Hugh Freeze and the Auburn Tigers officially got spring camp underway at Auburn’s Woltosz Football Performance Center Tuesday afternoon. The media was permitted to watch 20 minutes of Tuesday’s practice, of which mainly consisted of positional drills.

As is the case during the regular season, Auburn’s offense and defense practiced on separate fields for much of the viewing window.

And while it’s hard to make much out of 20 minutes of football practice, at the very least, it gave an inside look at who was practicing where and with who, as well as our first look at Auburn’s new faces.

A few observations:

True freshman WR Cam Coleman looks like a man among boys

Auburn’s 5-star wide receiver signee Cam Coleman is tough to miss, folks.

Listed as 6-foot-3 and 188 pounds, Coleman appears to tower over a lot of the other receivers in the position group, not to mention he turns heads with the build he’s got on him.

During his first college practice, Coleman ran through a few agility drills before running routes for Auburn’s quartet of quarterbacks.

Again, it’s tough to make anything of what Coleman’s role might be come the fall, but at the very least, he looks well-equipped physically and athletically.

Four different quarterbacks take reps

As expected, four different guys shared reps at the quarterback spot Tuesday.

For the majority of the viewing window, the quarterback order appeared to be fifth-year Payton Thorne, sophomore Holden Geriner, redshirt freshman Hank Brown and then 4-star freshman Walker White.

The four arms opened the viewing period doing hand-off drills with Auburn’s stable of running backs, followed by passing drills with the running backs.

In the back half of the viewing window, Auburn’s quarterbacks passed to the wide receivers.

White did spend some time getting coached up by Kent Austin, who was recently elevated to quarterbacks coach after spending the 2023 season as special assistant to the head coach.

Joe Phillips works with edge rushers

Now listed as Auburn’s defensive edge coach after being the program’s linebackers coach last season, Josh Aldridge oversaw the Tigers’ Jack linebackers and defensive ends during Tuesday’s viewing window.

And joining that group, despite being listed as a linebacker, was 4-star freshman Joe Phillips.

Joining Phillips in working with Auburn’s edge rushers was fellow 4-star freshman edge rusher Jamonta Waller, redshirt freshman Jack linebacker Brenton Williams, senior Jack linebacker Jalen McLeod, sophomore defensive lineman Keldric Faulk, 4-star freshman defensive lineman Amaris Williams and 4-star freshman defensive lineman TJ Lindsey.

Newly elevated defensive line coach Vontrell King-Williams was vocal in leading his drills with Auburn’s interior defensive linemen, while newly hired defensive coordinator DJ Durkin oversaw the Tigers’ group of linebackers.