Auburn football had its final spring practice ahead of Saturday’s A-Day Spring game inside Jordan-Hare Stadium.

The Tigers practiced Thursday morning in front of local media and hosted AHSAA Class 7A football champions Thompson High School.

Wrapping up his third spring on the Plains, Auburn coach Hugh Freeze looks to improve upon a disappointing 5-7 season in 2024. He’s scheduled to speak with reporters around 10:30 a.m. to recap practice this week.

Follow along below for live updates:

• Hugh Freeze starts off by sharing his Masters tournament pick. Jordan Speith is his selection.
• Says Tuesday’s practice was dominated by the defense.
• Wednesday was led by the offense until the final drill.
• He believes in a lot of the progression going into Saturday’s Spring game.
• Freeze shoutouts Eric Winters and Anquon Fegans at safety.
• Freeze talks about the youth on the defense especially in the secondary and defensive front. Says they signed a solid class.
• He calls freshman wide receiver Sam Turner dynamic and says he adds to the depth of the WR room.
• Freeze says he’s building the football program the right way and wants the success of the basketball team to be used as fuel.
• Freeze spoke highly on the running back competition. Wishes Durell Robinson was out there getting reps who is dealing with a foot injury.
• Freeze says Perry Thompson and Malcom Simmons are maturing. Says Simmons flashed throughout Thursday’s practice.
• Talks the growth in Amaris Williams and development in the defensive line. Freeze says the mistakes are going down.
• Freeze says Jackson Arnold can make every throw. He is throwing it a high level and loves his growth.
• Hudson Kayak is doing well at punter.
• Hugh Freeze has a slow regressive diagnostic when asked about his Cancer status. Says he can handle the mental side of things.
• Freeze expectations for A-Day will be a normal practice setting. Team scrimmages and the freshman will go live for a period. Final period will be a first to 18 redzone lockout drill.
• Freeze says the WR room is deep but not as loaded as he wants due to wear and tear. Tigers have two spots on offense left. Brandon Fraizer and Preston Howard are the two top candidates at tight end.

Jerry Humphrey III covers Auburn sports for AL.com. You can follow him on X at @Jerryhump3 or email him at [email protected].