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Learn more at AlabamaBlue.com/Happy Tackle every play with confidence.4 TABLE OF CONTENTS 5 ...............................................................................................2026 Schedule 6 ..........................................................................................Scouting Auburn 8........................................................................................Scouting Arkansas 10 .............................................................................................Auburn Roster 12...........................................................................................Arkansas Roster 14 ..............................................................Opponent Outlook: Arkansas 16 ...............................................................................................Depth Charts 18 ........................................................................................Stat Comparison 20 .....................................................................................Auburn Traditions 22-24 .....................Rayshawn Pleasant Leads Auburn Secondary 28-30 ..............................................................Head Coach Alex Golesh 32-36 .............................................................................Assistant Coaches 38 ..........................................................................The Auburn Experience 40 ....................................................................................Auburn University 42 .......................................................................................Board of Trustees 44 .....................................................President Christopher B. Roberts 46 .....................................................Director of Athletics John Cohen 48 .................................................................Through the Lens: Ole Miss 50 .............................................................................Auburn’s Army ROTC 52 ........................................Auburn Women’s Basketball Media Day 54 ..................................................................Jordan-Hare Stadium Map 56-57 ....................................................................................Gameday Map 60 ......................................................................Heisman Trophy Winners 62 ..............................................................................................All-Americans 64 ..............................................Auburn Men’s Basketball Media Day 66 ................................................................Postseason Trophy Winners 68-69 ...............................................................................Tigers in the NFL 72 .......................................................................National Championships 74 .....................................................Auburn Football: By the Numbers 76 ............................Marching Band, Cheerleaders and Tiger Paws 78-90 .........................................................................2026 Auburn Tigers 92 .........................................................................................The Auburn App 94 ................................................................................Undefeated Seasons 96 ..............................................................................................Auburn Today 99 ............................................................................................Spirit of Giving 101 ...............................................................................2026 SEC Schedule 103-104 .........................................................Auburn Sports Properties Cover: ........................................................................Rayshawn Pleasant TABLE OF CONTENTS AUBURNTIGERS.COM2026 AUBURN SCHEDULE 5 AUBURNTIGERS.COM 9.5 Baylor Atlanta, GA Mercedes-Benz Stadium 9.19 Florida Auburn, AL Jordan-Hare Stadium 10.31 Ole Miss Oxford, MS Vaught-Hemingway Stadium 9.12 Southern Miss Auburn, AL Jordan-Hare Stadium 10.24 LSU Auburn, AL Jordan-Hare Stadium 10.17 Georgia Athens, GA Sanford Stadium 9.26 Vanderbilt Auburn, AL Jordan-Hare Stadium 11.7 Arkansas Auburn, AL Jordan-Hare Stadium 10.3 Tennessee Knoxville, TN Neyland Stadium 11.14 Mississippi State Starkville, MS Davis Wade Stadium 11.21 Samford Auburn, AL Jordan-Hare Stadium 11.28 Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL Bryant-Denny Stadium Blue - Home | Orange - Away | Gray - Neutral 2026 AUBURN SCHEDULE6 SCOUTING AUBURN HEAD COACH Alex Golesh (Ohio State, 2006) Auburn Record ...............................................................4-4 (1st Season) Career Record ...........................................................27-19 (4th Season) vs. Arkansas ...............................................................................................0-0 AUBURN (4-4, 2-4) Sept. 5 ............................vs. Baylor .................................................W, 17-16 Sept. 12 ..........................SOUTHERN MISS ..............................W, 43-8 Sept. 19 ..........................FLORIDA ...............................................L, 39-44 Sept. 26 .........................VANDERBILT ......................................W, 21-15 Oct. 3 ..............................at #17 Tennessee .................................L, 14-24 Oct. 17 ............................at #1 Georgia ......................................W, 27-24 Oct. 24 ...........................#18 LSU ....................................................L, 17-38 Oct. 31 ............................at #12 Ole Miss .....................................L, 15-45 Nov. 7 ..............................ARKANSAS ........................................11:45 a.m. Nov. 14 ............................at Mississippi State .........................11:00 a.m. Nov. 21 ............................SAMFORD ..........................................2:30 p.m. Nov. 28 ...........................at #9 Alabama .............................................Flex STORY LINES n The Tigers lead the series against the Razorbacks, 21-13-1, including a 9-7-1 record on the Plains. n Saturday marks the 35th consecutive season the two teams have met dating back to 1992. It marks Auburn’s third- longest active streak against an opponent, trailing Georgia (83) and Alabama (78). n Auburn has averaged 35.0 points in its 21 wins against Arkansas as opposed to 19.7 points in its 13 losses in the series. n Since 1992, the Tigers have averaged 202.1 rushing yards per game against the Razorbacks, the team’s third highest average against a SEC opponent. n Auburn capped off a stretch of four straight games against AP top 20 opponents, three of which came on the road. The Tigers were the only team in the country to play four ranked opponents in October. n Byrum Brown accounted for two touchdowns at Ole Miss - one passing, one rushing - and has now totaled 110 touchdowns in his collegiate career, 10 more than any other active FBS player. n The contest marked his FBS-best 23rd of his career in which he has thrown and rushed for at least one score, including his fifth in his first six career SEC games. n It also marked the sixth straight game in which Brown has rushed for a touchdown, becoming the first Auburn player to do so since Kerryon Johnson rushed for a touchdown in seven straight games played in 2017. n With his 21-yard touchdown pass to Chas Nimrod in the second quarter, Brown became the 10th FBS player since 1956, including the fifth to have played in the SEC, with 70 or more career passing and 35 or more career rushing touchdowns. He joins Jalen Hurts, Bo Nix, Dak Prescott and Tim Tebow on the SEC list. n Three Tigers in Nimrod (62), DeShawn Spencer (62) and Christian Neptune (53) logged 50 or more receiving yards at Ole Miss, marking the first SEC game since Nov. 30, 2024 at Alabama to accomplish the feat. n Auburn’s 12 players with a reception at Ole Miss were the most in a game since 2005 vs. South Carolina. n Keshaun Singleton (39) and Nimrod (37) are the second Auburn duo with 37 or more receptions apiece through eight games, joining Tyrone Goodson (39) and Karsten Bailey (38) from 1997. n Jeremiah Cobb’s 177 career rushing yards on 35 carries against Arkansas are the most against any SEC team in his Auburn career. n Alex McPherson’s 31 career points against Arkansas - 8-for-8 on field goals, 7-for-7 on PATs - are the most against any SEC team in his Auburn career. He tied an Auburn and SEC record with six field goals against the Razorbacks a season ago. 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Co. & affiliates: Northbrook, IL8 SCOUTING ARKANSAS HEAD COACH Ryan Silverfield (Hampden-Sydney, 2003) Arkansas Record ............................................................3-5 (1st Season) Career Record .........................................................53-30 (8th Season) vs. Auburn ..................................................................................................0-0 ARKANSAS (3-5, 1-4 SEC) Sept. 5 ..........................NORTH ALABAMA .............................W, 31-14 Sept. 12 ........................at No. 20 Utah.........................................L, 43-10 Sept. 19 ........................#2 GEORGIA ..........................................L, 45-17 Sept. 26 .......................TULSA ........................................................W, 34-6 Oct. 3 ............................at Texas A&M .............................................L, 34-7 Oct. 10 ..........................#15 TENNESSEE ....................................L, 24-17 Oct. 17 ..........................at Vanderbilt ............................................W, 31-21 Oct. 31 ..........................#23 MISSOURI ......................................L, 34-10 Nov. 7 ............................at Auburn ...............................................11:45 a.m. Nov. 14 ..........................#23 SOUTH CAROLINA ................6:45 p.m. Nov. 21 ..........................at #10 Texas ........................................Afternoon Nov. 28 .........................#15 LSU ...........................................................Early THE RUNDOWN n With four games remaining in the regular season, the Hogs head to the Plains for their penultimate SEC road contest of the year. Kickoff between Arkansas and Auburn from inside Jordan-Hare Stadium is scheduled for 11:45 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, on SEC Network. n Ryan Silverfield, the Razorbacks’ first-year head coach, earned his first SEC head coaching win on the road at Vanderbilt on Oct. 17. Entering Saturday, Silverfield, who owns a 3-0 record against Alex Golesh coached teams, is looking to lead Arkansas to its third consecutive win on the road at Auburn (2022 & 2024). n Quarterback KJ Jackson leads the Arkansas offense this season after winning the quarterback job during fall camp. Through eight games, the Montgomery, Ala., native has completed 151-of-249 passes for 1,673 yards and seven touchdowns while also rushing for a team-leading four touchdowns on the year. n Running back Cam Settles is one of Arkansas’ top ball carriers through eight games with three starts, rushing for 214 yards and two touchdowns on 55 carries (team-high 3.9 ypc). The Little Rock native recorded a pair of touchdowns on the ground in the win at Vanderbilt on Oct. 17, becoming the first Razorback rusher with multiple rushing touchdowns in a game this season. n Wide receiver Chris Marshall is one of the SEC’s top receivers this season. The Missouri City, Texas, native, who was limited in Arkansas’ win at Vanderbilt on Oct. 17 before missing the matchup against Missouri on Oct. 31 due to injury, has caught 43 passes for 633 yards and two touchdowns through seven games played, led by his back-to-back 100-yard receiving performances against Georgia on Sept. 19 and Tulsa on Sept. 26. Despite his injury woes, Marshall ranks second among SEC pass catchers in receiving yards per game (90.4) and third in receptions per game (6.1) while also being tied for first in receiving plays of 10-plus yards (28) and tied for third in first down receptions (29). n Defensive lineman Quincy Rhodes Jr. leads the Arkansas’ defense in both tackles for loss (5.5) and sacks (3.0) through eight games. The North Little Rock native, who has logged at least 1.0 tackle for loss in five of the Hogs’ eight games this year, has recorded 12.0 career sacks, 4.5 sacks shy of cracking Arkansas’ career top 10. FOUR DOWNS n As American Conference foes, Ryan Silverfield (Memphis’ head coach from 2020-25) owned a perfect 3-0 head- to-head record against Alex Golesh (South Florida’s head coach from 2023-25). n The Razorback defense has recorded 10 turnovers (five interceptions/five fumble recoveries) through eight games this season. Arkansas tallied just nine turnovers (six interceptions/three fumble recoveries) in 12 games during the 2025 campaign. n Wide receiver Chris Marshall hauled in nine passes for 195 yards and a touchdown in Arkansas’ win against Tulsa on Sept. 26, logging the seventh most receiving yards in a game in program history. n Arkansas has made 244 consecutive PATs since Dec. 5, 2020. The Hogs went a perfect 46-for-46 in 2021, 50-for- 50 in 2022, 33-for33 in 2023, 49-for-49 in 2024, 47-for-47 in 2025 and are a perfect 17-for-17 in 2026. SCOUTING ARKANSAS AUBURNTIGERS.COM Quincy Rhodes Jr.Next >