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Aruba • Atmore • Bethlehem Curaçao • Montgomery • Wetumpka (866) 946-3360 | WindCreek.com ©2022 Wind Creek Hospitality.4 TABLE OF CONTENTS 5...............................................................................................2022 Schedule 6 ..........................................................................................Scouting Auburn 7 .........................................................................................Scouting Missouri 9 ...............................................................................................Auburn Roster 11 ............................................................................................Missouri Roster 13 ................................................................Opponent Outlook: Missouri 15 ......................................................................................Auburn Traditions 17 ................................................................................................Depth Charts 19 ......................................................................................Stat Comparisons 21,23, 61 .......................................................2022 Homecoming Court 27-29 .............................................................Head Coach Bryan Harsin 31-35 ..............................................................................Assistant Coaches 37 ......................................Best Gameday Experience in the County 39 .......................................................University News: Canine Science 41 .....................................................................................Auburn University 43 .................................................................................University President 45.......................................................................................Board of Trustees 47 ..............................................................Through the Lens: Penn State 49 ......................................University News: War Eagle Productions 51 ..................................................................This Weekend on The Plains 53-55 ..................................................................................Gameday Maps 57 .......................................................................Heisman Trophy Winners 59 ............................................................................Auburn All-Americans 63 ............................................................Senior Spotlight: Alec Jackson 65 ................................................Auburn Postseason Award Winners 66-67 ................................................................................Tigers in the NFL 71 .....................................................Senior Spotlight: Morris Joseph Jr. 73 .............................................................University News: Rane Center 75 .........................................................Band/Cheerleaders/Tiger Paws 77-87 ...........................................................................2022 Auburn Tigers 89............................................................University News: Philanthropy 91 ...............................................................Auburn Undefeated Seasons 93 .................................................University News: 150th Anniversary 95 .............................................................................................SEC Schedule 97 .................................................Olympic Sports Update: Equestrian 98-99 .............................................................Auburn Sports Properties Cover: Auburn Traditions TABLE OF CONTENTS AUBURNTIGERS.COM2022 AUBURN SCHEDULE 5 AUBURNTIGERS.COM Where the Montgomery Auburn Tigers Play... All Season! War Eagle! 9.3 Mercer Auburn, Ala. Jordan-Hare Stadium 9.17 Penn State Auburn, Ala. Jordan-Hare Stadium 10.29 Arkansas Auburn, Ala. Jordan-Hare Stadium 9.10 San José State Auburn, Ala. Jordan-Hare Stadium 10.15 Ole Miss Oxford, Miss. Vaught-Hemingway Stadium 10.8 Georgia Athens, Ga. Sanford Stadium 9.24 Missouri Auburn, Ala. Jordan-Hare Stadium 11.5 Mississippi State Starkville, Miss. Davis Wade Stadium 10.1 LSU Auburn, Ala. Jordan-Hare Stadium 11.12 Texas A&M Auburn, Ala. Jordan-Hare Stadium 11.19 Western Kentucky Auburn, Ala. Jordan-Hare Stadium 11.26 Alabama Tuscaloosa, Ala. Bryant-Denny Stadium Blue - Home Orange - Away 2022 AUBURN SCHEDULE6 SCOUTING AUBURN HEAD COACH Bryan Harsin (Boise State, 2000) Auburn Record ..................................................................8-8 (2nd Year) Career Record .............................................................84-32 (10th Year) vs. Missouri ..................................................................................................0-1 AUBURN (2-1, 0-0) Sept. 3 ............................MERCER ..............................................W, 42-16 Sept. 10 ..........................SAN JOSÉ STATE .............................W, 24-16 Sept. 17 ...........................#22 PENN STATE ................................L, 12-41 Sept. 24 .........................MISSOURI .................................................11 a.m. Oct. 1 ...............................LSU ................................................................6 p.m. Oct. 8 ..............................at #1 Georgia ................................................TBA Oct. 15 ............................ at #16 Ole Miss............................................TBA Oct. 29 ...........................#10 ARKANSAS ..........................................TBA Nov. 5 .............................at Mississippi State .....................................TBA Nov. 12 ............................#23 TEXAS A&M .........................................TBA Nov. 19 ............................WESTERN KENTUCKY ...........................TBA Nov. 26 ...........................at #2 Alabama ..............................................TBA FOOTBALL OPENS SEC ACTION WITH MISSOURI n Auburn (2-1, 0-0 SEC) hosts the Missouri Tigers (2-1, 0-0 SEC) to open the SEC portion of the 2022 schedule on Saturday, Sept. 24, at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn, Ala- bama. ESPN will televise the 11:00 a.m. CT matchup. n It’s Homecoming on the Plains. Recognitions include Walter Gilbert Award winner Steve Wilson, Leah Rawls Atkins Award winner gymnast Allie Riddle, Auburn’s Title IX Trailblazers as part of that 50th anniversary celebration, and the 2022 SEC champion equestrian team. SERIES HISTORY n Auburn leads the all-time series with Missouri 2-1. Mizzou was a 34-17 winner in the 1973 Sun Bowl in El Paso, while Auburn won the 2013 SEC championship game 59-42 over Missouri in Atlanta’s Georgia Dome. n This will be the first-ever regular season matchup between the two programs at Jordan-Hare Stadium; Auburn was a 51-14 winner at Columbia in 2017. AUBURN IN SEC PLAY n In all-time SEC play, Auburn holds a 333-262-18 mark back through 1933. In SEC games played in Auburn, the Tigers are 142-64-6 all-time; away from Auburn, the Tigers are 191-197-12 overall. n In SEC openers, the Tigers are 51-32-5 (.608) all-time and are 24-5 over the last 29 SEC opening games, including a 24-19 win at LSU last season. n In SEC home openers, the Tigers are 57-26- 2 (.682) all-time, including a 34-10 loss to Georgia last season at Jordan-Hare Stadium. KICKOFF COVERAGE n Sophomore tailback Jarquez Hunter is third in the SEC and 20th nationally in scoring at 10.0 points per game; he has four rushing touchdowns and one receiving score already this season. n Eku Leota is tied for fourth in the SEC with 4.0 TFL in the first three games of the season, including 2.0 TFL against Penn State, and has recorded at least 1.0 TFL in four straight games dating back to 2021. n Anders Carlson is one of 22 players from all division of college football named to the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team for their efforts in community service. n Auburn hosts Missouri for the first time at Jordan-Hare Stadium, the last of the current SEC members to visit the Plains. n Preseason all-SEC Tigers as selected by the league’s coach- es include Derick Hall and Tank Bigsby (first team), Colby Wooden and Oscar Chapman (second team) and Anders Carlson (third team) n Auburn continues the longest FBS current span of games (169) without having a punt blocked; Auburn last had a punt blocked vs. Mississippi State in 2009 n Members of the Homecoming court: Emmy Beason (Leeds, AL; Public Relations), SueEllen Broussard (Faunsdale, AL; Hospitality Management), Jenna Codner (Atlanta, GA; Public Relations), Kai Jones (Auburn, AL; Psychology), and Grace McNairy (Greensboro, NC; Political Science) SCOUTING AUBURN AUBURNTIGERS.COM Anders CarlsonSCOUTING MISSOURI 7 Head Coach Eli Drinkwitz (Arkansas Tech ‘04) Missouri Record ..............................................................13-13 (3rd Year) Career Record ................................................................25-14 (4th Year) vs. Auburn .................................................................................................0-0 Missouri (2-1, 0-0) Sept. 1 .............................LOUISIANA TECH ..........................W, 52-24 Sept. 10 ..........................at Kansas State .....................................L, 40-12 Sept. 17 ...........................ABILENE CHRISTIAN .....................W, 34-17 Sept. 24 .........................at Auburn ..................................................11 a.m. Oct. 1 ...............................#1 GEORGIA .....................................6:30 p.m. Oct. 8 ..............................at #20 Florida ..............................................TBA Oct. 22 ...........................VANDERBILT ...............................................TBA Oct. 29 ...........................at South Carolina ........................................TBA Nov. 5 .............................#8 KENTUCKY ............................................TBA Nov. 12 ............................at #11 Tennessee ..........................................TBA Nov. 19 ............................NEW MEXICO STATE ..............................TBA Nov. 25 ...........................#10 ARKANSAS ...............................2:30 p.m. NOTING WEEK 3 n University of Missouri football will open its Southeastern Conference slate at Auburn on Saturday, Sept. 24. n Saturday’s game marks Mizzou’s first game at Auburn. The Tigers in Burnt Orange and Navy Blue hold the edge over the Black and Gold, 2-1. NO STRANGERS TO THE PLAINS, HARSIN n MU’s coaching staff has extensive ties to the Auburn pro- gram and second-year head coach Bryan Harsin. • Drinkwitz: worked under Harsin at Arkansas State and Boise State; at Auburn in 2010-11 • Baker: worked under Harsin at Arkansas State • Link: at Auburn in 2010 and 2013-15 • Hamdan: worked under Harsin at Arkansas State • Luper: at Auburn in 2009-12 • Pogue: at Auburn in 2011-13 and 2020 FIRST-DOWN BANISTER n Sixth-year receiver Barrett Banister has played in 47 career games and has hauled in 27+ receptions in three-straight seasons. He’s made catches in six straight games, dating back to Florida in 2021, and three in each of the first three games of 2022. n Banister’s three receptions in Game 1 made him the third Tiger in history with a reception in five seasons, joining Lam- ont Downer (1974-78) and George Shorthose (1980-84). n Against Abilene Christian, Banister had four catches for 44 yards, surpassing 100 career receptions. He’s the 25th Tiger to hit the milestone. He totals 102 catches and 912 yards. n A Spring 2021 cum laude graduate, Banister is a 2022 AFCA Good Works Team nominee and was a 2021 Burlsworth Trophy nominee. He is Mizzou’s nominee for the NFF Campbell Trophy, the Wuerffel Trophy and the AFCA Good Works Team. He is a four-time member of the SEC Honor Roll and was a 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-District selec- tion. DOWN FOR DOMO n Against Abilene Christin, Dominic Lovett hauled in his first career receiving touchdown on a 79-yard dot from Brady Cook, MU’s longest play from scrimmage since Drew Lock connected with Johnathon Johnson for an 85-yard score in the 2018 Liberty Bowl against Oklahoma State. n Lovett finished his career day with seven receptions for 132 yards. He tacked on his second touchdown of the day on a 13-yard score in the waning moments of the third quarter. His 132 receiving yards are the most by a Mizzou receiver since Johnathon Johnson racked up 185 yards in the 2018 Liberty Bowl against Oklahoma State. SCOUTING MISSOURI AUBURNTIGERS.COM Isaiah McGuireAUBURN TIGERS ROSTER 9 No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown 0 Owen Pappoe LB 6-1 225 Sr. Lawrenceville, GA 0 Koy Moore WR 6-1 192 So. Kenner, LA 1 T.J. Finley QB 6-7 250 Jr. Ponchatoula, LA 1 Donovan Kaufman S 5-10 205 So. New Orleans, LA 3 Tar’Varish Dawson Jr. WR 5-10 161 RFr. Fort Myers, FL 3 Zykeivous Walker DT 6-4 304 Jr. Ellaville, GA 4 Tank Bigsby RB 6-0 213 Jr. Atlanta, GA 4 D.J. James CB 6-1 174 Jr. Mobile, AL 5 Jay Fair WR 5-10 181 Fr. Rockwall, TX 5 Jeffrey M’ba DL 6-6 313 So. Libreville, Gabon 6 Ja’Varrius Johnson WR 5-10 160 Jr. Trussville, AL 6 Keionte Scott CB 6-0 185 So. San Diego, CA 8 Dazalin Worsham WR 6-1 177 So. Birmingham, AL 8 Austin Ausberry CB 6-0 203 Fr. Baton Rouge, LA 9 Eugene Asante LB 6-1 216 Jr. Alexandria, VA 9 Robby Ashford QB 6-3 212 RFr. Hoover, AL 10 Zach Calzada QB 6-4 208 So. Sugar Hill, GA 10 Zion Puckett S 6-0 227 Jr. Griffin, GA 11 Shedrick Jackson WR 6-2 202 Sr. Hoover, AL 12 Sammy Cohen LB 6-1 230 Sr. Marietta, GA 12 Holden Geriner QB 6-3 212 Fr. Savannah, GA 13 Trey Lindsey QB 6-1 200 Sr. Montgomery, AL 13 Cam Riley LB 6-5 230 Jr. Evergreen, AL 14 Landen King WR 6-5 220 So. Beaumont, TX 15 A.D. Diamond CB 6-0 161 RFr. Mobile, AL 16 Malcolm Johnson Jr. WR 6-1 195 Jr. Bryans Road, MD 17 Camden Brown WR 6-3 202 Fr. Monroe, LA 17 Robert Woodyard Jr. LB 6-0 245 Fr. Mobile, AL 18 Nehemiah Pritchett CB 6-1 182 Sr. Jackson, AL 19 Omari Kelly WR 6-0 176 Fr. Trussville, AL 20 Cayden Bridges S 6-2 202 RFr. Magee, MS 20 Sawyer Pate QB 6-1 215 So. Alabaster, AL 21 Caleb Wooden S 6-1 188 Fr. Lawrenceville, GA 22 Damari Alston RB 5-9 209 Fr. Atlanta, GA 23 J.D. Rhym CB 6-1 181 Fr. Valdosta, GA 24 Jordon Ingram RB 6-1 209 So. Mobile, AL 24 Craig McDonald DB 6-2 204 So. Minneapolis, MN 25 John Samuel Shenker TE 6-4 250 Sr. Albany, GA 25 Colby Wooden DE 6-5 284 Jr. Lawrenceville, GA 26 Anders Carlson K 6-5 215 Sr. Colorado Springs, CO 26 Tony Hunley Jr. DB 5-9 171 Jr. Anniston, AL 27 Marquise Gilbert S 6-2 178 So. Daytona Beach, FL 27 Jarquez Hunter RB 5-10 202 So. Philadelphia, MS 28 Jackson Billings WR 5-10 182 So. Huntsville, AL 28 Hayden Brice Edge 6-3 226 Sr. Jackson, MS 29 Derick Hall Edge 6-3 256 Sr. Gulfport, MS 30 Tommy Nesmith WR 6-0 180 Sr. Auburn, AL 30 Desmond Tisdol LB 6-0 234 Jr. Rochelle, GA 31 Powell Gordon LB 6-3 228 Fr. Auburn, AL 32 Trent Mason WR 6-1 187 Jr. Lakeland, FL 32 Wesley Steiner LB 6-0 237 Jr. Warner Robins, GA 33 Joko Willis LB 6-3 212 So. LaGrange, GA 33 Camden Etheredge TE 6-0 204 Fr. Leeds, AL 35 Justin Jones RB 6-1 195 Jr. Bessemer, AL 36 Jaylin Simpson CB 6-1 178 Jr. Brunswick, GA 36 Luke Reebals RB 5-10 182 Fr. Birmingham, AL 37 Daniel Perez P 5-11 183 Fr. Brentwood, TN 38 Greg McConico DB 5-10 181 Jr. Montgomery, AL 38 Alex McPherson K 5-9 150 Fr. Fort Payne, AL 39 Dylan Brooks Edge 6-4 232 RFr. Roanoke, AL 39 Marshall Meyers P 5-8 205 So. Opelika, AL No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown 40 John Reese Bellew S 6-1 204 So. Gadsden, AL 41 Jonathan LeGrand LB 6-1 215 Jr. Dothan, AL 42 Kyle Vaccarella LS 6-3 226 RFr. Fairfield, CT 43 Kameron Brown LB 6-0 238 Jr. Sugar Hill, GA 44 Sean Jackson RB 5-9 230 RFr. Trussville, AL 45 Paul Thompson Jr. S 6-0 195 Fr. Hoover, AL 46 Jake Levant LB 6-1 224 So. Vestavia Hills, AL 47 Mac McClinton DB 5-8 180 Fr. Montgomery, AL 47 Grant Hidalgo TE 6-5 242 So. Orlando, FL 48 Marquis Robinson DL 6-3 310 RFr. Milton, FL 50 Marcus Harris DL 6-3 294 Jr. Montgomery, AL 50 Jalil Irvin OL 6-3 313 Sr. Stone Mountain, GA 51 Barton Lester LB 6-3 216 Sr. Montgomery, AL 52 Nick Brahms OL 6-4 300 Sr. Navarre, FL 54 Tate Johnson OL 6-4 285 Jr. LaGrange, GA 55 Brenden Coffey OL 6-7 293 Sr. Paradise, CA 55 Eku Leota Edge 6-4 257 Sr. Asheville, NC 56 E.J. Harris OL 6-5 312 Fr. Auburn, AL 57 Avery Jernigan OL 6-4 310 So. Blackshear, GA 58 Keiondre Jones OL 6-4 340 Jr. LaGrange, GA 58 Tobechi Okoli DE 6-5 261 RFr. Kansas City, MO 61 Reed Hughes LS 6-1 231 So. Conway, AR 62 Kameron Stutts OL 6-5 339 Sr. Killen, AL 64 Cort Bradley OL 6-3 293 RFr. Auburn, AL 65 Alec Jackson OL 6-5 321 Sr. Montgomery, AL 67 Jacob Quattlebaum LS 6-1 229 Sr. Enterprise, AL 68 Austin Troxell OL 6-7 309 Sr. Huntsville, AL 69 Colby Smith OL 6-8 324 RFr. Reidsville, NC 71 Brandon Council OL 6-4 328 Sr. Tar Heel, NC 73 Thomas Kirkham OL 6-4 293 RFr. Prattville, AL 74 Garner Langlo OL 6-6 300 RFr. Inverness, FL 76 Jeremiah Wright OL 6-5 335 Jr. Selma, AL 77 Kilian Zierer OL 6-7 312 Sr. Munich, Germany 78 Evan Richards OL 6-4 313 Fr. Cullman, AL 80 Ze’Vian Capers WR 6-4 192 Jr. Alpharetta, GA 82 Jake Kruse WR 5-10 170 RFr. Helena, AL 83 Colby Stafford WR 5-11 176 Fr. Mobile, AL 84 Micah Riley-Ducker TE 6-5 258 Fr. Omaha, NE 85 Tyler Fromm TE 6-5 243 Jr. Warner Robins, GA 86 Luke Deal TE 6-5 257 Jr. Greenwood, SC 87 Brandon Frazier TE 6-7 262 Jr. McKinney, TX 89 Whit Johnson WR 6-1 193 Fr. Centre, AL 90 Enyce Sledge DL 6-2 315 Fr. Monroe, LA 91 Oscar Chapman P 6-3 202 Jr. Adelaide, Australia 91 Morris Joseph Jr. DL 6-2 281 Sr. Orange, TX 92 Marquis Burks DT 6-3 302 Sr. Chicago, IL 93 Evan McGuire K 6-5 223 So. Alabaster, AL 93 Joe Frazier Jr. DL 5-11 276 Fr. Auburn, AL 94 Godwin Owolabi DT 6-2 300 RFr. Tuskegee, AL 96 Garrison Walker DL 6-1 288 Jr. Toccoa, GA 97 Jackson Kelly DL 6-3 262 RFr. Montgomery, AL 98 Marcus Bragg DE 6-5 262 Sr. North Miami, FL 99 Jayson Jones DL 6-6 328 So. Calera, AL AUBURN TIGERS ROSTER AUBURNTIGERS.COMNext >