War Eagle, everybody! We are now about a week away from SEC football cranking up again. Hot on the heels of true freshman Bo Nix getting the starting nod for Auburn’s opener, I decided to look back at freshman quarterbacks I can remember at Auburn.
The first freshman I can remember starting was Bobby Walden, in 1985. Pat Dye’s team transitioned away from the wishbone that year, and installed a power-I offense featuring backs Bo Jackson and Brent Fullwood. At quarterback the first 3 games, Auburn rotated 3 quarterbacks, Walden, Jeff Burger (who was also a redshirt freshman that year), and Pat Washington.