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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 Mercer 10 .............................................................................................Auburn Roster 12...............................................................................................Mercer Roster 14 ..................................................................Opponent Outlook: Mercer 16 ......................................................................................Auburn Traditions 18 ...............................................................................................Depth Charts 20 .....................................................................................Stats Comparison 22-24, 52, 64 ......................Through the Lens: 2025 Senior Class 28-30 ..................................................Interim Head Coach DJ Durkin 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: Vanderbilt 50 ..................................................University News: AI Across Auburn 54 ..................................................................Jordan-Hare Stadium Map 56-57 ...................................................................Gameday Parking Map 60 ......................................................................Heisman Trophy Winners 62..............................................................................................All-Americans 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: Men’s Golf 103-104 .........................................................Auburn Sports Properties COVER: .....................................2025 Auburn Football Senior Class 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 INTERIM HEAD COACH DJ Durkin (Bowling Green, 2001) Auburn Record .................................................................0-1 (1st Season) Career Record ............................................................11-16 (4th Season) vs. Mercer ...................................................................................................0-0 AUBURN (4-6, 1-6) 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 .........................................W, 33-24 Nov. 1 ..............................KENTUCKY ..............................................L, 3-10 Nov. 8 .............................at #15 Vanderbilt ....................L, 38-45 [OT] Nov. 22 ...........................MERCER .....................................................1 p.m. Nov. 29 ...........................#4 ALABAMA ........................................6:30 p.m. STORY LINES n Auburn leads the all-time series against Mercer 13-0, including an 8-0 record in games played in Auburn n Saturday marks the 21st consecutive sellout at Jordan-Hare Stadium dating back to the start of 2023 n The program will honor 20 players for Senior Day prior to kickoff vs. Mercer n National championship teams from 1958, 1983, 1993 and 2004 will also be honored during the game n Auburn enters the game ranked 10th in FBS in rushing defense (91.9) and is on pace to allow fewer than 100 rushing yards per game in a season for the first time since 2003 n The Tigers are allowing 89.8 rushing yards per game at Jordan-Hare Stadium this season n The team has allowed 919 rushing yards through 10 games, marking the fewest rushing yards allowed through 10 games since 2003 (912) n The defense has forced 14 turnovers this season (9 INT, 5 FF), including nine in the last four games n The unit is tied for the SEC lead while ranking T-12th in FBS in turnover margin (+8) this season n Xavier Atkins was named a semifinalist for the Chuck Bednarik Award last week n Atkins is tied for the league lead with 78 tackles on the season, including 66 in SEC play n Atkins has led or tied for the team lead in tackles in all seven SEC games n His 15.5 TFL this season leads the SEC and are the most by an Auburn player since Nick Fairley set the single season record with 24.0 in 2010 n Auburn’s 563 yards of total offense at Vanderbilt were 183 more than it has amassed in any other league game this season n The total yardage was also the most in a SEC game since 2019 and the most against a ranked opponent since 2016 n Making his second start at Auburn, Ashton Daniels accounted for 442 of the 563 total yards (353 yards passing, 89 yards rushing) n His 442 yards of total offense were the most by an Auburn player since Nick Marshall (505) in the 2014 Iron Bowl and the third most in program history n Cam Coleman and Eric Singleton Jr. combined for 21 receptions, 245 yards and two touchdowns at Vanderbilt n The duo became the first in program history to record 10+ receptions in the same game, and the 245 combined receiving yards were the most since the 2014 Iron Bowl n Coleman’s 1,215 career receiving yards are the third most by an Auburn receiver before the end of his sophomore season n Coming off his 11-catch performance, Singleton Jr. has a catch in every game of his collegiate career (34 straight) n The streak is tied for the seventh longest active streak in FBS and third-longest among SEC players n Jeremiah Cobb is 96 yards shy of turning in the 31st 100- yard season in program history SERIES HISTORY n The Tigers lead the all-time series against Mercer 13-0, including an 8-0 record in Auburn n Only two of the previous 13 meetings have been played since 1922 n The most recent matchup in 2022 resulted in a 42-16 win for the Tigers UP NEXT n Auburn wraps up the 2025 regular season with the Iron Bowl on Nov. 29 n The Tigers are 37-51-1 all-time vs. Alabama, including 10-7 at Jordan-Hare Stadium n The two teams have split the last six meetings in Auburn with the largest margin of victory being 16 points SCOUTING AUBURN AUBURNTIGERS.COM Jeremiah Cobb 8 SCOUTING MERCER BEARS HEAD COACH Mike Jacobs (Ohio State, 2001) Career Record ........................................................94-21 (10th Season) Mercer Record ..........................................................20-4 (2nd Season) vs. Auburn ..................................................................................................0-0 MERCER (9-1, 8-0 SOCON) Aug. 23 ..........................vs. UC Davis ....................................No Contest Aug. 30 ............................PRESBYTERIAN ....................................L, 10-15 Sept. 13 ............................WOFFORD ............................................W, 22-21 Sept. 20 ...........................at The Citadel ........................................W, 38-0 Sept. 27 ............................at East Tennessee State..................W, 38-34 Oct. 4................................SAMFORD ............................................W, 45-21 Oct. 11 ...............................at Princeton ..........................................W, 38-14 Oct. 25 .............................VMI ............................................................W, 62-0 Nov. 1 ................................at Furman ..............................................W, 53-28 Nov. 8 ...............................at Western Carolina .........................W, 49-47 Nov. 15 .............................CHATTANOOGA ...............................W, 63-17 Nov. 22 .............................at Auburn ......................................................1 p.m. HARD COUNT n The Mercer Bears will close out the regular season portion of their 2025 schedule on Saturday when they travel to the Loveliest Village on the Plains to take on Southeastern Conference foe Auburn in Jordan-Hare Stadium n Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. CT on the SEC Network+ with Richard Cross and Charles Arbuckle on the call n With its win over Chattanooga last week, Mercer became the first team since Appalachian State in 2008 and 2009 to win back-to-back outright Southern Conference titles n Mercer will ride school-record streaks for both overall (9) and road (5) victories into Auburn on Saturday n The road win streak is the fourth-longest active streak among FCS schools n Freshman quarterback Braden Atkinson leads all of NCAA Division I (FBS and FCS) in both passing yards (3,238) and passing yards per game (359.8) this season n The Bears attained their highest national ranking in school history (6) with Monday’s release of the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Top 25 n Mercer closed out the 2024 campaign with a then-school record No. 7 ranking n Saturday’s contest will mark the 23rd-straight time that Mercer has toted a national game into a game, the longest- such stretch in the history of the program MERCER/AUBURN SERIES n Auburn has taken all 13 meetings in the 129-year-old series (1896) with the Bears, including a 2-0 mark against Mercer in the modern day era (2013-present) of its program n The Tigers outscored the Bears, 506-11, amid the first 11 matchups of the series, including nine shutout wins n Auburn registered a 7-0 mark against Mercer from 1896- 1912 when both teams were members of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) n MU registered a series-best 271 offensive yards in the 2022 matchup, including 197 through the air n The Bears trailed the Tigers, 17-10, in the fourth quarter of the 2017 matchup before Auburn iced the game on a touchdown with 4:50 remaining NCAA POSTSEASON ON HORIZON n With the Week 11 win at Western Carolina, Mercer clinched at least a share of the Southern Conference title, as well as the league’s automatic bid into the NCAA FCS Playoffs which begin on November 29 at designated campus sites n Mercer is 2-2 all-time in the NCAA postseason and is set to make its third-straight postseason appearance this year n The NCAA FCS Playoffs Selection show is scheduled for Sunday, November 23 at 11 a.m. CT on ESPNU BEARS VS. FBS TEAMS n Mercer is 0-11 against current FBS teams since football returned to campus in time for the 2013 season n That includes an 0-6 clip against SEC teams (Alabama, Auburn, Ole Miss), as well as an 0-6 record against Alabama-based teams SCOUTING MERCER BEARS AUBURNTIGERS.COM Braden AtkinsonNext >