In the second quarter of Auburn’s 41-17 win over Western Kentucky on Saturday, interim offensive coordinator [autotag]Will Friend[/autotag] dialed up a trick play that would end in an Auburn touchdown.
Quarterback [autotag]Robby Ashford[/autotag] pitched the football right side to running back [autotag]Jarquez Hunter[/autotag], who then launched the football 20 yards to a wide-open [autotag]Koy Moore[/autotag] in the endzone. The touchdown pass would be the only one in the game and would extend Auburn’s lead to 17-3.
If the pass looked familiar to you, its’ because it was inspired by the new leading man of Auburn Football, [autotag]Cadillac Williams[/autotag].
Williams was involved in a similar play during the 2004 Georgia game at Jordan-Hare Stadium. He received a pitch from quarterback Jason Campbell and would throw a 29-yard touchdown pass to Anthony Mix that would extend Auburn’s lead over the Bulldogs, 14-0.
Not only was Williams involved in the 2004 trick play, but Friend was on the opposing sidelines as well. Friend decided that, 18 years later, he wanted to set Hunter up to perform the same play in front of Williams.
“He did it so I had to do it, too,” Hunter said after the game. “But I had to make mine better.”
The plan began cooking on Monday during offensive meetings. Williams noticed that Friend was chatting with Hunter about installing a trick play that could be used during the Western Kentucky game. The winning selection? The halfback pass.
“I said, ‘Hold on, whoa,'” Williams said following the win. “‘You know who did that, right?”
To that, Friend responded with “Yeah Cadillac, I know — I was at Georgia in 2004 whenever y’all killed me with the halfback pass.”
Then, the time arrived to call the play. Williams said postgame that he told Hunter that the play would go for a touchdown.
“It’s going to work,” Williams said. “You have proof because your coach did it.”
Hunter ended the game with 129 all-purpose yards and two total touchdowns. He, along with [autotag]Tank Bigsby[/autotag], rushed for over 100 yards each for the second-straight game.
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