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Auburn football: Owen Pappoe “hasn’t seen anything like” the new facility

Auburn football linebacker Owen Pappoe answers questions in the Hyatt Regency during SEC Media Days in Hoover, Ala., Thursday, July 22, 2021. [Staff Photo/Gary Cosby Jr.] Sec Media Days Auburn

Auburn football will finally have its own, dedicated facility in the year 2022, and the ground-breaking ceremony was held over the weekend. Athletic Director Allen Greene, Auburn University President Jay Gogue, and Auburn football player Owen Pappoe were present at the ceremony on Saturday.

The new 233,400 square foot facility, which sits on the former site of the old Hartsell Track, was set to be complete in July of 2022, but Tom Green of AL.