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Throwback Thursday: Peyton Barber runs wild on San Jose State

Peyton Barber was the hero in Auburn’s last meeting with San Jose State, which ended with a 35-21 victory in 2015.

The Auburn Tigers look to boost their record to 2-0 on Saturday as they host the San Jose State Spartans at 6:30 p.m. CT at Jordan-Hare Stadium.

Saturday will mark the third time that Auburn and San Jose State have met on the football field. Auburn first met San Jose State on Sept. 6, 2014, at Jordan-Hare Stadium. Quarterback [autotag]Nick Marshall[/autotag] and running back [autotag]Cameron Artis-Payne[/autotag] each rushed for over 100 yards while [autotag]Montravious Adams[/autotag] recorded three tackles for loss in Auburn’s 59-13 win.

The very next season, Auburn met San Jose State after suffering through a tough three-game stretch. After scraping by Jacksonville State in overtime in week two, Auburn went on to drop two straight contests to LSU and Mississippi State before hosting the Spartans in week five of the 2015 season.

Auburn’s running game would go on to step up in a huge way, as the Tigers would take down San Jose State, 35-21. Running back [autotag]Peyton Barber[/autotag] scored all of Auburn’s points, rushing for five touchdowns and 147 yards on 28 carries.

Auburn would go on to finish the season with a 7-6 record and would defeat Memphis in the Birmingham Bowl, 31-10 at season’s end.

Here is a look at the best images from Auburn’s last meeting with San Jose State on October 3, 2015.

Seahawks bring in former running back Alex Collins for workout

The Seattle Seahawks hosted a pair of young free agent running backs, Alex Collins and Roc Thomas, for a workout on Monday.

The Seattle Seahawks are constantly surveying the open market and doing their due diligence to make sure they have the best possible 53-man roster at any given moment.

That’s why it shouldn’t come as a surprise that, on the heels of signing two veteran running backs off the street last week, the team already had two other free agent backs, Alex Collins and Roc Thomas, working out at their practice facility on Monday.

“We’re just making sure we’re doing everything we can,” coach Pete Carroll said on Monday afternoon. “We’re just looking. Continuing to compete and see who’s out there.”

Collins is a familiar name, having been drafted by the Seahawks in the fifth round of the 2016 draft and playing in 11 games with them as a rookie.

He ended up getting cut before the 2017 season and played two years in Baltimore. He has been out this year in part due to injury and also because of a three-game suspension handed down by the NFL for drug possession.

At age 25, he still has plenty left in the tank, and his familiarity with the offense makes him an appealing target should Seattle need another running back before their season ends.

Thomas, 24, appeared in five games for the Vikings as a rookie in 2018. He spent the preseason with the Bills, but has yet to appear with an NFL team in 2019.

The Seahawks currently have Marshawn Lynch and Robert Turbin alongside rookie Travis Homer in the backfield, with Xavier Turner on the practice squad.

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