Auburn football’s annual A-Day Spring game will look a little different this year. For starters, it’s not a real game anymore.

The program announced in March that it will opt for a practice open to fans inside Jordan-Hare Stadium, becoming one of a growing list of teams to move away from a traditional spring game.

When addressing the assembled media Thursday morning ahead of A-Day, head coach Hugh Freeze gave a rundown of what fans planning to be at Jordan-Hare Stadium Saturday afternoon can expect to see.

He said it will be run like a normal practice, but will include some live periods where the team will do some scrimmaging. The practice will finish with a period Freeze called “redzone lockout” followed by an overtime period where the team practices overtime scenarios.

Here’s how Freeze described the redzone lockout period:

“It’s going to be first one to 18 wins,” Freeze said. “So, offense gets the ball on the 25, you score a touchdown and an extra point, that’s seven. Defense stops you, you kick a field goal, that’s three points for the offense, four for the defense. Missed the field goal, defense gets seven or a stop, somehow or turnover, they get seven.”

Following the practice session, Auburn will hold an autograph session with Freeze and the players on the field for 90 minutes. That will start at 1:30 p.m. after practice runs from noon to 1.

Peter Rauterkus covers Auburn sports for AL.com. You can follow him on X at @peter_rauterkus or email him at [email protected]m