Starting Sean White at QB was a move Auburn had to make

USA TODAY Sports' Dan Wolken looks ahead to Week 4 in the SEC. USA TODAY Sports

(Photo: Shanna Lockwood, USA TODAY Sports)Three weeks into the season and Auburn has a new quarterback, which is crazy to think about when you consider that head coach Gus Malzahn and offensive coordinator Rhett Lashlee legitimately believed Jeremy Johnson was a star in the making.

But after three disastrous weeks, Auburn decided to pull the plug on Johnson and go with redshirt freshman Sean White for this week's game against Mississippi State.

This is the move Malzahn had to make. It was clear Johnson's confidence was shot and that his decision-making on the field was getting slower as he made mistakes, which was…