In SEC Media Days press conferences with local media and national media, Auburn head coach Hugh Freeze provided various updates on his roster and program as the beginning of fall camp quickly approaches.

Below, we have a notebook of news and notes from Freeze’s day in Nashville.

DeMario Tolan

Last Wednesday, AL.com first reported linebacker DeMario Tolan was no longer part of the Auburn program. Tolan transferred to Auburn this offseason from LSU.

The circumstances around his departure still are unconfirmed. Freeze was asked about Tolan during a meeting with local reporters.

“DeMario’s dealing with some personal family issues,” Freeze said. “We want to support him every way we can to make sure he is in the best spot possible for him and his family.”

Freeze said it is still to be determined if Tolan could return to the team.

Injury updates

Freeze rattled off a few injury updates heading into fall camp:

• Junior USF transfer running back Brian Battie (toe) is going to “suck it up and go” at fall camp, Freeze said. Battie dealt with the injury during spring practices, but did play in the A-Day spring game. Battie had surgery, Freeze said, and he wishes Battie’s recovery was going a bit quicker.
• Sophomore cornerback JD Rhym is “back and going,” Freeze said. Rhym missed most of spring practices with an undisclosed injury but was seen wearing a boot at the practice fields, AL.com previously reported.
• Tate Johnson (elbow) is healthy, Freeze said.
• Senior North Texas transfer wide receiver Jyaire Shorter is going to be limited. “We’re going to have to manage Shorter some,” Freeze said. Junior wide receiver Malcolm Johnson is “good.”
• Junior offensive lineman Jeremiah Wright is “good,” Freeze said. So is senior offensive lineman Kameron Stutts.

As a whole, Freeze said Auburn is a “pretty good spot,” with regard to injuries.

Recruit, JuCo transfer working to get on the roster

Two new faces — junior college transfer defensive lineman Quientrail Jamison-Travis and 247Sports four-star rated freshman receiver Daquayvious Sorey — are still not on the roster, Freeze said during his meeting with local media.

Freeze said he feels good about Jamison-Travis being able to get onto the team at some point.

“He’s finishing up his work and it looks promising there,” Freeze said.

But he said he’s not feeling “quite as good” about Sorey. Freeze seemed to say Sorey’s situation could be revisited in the future.