Hugh Freeze and the Auburn Tigers have named their team captains for the 2024 season, the Auburn program announced Friday night.

The Tigers will have two returning captains in 2024 as veteran quarterback Payton Thorne and veteran tight end Luke Deal both got nods as team captains after having previously served as captains last fall.

In being named a captain again, Thorne has now been a team captain four times in his college career — twice at Michigan State and twice at Auburn.

Meanwhile, senior linebacker Eugene Asante and Texas transfer safety Jerrin Thompson will be new to representing Auburn during pregame coin tosses this season.

Asante, while not a designated captain in 2023, was certainly one of Auburn’s more vocal leaders last fall.

In the case of Thompson, Auburn players and coaches have raved about his vocal leadership on the defensive side of the football.

Auburn’s four captains for the 2024 season will take midfield for the first pregame coin toss of the season on Saturday at Jordan-Hare Stadium, where the Tigers are hosting the Alabama A&M Bulldogs for a 6:30 p.m. kickoff.