12/9/22 Auburn Articles

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Auburn QB Robby Ashford makes SEC All-Freshman team

Published: Dec. 08, 2022, 4:41 p.m.

Nov 26, 2022; Tuscaloosa, Al, USA; Robby Ashford (9) celebrates touchdown during the game between Auburn and Alabama at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Todd Van Emst/AU AthleticsTodd Van Emst/AU Athletics

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Nubyjas Wilborn | nwilborn@al.com

With Thursday’s announcement from the Southeastern Conference, Robby Ashford got selected for the 2022 SEC All-Freshman team.

Ashford threw for 1,613 yards and seven touchdowns as a redshirt freshman after transferring to the Plains from Oregon. His best passing game came in a loss against LSU, with 337 yards and two touchdowns at Jordan-Hare.

The Hoover High alum ran for seven touchdowns and 709 yards, including two rushing touchdowns in the Iron Bowl loss against Alabama.

Ashford became the first Tiger to run for two touchdowns in an Iron Bowl since 2004, when Carnell Williams ran for two. Ashford matching Williams created a special moment with the former Tiger tailback on the sideline as the interim head coach.

“To share that with my coach, that’s a cool accomplishment,” Ashford said. “But at the end of the day, we didn’t get a W. But you’re always trying to look at the positives, the bright sides. What we accomplished — no team has been through what we’ve been through this year. Just for us to go out there and compete, that’s all we ever wanted to do is compete and just go out there and play for Auburn every day.”

Nubyjas Wilborn covers Auburn for Alabama Media Group.

Edited December 9, 2022 by aubiefifty

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Hugh Freeze adds Kent Austin to staff

Taylor Jones

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Hugh Freeze continues to build his new staff at Auburn piece by piece. His most recent addition is a 20-year coaching veteran.

It has been reported by Auburn Live’s Keith Niebuhr that Kent Austin, who served as co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach under Hugh Freeze from 2019-22, is now a member of Auburn’s coaching staff.

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While at Liberty, Austin was instrumental in the development of quarterbacks Stephen Calvert and Malik Willis. Calvert threw for 3,663 yards and 28 touchdowns in 2019 and had a streak of 295 passing attempts without throwing an interception. Following a stint at Auburn, Willis led the Flames in passing and rushing in 2020 and 2021. He passed for 5,107 yards and 47 touchdowns over his two-year career as Liberty’s starter while rushing for 1,822 yards and 27 touchdowns.

Austin began his coaching career in 2003 in the Canadian Football League, coaching quarterbacks for the Ottawa Renegades. He continued to climb up the coaching ladder in the CFL, where he became the offensive coordinator for the Toronto Argonauts from 2004-06, and served as head coach of the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 2007.

He returned to American soil in 2008 to become the offensive coordinator for Houston Nutt at Ole Miss until 2009. He left Ole Miss to become the head coach at Cornell from 2010-12 before moving back to Canada to lead the Hamilton Tiger-Cats from 2013-18. In addition to his head coaching duties, Austin was also the general manager and director of operations for the franchise.

Austin becomes the third member of Freeze’s staff from Liberty to follow him in Auburn, joining Jeremy Garrett and Ben Aigamaua. Freeze has also hired Wesley McGriff and Jake Thornton from Louisville and Ole Miss respectively while holding onto Cadillac Williams, Zac Etheridge, and Christian Robinson from Bryan Harsin’s staff.

Austin’s role within Freeze’s staff has yet to be announced.

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Auburn RB officially enters transfer portal after 2 seasons with Tigers

Cory Nightingale

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New Auburn head coach Hugh Freeze has lost another player to the transfer portal.

According to On3’s Matt Zenitz, Jordon Ingram entered the portal on Tuesday, ending his 2-year career on The Plains.

This will already be the 2nd time Ingram has transferred. He joined the Tigers after leaving Central Michigan after the 2020 season. Ingram got his 1st and only carries at Auburn last season, carrying twice for 8 yards in a 62-0 victory over Alabama State in Week 2. He did not see any game action this season and did not see any action prior to joining Auburn.

Ingram was a 3-star prospect coming out of Mobile, Alabama, in the 2020 class, according to the On3 Consensus, a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average that utilizes all 4 major recruiting media companies.

The 6-1, 209-pound Ingram was a standout at St. Paul’s Episcopal. He was named a 1st-team all-Coastal Alabama selection by AL.com in 2019 and was a 2nd-team Class 6A All-State pick, rushing for 1,394 yards and 18 touchdowns as a senior at St. Paul’s.

Ingram also caught 15 passes for 195 yards and a touchdown for head coach Steve Mask and played in the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game.

 

Cory Nightingale, a former sportswriter and sports editor at the Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post, is a South Florida-based freelance writer who covers Alabama for SaturdayDownSouth.com.

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I know scruff is all the deal now, but I guess its too much to wish the guy would shave.  Jeez

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24 minutes ago, EagleEye67 said:

I know scruff is all the deal now, but I guess its too much to wish the guy would shave.  Jeez

Exhibit A: Tony Franklin on gameday.  Dude looked like he stepped right out of the trailer park!