One of the few positives from Auburn coach Hugh Freeze’s press conference Wednesday afternoon was the short list of names on this week’s injury report.

After seeing two of his starting running backs taking limited reps in Saturday’s practice, Freeze announced that Jeremiah Cobb, who had fractured his finger, was cleared for live action this week.

“Yeah, it’s camp. We’ve got a lot of guys in yellow jerseys and guys that are not able to practice today. But you hope they’re back in two weeks,” Freeze said. “Thanks to God, we haven’t had anybody that’s out other than [Devin Williams] from the spring.”

“Everybody else from this point would be expected to go. There is a list of yellow jerseys out there right now or a few guys we had to hold out. Jeremiah Cobb, they released him today to be out of a yellow jersey,” Freeze continued. “He had a couple of flashes of good runs.”

The other running back, Damari Alston, suffered a heel bruise that limited him for most of the day Saturday. He was back practicing at full speed on Monday and is expected to be live during the Tigers’ scrimmage this Friday.

Freeze also added an update on kicker Alex McPherson and how he’s looked in camp. He missed the majority of last season with his intestinal illness.

“Today and yesterday, he was automatic, didn’t miss a kick. Again, you’re still monitoring his health.” Freeze added. “It’s not that he’s not kicking it well. We just want to maintain his weight, do whatever we can to support him and his doctors in doing that.”

“Whether that means he needs to sit out two days — we’ll do whatever it is to make sure he’s ready to go — because he’s really pretty automatic,” Freeze continued.

While the running backs and specialist are showing improvement, the defensive secondary has some ongoing concerns.

Tulane transfer cornerback Rayshawn Pleasant still isn’t practicing, as he’s dealing with a sprained ankle. Freshman Donavan Starr was also in a non-contact jersey for the fourth straight practice.

Sophomore linebacker Demarcus Riddick was also in a non-contact jersey Monday, joining running backs Cobb and Justin Jones.

“Hope to get all those yellow jerseys off in a week’s time and hopefully, lose nobody else before then,” Freeze said.

Auburn returns to practice Thursday morning and will scrimmage Friday.

Jerry Humphrey III covers Auburn sports forAL.com. You can follow him on X at @Jerryhump3or email him at [email protected].