AuburnTigers.com
AUBURN, Ala. - Back home in Greenville, Mississippi, they called him “Hot Sauce.”
Like a lot of freshmen away from home for the first time, Quentin Groves almost called it quits soon after arriving at Auburn in 2003. Homesick. Discouraged. Pep talks from team leaders, academic counselor Troy Smith and chaplain Chette Williams convinced him to stay.
“That was a great decision for him,” said Auburn linebackers coach Travis Williams, one of those teammates who encouraged Groves to hang in there.
The result? Twenty-six quarterback sacks from 2004-07, an Auburn record Groves shares with Gerald Robinson.