Rival News: Ole Miss tight end out for season, won’t play against Auburn

He had three touchdowns on the year prior to the injury, but he won’t be playing against Auburn.

It seems as if the Tigers will have one less threat to worry about when they play the Ole Miss Rebels in Oxford, Mississippi on Saturday.

On3 Sports tweeted on Monday that Rebels tight end Michael Trigg, a sophomore out of Tampa, Florida, will unfortunately be out for the rest of the year after suffering a broken collarbone in Ole Miss’ game against Vanderbilt last Saturday. Trigg had one catch for 28 yards in the game before he was taken out due to injury.

Trigg’s best effort this year came in Ole Miss’ opener against Central Arkansas. In that game, he caught five passes for 28 yards, with three of those being touchdowns. He’s been productive in other games, though, including a three-catch, 41-yard performance against Kentucky that resulted in a top-ten win for the Rebels.

Despite Trigg’s absence, it’ll still be an uphill battle for Auburn to take a win at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium come game day. Ole Miss is currently undefeated and is the No. 9 team in the nation, so the Tigers are going to have to pull out all the stops if it wants to upset the Rebels at home — and, likely, if coach [autotag]Bryan Harsin[/autotag] wants to keep his job.

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