Hugh Freeze gives injury update following Auburnâs first scrimmage
A little over a week into fall camp and the Auburn football team is dealing with a handful of injuries, which first-year head coach Hugh Freeze provided updates for following the team’s first scrimmage on Saturday.
Leading off Freeze’s update was linebacker Wesley Steiner and wide receiver Koy Moore.
“Steiner’s been limited all of camp with a hamstring,” Freeze said. “Koy Moore has an ankle (injury), hasn’t been able to go.”
Meanwhile, sophomore wide receiver Camden Brown continues to miss action.
“Cam, he’s had just a string of bad luck and really hasn’t practiced since I’ve been here, truthfully,” Freeze said. “The spring or in camp. And we sure do need him to get healthy.”
The Tigers were also without wide receiver Ja’Varrius Johnson Saturday after Auburn’s leading returning receiver from 2022 had to get stitches in his mouth following an incident at practice this week. Freeze added that Johnson won’t be out long and that he’s had an impressive fall camp.
Junior wide receiver Malcolm Johnson Jr. and junior linebacker Austin Keys are both dealing with shoulder injuries that have limited them, but Freeze doesn’t expect either of those injuries to be significant.
Auburn is set to take the field for its season opener against UMass on Sept. 2.