadium 11.22 Mercer Auburn, AL Jordan-Hare Stadium 11.30 Alabama Auburn, AL Jordan-Hare Stadium Blue - Home Orange - Away 2025 AUBURN SCHEDULE www.joxfm.com6 SCOUTING AUBURN HEAD COACH Hugh Freeze (Southern Miss, 1992) Auburn Record ..........................................................14-18 (3rd Season) Career Record .......................................................117-65 (15th Season) vs. Arkansas ................................................................................................4-4 AUBURN (3-4, 0-4) August 29 .....................at Baylor ...............................................W, 38-24 Sept. 6 ............................BALL STATE ..........................................W, 42-3 Sept. 13 ..........................SOUTH ALABAMA ...........................W, 31-15 Sept. 20 .........................at #11 Oklahoma ...................................L, 17-24 Sept. 27 ..........................at #9 Texas A&M ..................................L, 10-16 Oct. 11 .............................#10 GEORGIA ....................................L, 10-20 Oct. 18 ............................#16 MISSOURI .......................L, 17-20 [2OT] Oct. 25 ...........................at Arkansas .........................................11:45 a.m. Nov. 1 ..............................KENTUCKY ........................................6:30 p.m. Nov. 8 .............................at #10 Vanderbilt ...........................Afternoon Nov. 22 ...........................MERCER .....................................................1 p.m. Nov. 29 ...........................#4 ALABAMA ..............................................Flex STORY LINES n Saturday’s contest marks Auburn’s fourth true road game of the season, including its third in SEC play n The Tigers are one of three SEC programs (Alabama, Texas) playing its fourth true road game and third conference road game this weekend n Auburn enters game eight ranked in the top 30 in FBS in rush defense (10th, 87.1), scoring defense (24th, 17.9) and total defense (30th, 316.7) n The Tigers are one of six FBS teams, including two from the SEC, that hasn’t allowed more than 24 points in any game this season n Auburn has held its opponent under its scoring average in all seven games this season, including 12+ points under its average in five of seven games. Arkansas enters the week averaging 37.1 points per game n Along with ranking 10th in rush defense, the unit ranks 3rd in FBS in yard per carry allowed (2.47) n The team has allowed 610 rushing yards through seven games, good for the fewest in the first seven games of a season since 1994 (557) and the fifth fewest since 1968 n Auburn has held the opponent under 100 rushing yards in five of seven games this season, including three of four league games, and in 11 of 19 games under defensive coordinator DJ Durkin n Xavier Atkins has led or tied for the team lead in tackles in all four SEC games. He ranks fourth in the league with 36 tackles in four league games n Robert Woodyard matched Atkins with a career-high 11 tackles and 4.0 TFL vs. Missouri and has 29 tackles in four league games n Atkins and Woodyard have accounted for two of the three 4.0 TFL games in the SEC and two of the 10 4.0 TFL games in FBS. The 4.0 TFL are tied for the most by an Auburn player in a single-game since at least 1995 n Seventeen of Auburn’s 29 scoring drives this season have been drives of seven or more plays and 60 or more yards, including all three scoring drives vs. Missouri which accounted for 32 plays and 234 yards n The Tigers have recorded 15 rushing touchdowns through the first seven games of the season and have rushed for a touchdown in all seven games, including four games with multiple touchdown runs n Jackson Arnold is the 11th quarterback in program history to rush for seven or more touchdowns in a season and ranks T-3rd in the SEC in the category n Cam Coleman became the 32nd player in program history to surpass 1,000 career receiving yards with a season-high 108 yards versus Missouri n Eric Singleton Jr. has a catch in every game of his collegiate career (31 straight). The streak is the 10th longest active streak in FBS and third-longest among players in the SEC n Auburn’s league opponents are a combined 25-3 overall, including 12-3 in SEC play, the best marks in the league MAGIC NUMBER n Auburn is 3-0 this season and 13-4 under head coach Hugh Freeze when scoring 20+ points in a game n Conversely, the Tigers are 0-4 this season and 1-14 under Freeze when scoring fewer than 20 points n On the other side of the ball, Auburn is 2-1 this season and 12-2 under Freeze when allowing fewer than 20 points and 1-3 this season and 2-16 overall when allowing more than 20 points SCORING STREAK n Auburn has scored in a school-record 161 consecutive games dating back to the first game of the 2013 season, breaking the previous record of 149 games from 1980-92 n The Tigers are averaging 29.72 ppg (4,768 total points) during that stretch SCOUTING AUBURN AUBURNTIGERS.COM Kayin Lee8 SCOUTING ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS INTERIM HEAD COACH Bobby Petrino (Carroll, 1983) Career Record .......................................................137-73 (18th Season) Arkansas Record ......................................................34-19 (5th Season) vs. Auburn ...................................................................................................3-2 ARKANSAS (2-5, 0-3 SEC) Aug. 30 ............................ALABAMA A&M ...................................W, 52-7 Sept. 6 ..............................vs. Arkansas State ...............................W, 56-14 Sept. 13 ............................at #17 Ole Miss ......................................L, 41-35 Sept. 20 ...........................at Memphis .............................................L, 32-31 Sept. 27 ............................#22 NOTRE DAME .............................L, 56-13 Oct. 11 ...............................at #12 Tennessee ..................................L, 34-31 Oct. 18 ..............................#4 TEXAS A&M ...................................L, 45-42 Oct. 25 ............................AUBURN ...............................................11:45 a.m. Nov. 1 ................................MISSISSIPPI STATE ..........................3:00 p.m. Nov. 15 .............................at #20 LSU ....................................................Early Nov. 22 .............................at #22 Texas ...................................................Flex Nov. 29 ............................#15 MISSOURI ...........................................Night THE RUNDOWN n Arkansas, armed with the nation’s fourth-best offense by total yards per game, continues its three-game homestand at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium against Auburn n Kickoff between the Hogs and Tigers, both winless in SEC play this season, is set for 11:45 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, on SEC Network n The Razorbacks are 13-20-1 all-time against the Tigers, but have won two of the last three meetings (2022 & 2024) n Arkansas, however, is seeking its first win against Auburn in Fayetteville since 2015 n Bobby Petrino, named interim head coach for the remainder of the season on Sept. 28, eyes his first win since taking over at the helm of the program n Since his first stint as Arkansas’ head coach from 2008-11, Petrino is 15-6 in games played in Fayetteville as well as a perfect 2-0 against Auburn inside the friendly confines of Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium n Quaterback Taylen Green has completed 138-for-221 (62.4%) passes for 1,910 yards and 17 touchdowns while also rushing for 589 yards and five touchdowns on 83 carries (7.1 ypc) through seven games this season n The Razorbacks’ dual-threat quarterback currently leads the nation in both yards of total offense (2,499) and yards of total offense per game (357.0) n Running back Mike Washington Jr., the Razorbacks’ primary ball carrier, has rushed for a team-high 671 yards and five touchdowns on 96 carries (7.0 ypc) through seven games n The New Mexico State transfer has logged three 100- yard rushing games this season and one multi-rushing touchdown performance this year n Wide receiver O‚ÄôMega Blake is Arkansas’ top receiver through seven games this season, leading the Hogs in every major receiving category: receptions (42), receiving yards (582), receiving yards per catch (13.9), receiving touchdowns (4) and receiving yards per game (83.1) n The Charlotte transfer has turned in a pair of 100-yard receiving games this season, including his most recent 118- yard performance against Texas A&M n Defensive lineman Quincy Rhodes Jr., a native of North Little Rock, Ark., leads the Hogs in both tackles for loss (7.5) and sacks (5.0) through seven games this season n Rhodes has posted two multi-sack games this year to become the first Arkansas defender with multiple multi- sack games in a season since linebacker Drew Sanders (2) in 2022 FOUR DOWNS n Wide receiver Raylen Sharpe has caught a pass in 36 consecutive games dating back to his 2022 campaign at Missouri State n Sharpe’s 36-game reception streak is tied for fourth- longest nationally n Arkansas has converted 212 consecutive extra points since 2020, the second-longest streak nationally n Through seven games, kicker Scott Starzyk has connected on all 33 of his point-after attempts n Through seven games, quarterback Taylen Green ranks first nationally in both yards of total offense (2,499) and yards of total offense per game (357.0) n His 589 rushing yards are fourth-most among all FBS quarterbacks n The Razorbacks are averaging 513.7 total yards of offense per game, a mark good for fourth-best nationally n The offense is on pace to set the single-season program records for total yards per game and total yards per play (7.6) SCOUTING ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS AUBURNTIGERS.COM Mike Washington Jr.Next >