Of the many factors working against Jackson Arnold at Oklahoma, one was the Sooners’ battered wide receiver room.

Arnold lost pass catchers left and right due to injuries last season, creating a lack of both continuity and talent. At Auburn, barring another slew of injuries — he won’t have a talent problem out wide.

The Tigers have one of the most talented receiver rooms in the SEC, highlighted by Cam Coleman and Eric Singleton Jr., the top wide receiver in the transfer portal this offseason.

After arriving at Auburn in January, Arnold has made it a point to spend as much time with his receiver as possible that offseason. He pointed to that as his reason for skipping the Manning Passing Academy this summer, an event he attended in 2024.

“I felt like for me I needed to be around these guys as much as I possibly can and I know that going there would’ve meant I’d miss a couple workouts with those guys, and I feel like that wasn’t fair to them,” Arnold told reporters during spring practice.

He was asked at SEC Media Days on Tuesday how those workouts are going, giving an update on the adjustment to Auburn.

“It’s been good,” Arnold said. “Those dudes absolutely love to work. I got receivers hitting me up at eight o’clock at night trying to throw and it’s just, I love that. Because for me, that shows that they care about it, and they want to go out there and be great.”

Arnold gave more context to those comments in an interview with The Next Round, singling out Coleman as one of the receivers who likes to get work in at night.

“I got Cam texting me at 8:30 at night wanting to throw damn near every night. Like dude, chill out. I’ve gotta rest my arm too,” Arnold said with a smile.

When it comes to building chemistry, Arnold said he doesn’t go about in extravagant ways, but he and the group spends a lot of time hanging out outside of football.

“There doesn’t always have to be theatrics involved with everything. If I go and take the O-line out to dinner, like I’ll take them out to dinner, but I don’t have to post about it,” Arnold said. “I just want to go out there and be with my guys and go hang out with the receivers and hang out with running backs and tight ends and whoever.”

Peter Rauterkus covers Auburn sports for AL.com. You can follow him on X at @peter_rauterkus or email him at [email protected]m