Tag: Alec Jackson

2022 Auburn football preview: Offensive Line

Will this be the year the offensive line puts it all together?

The offensive line has been one of the most criticized units on the roster for the past several seasons. However, with nine upper-classmen competing for spots it is also one of the most experienced units on the team.

Starters [autotag]Nick Brahms[/autotag], [autotag]Brandon Council[/autotag], [autotag]Keiondre Jones[/autotag], and [autotag]Austin Troxell[/autotag] all return and veterans [autotag]Alec Jackson[/autotag], [autotag]Kilian Zierer[/autotag], [autotag]Brenden Coffey[/autotag], [autotag]Kam Stutts[/autotag], and [autotag]Jalil Irvin[/autotag] are pushing hard.

Offensive line coach [autotag]Will Friend[/autotag] has his work cut out for him trying to find the best starting five to help pave the way for Tank Bigsby and the rest of Auburn’s running backs. While the group flashed at times last season, they need to become more consistent for Auburn’s offense to take a step forward.

Tight End Preview

Wide Receiver Preview

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Ranking Auburn’s top 50 players: Nos. 30-26

What do you think about these rankings for Auburn’s 2021 football team?

Ahead of 2021, Auburn Wire is ranking the top 50 players on Auburn’s roster

This list attempts to include past production and their assumed production in 2021. It is not a ranking of the 50 best players in order. If a freshman or newcomer is higher than a returning player his ranking is based more on the projection of his abilities and importance to that position group. 

The next group is players 30-26.

Check out the previous parts of the rankings.

50-46

45-41

40-36

35-31

Auburn starting offensive lineman has hand surgery

Auburn’s offensive line will be missing starting left tackle Alec Jackson against Texas A&M after he underwent hand surgery on Monday.

Auburn’s offensive line will be without one of its starters for at least one week.

Left tackle Alec Jackson underwent surgery on his right hand on Monday, per Gus Malzahn. He will be out for this Saturday’s matchup against Texas A&M. He will be replaced by redshirt junior Austin Troxell.

From 247Sports:

A former defensive lineman who beat out Troxell for the starting left-tackle gig in preseason camp, Jackson had been steadily improving — along with the rest of the Tigers’ inexperienced offensive line — before he sustained the hand injury two weeks ago against Tennessee. He exited the game and returned with a club on his right hand, but he was in for only two plays before he came out of the game again.

The offensive line has been a major problem for the Tigers this season as they have consistently been beaten in the trenches. Malzahn still sees the group improving.

“It’s a group that I think — just like it was a few weeks ago — just getting used to playing together since we have two new tackles we’ve plugged in,” Malzahn said of the O-line. “I’m real confident that that group can continue to get better the more they play together and the more they practice together.”