TAYLORKEETON 771 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Source: Aidan Marshall leaves program AUBURN, Alabama — Punter Aidan Marshall has left the team after losing the starting job to newcomer Arryn Siposs, Auburn Undercover has learned. The walkon out of Virginia informed coach Gus Malzahn of the decision this week, a person familiar with the decision tells Auburn Undercover. Malzahn is scheduled to address the media next at his weekly press conference Tuesday morning. Update (11:20 a.m.): Malzahn confirmed Marshall's exit during a press conference Tuesday. Marshall was in a dead heat with Siposs, a sophomore, for the starting job heading into the season and received the nod to start in the season opener Sept. 1 against Washington, booting one punt for 30 yards before he was yanked in favor of Siposs, a former professional Aussie Rules football player. Marshall has not returned to the field since the lone punt against the Huskies and Siposs has handled the last four punts for the Tigers while averaging 40.8 yards. Siposs punted twice Saturday in Auburn's 63-9 victory against Alabama State at an average of 38 yards and landed one punt inside the 20-yard line. Marshall averaged only 39.4 yards per punt in 2017 but Malzahn said in August he had improved drastically from year to year. "Aidan Marshall has raised his game from last year to this year big time," Malzahn said during preseason camp. "It’s a really good competition and this time last year, just feeling about our punting game, is like night and day. It’s a great competition. But he’s a competitor and it’s great competition." It's possible Auburn moves Ian Shannon back into the lineup at punter to be Siposs' backup heading into No. 7 Auburn's showdown with No. 12 LSU this week. Shannon was Auburn's starter until he was replaced by Marshall five games into the 2017 season. Shannon has averaged 38.2 yards per punt during his career. He handled kickoffs and extra points late in Auburn's blowout of Alabama State, converting all three point-after attempts. The Marietta, Georgia native punted 14 times in four games last season. He averaged 39.8 yards per punt and landed five of those punts inside the 20-yard line. Like Siposs, Shannon is on scholarship. He is a junior. Marshall is the son of a former Auburn track and cross country runner and was a walkon. Siposs was placed on scholarship after committing to the Tigers before the 2018 season. "We will be better at the punting game than we were last year, I’ll tell you that," Malzahn reiterated in August. Marshall, a sophomore, gained an incredible 27 pounds in the offseason to bulk up to 190 pounds heading into the season. Siposs weighs 200 pounds after playing several years of Aussie rules football. "(Marshall is) bigger and stronger," Malzahn said earlier in preseason camp. "I think, too, the confidence. He kicked in some big games and the confidence he has and he’s a confident guy, too. He’s a competitor, too. And then a guy shows up who has a huge leg. That has a way of even making you better and I think that’s what we’re seeing so far." Marshall handled most of Auburn’s punts last season with varying degrees of success. He was not helped much by the Tigers' punt coverage unit, either. Auburn ranked 115th nationally in net punting in 2017 at 35.6 yards. Siposs trained with ProKick Australia leading up to his arrival at Auburn. Auburn coaches hope he follows in the footsteps of former Australians to come out of ProKick. The last five Ray Guy Award winners trained with ProKick Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ber798297 241 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty2Hotty 520 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 So much for the preseason depth chart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbird 60,287 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 So much for Hard Work... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty2Hotty 520 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 5 minutes ago, bigbird said: So much for Hard Work... Apparently, he tapped out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr82b4au 5,568 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Well I hate that but Wasn’t he a walk on? Maybe he just decided that If he is not going to be playing and he has no scholarship he may as well concentrate on academics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUsince72 11,084 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 He stood next to Siposs and all the ladies kept stopping by the dreamy Aussie. So Aiden was all like... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeek 16,525 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 25 minutes ago, TAYLORKEETON said: Just saw where our punter has left the team. Didn’t see a thread on it already so here we go. Time for another walk-on to get a scholarship @bigbird can you merge this one with the other A. Marshall thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValleyTiger 2,894 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Hmmm ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randman5000 4,214 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Well... There hasn't been much improvement but there's more upside with the new guy. You win the starting job and first punt is 30 yards... Hey we got another guy on the bench who says he can kick it 38.... I guess we'll go with the 38. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sully to Beasley 643 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 We will be just fine with our "Punter from Down-Under". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuburnTiger4Life 2,225 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Good riddance. I’m sure another team will love a 30 yard punter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAG 33,846 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 What? Haha . He was still in the thick of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atl-tiger 655 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 45 minutes ago, gr82b4au said: Well I hate that but Wasn’t he a walk on? Maybe he just decided that If he is not going to be playing and he has no scholarship he may as well concentrate on academics. Yeah itd be tough for me to hang around as a back up punter with no scholarship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr82be 14,363 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 8 minutes ago, AuburnTiger4Life said: Good riddance. I’m sure another team will love a 30 yard punter Robert McGinty says hello from Gatorville. Sometimes a new outlook is needed for these guys but I hate this happened for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUsince72 11,084 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 36 minutes ago, gr82be said: Robert McGinty says hello from Gatorville. Sometimes a new outlook is needed for these guys but I hate this happened for him. If memory serves me, I think UF hated him too.... He did help beat Auburn once though....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexava 6,972 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 I don’t think snide parting shots at him are productive. Who was #3/is #2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUsince72 11,084 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 6 minutes ago, alexava said: I don’t think snide parting shots at him are productive. Who was #3/is #2? Though what you say is true, it is a puzzling decision. Unfortunately we don't know what has been said behind the scenes. So we mock what we don't know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lca408 365 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 6 minutes ago, alexava said: I don’t think snide parting shots at him are productive. It's an odd and random time to just up and quit the team. Assuming there isn't something else going on - which of course, there may be - why would you do that? Are your services in demand that much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Refuge 6,653 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 7 minutes ago, AUsince72 said: Though what you say is true, it is a puzzling decision. Unfortunately we don't know what has been said behind the scenes. So we mock what we don't know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swamp Eagle 5,072 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 47 minutes ago, gr82be said: Robert McGinty says hello from Gatorville. Sometimes a new outlook is needed for these guys but I hate this happened for him. Couldn't kick himself in the behind with his heel at AU (once he got the 'Machine Gun' McGinty moniker), then beat us at UF.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swamp Eagle 5,072 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 9 minutes ago, lca408 said: It's an odd and random time to just up and quit the team. Assuming there isn't something else going on - which of course, there may be - why would you do that? Are your services in demand that much? Like what? Paying our walk-on punter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike4AU 1,735 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 I suspect Marshall read the tea leaves when Muschamp got the vacated scholarship (and Siposs was already on scholarship) and concluded he had a better chance somewhere else. That’s the way I would have seen it, if I were him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McLoofus 35,182 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 3 hours ago, lca408 said: It's an odd and random time to just up and quit the team. Assuming there isn't something else going on - which of course, there may be - why would you do that? Are your services in demand that much? I would never assume that about any player, especially if he makes a decision that seems odd and random. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McLoofus 35,182 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 6 hours ago, AuburnTiger4Life said: Good riddance. I’m sure another team will love a 30 yard punter What a crap thing to say. Dude wasn't even using up a scholarship. Edit: AT4L apologized in a subsequent post, which I find very respectable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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