Auburn football: No new positive COVID-19 tests for Tigers

The Tigers will have their last scrimmage of fall camp on Saturday.

Kickoff of the 2020 Auburn football season is nine days away and some great news just came out of fall camp.

On Friday, Gus Malzahn announced that there have been no new positive COVID-19 tests this week for the Tigers and that no player has had to sit out due to contact tracing.

“We didn’t have any positive tests this week, which was great,” Malzahn said.

The Tigers are holding their last scrimmage of fall camp on Saturday and eight players will have to sit out but all are expected to be back on Tuesday as Malzahn and the team starts focusing on Kentucky.

Auburn hosts the Wildcats on Saturday, Sept. 26 at 11 a.m. CT in Jordan-Hare Stadium.