Overview
- Interim coach D.J. Durkin named five-star freshman Deuce Knight the starter for Saturday’s Mercer game at 1 p.m. CT on SEC Network+.
- Durkin reaffirmed that Jackson Arnold will see snaps, while Ashton Daniels will sit to preserve his redshirt and is expected back for the Iron Bowl.
- Mercer arrives on a nine-game win streak with FCS top-tier production behind quarterback Braden Atkinson, and Auburn will pay the Bears $475,000 for the matchup.
- No. 22 Auburn men beat Jackson State 112-66, with KeShawn Murphy scoring 19 and Filip Jovic adding a career-high 18 as the Tigers totaled 28 assists and 13 made threes.
- Keyshawn Hall sat with a lateral foot sprain and a protective boot, and the 46-point margin tied Auburn’s largest against a Division I opponent in the last 60 years, per ESPN Insights.