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Auburn QB Byrum Brown - 2026 Spring Practice, Day 1 · The Auburn Undercover Podcast

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  How day one go for you?
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  >> Day one went really well. Uh, you know,
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  the offense was clicking. Uh, some
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  things to clean up, but I'm very excited
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  first day. Um, we're going to get in
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  that film room, learn, and uh, grow for
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  the next next practice.
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  >> As somebody who has such a good
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  understanding of what Coach Golish wants
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  to do, what Coach Gordon wants to do,
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  all these USF guys, what are you kind of
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  doing yourself this spring? How are you
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  kind of taking it upon yourself to to
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  maybe facilitate the the transition from
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  from the offense at USF now to Auburn?
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  >> Uh, just learn the ins and outs. uh and
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  then take take my understanding to to
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  the defense side of the ball. See what
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  they're trying to do to us so that way I
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  can be more fast and be be more
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  efficient and get the ball to the
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  playmakers and let them make plays. So
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  that's what I'm working on. And then,
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  you know, help helping out guys when
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  they need help and I I'll be I'll be
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  that that voice that they can come to
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  and that person they can come to if they
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  need help.
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  >> How much does it help you as a
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  quarterback when you're out there
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  practice and it's like guys you've
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  thrown to for years now, not out there
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  and you get to pick up right where you
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  left off with them?
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  >> Man, it's great. you know, you just got
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  that natural chemistry that that you
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  built for for a whole year. So, uh just
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  bringing it to a new place and uh then
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  building chemistry with the new guys. I
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  mean, it's it's been extremely fun um in
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  in the winter and now uh in the spring.
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  Excited to keep it rolling.
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  >> Bar, talk a little bit about the the
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  receiver. What do you you know, what do
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  you see early on?
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  >> Dogs. Dogs. They're fast, physical. Uh
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  didn't have pads on today, but you you
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  could see the physicality showing up uh
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  in the spider.
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  Um, I mean they they they catch
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  everything within their framework,
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  outside their framework. I got I I
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  really love this love this receiver
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  group.
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  >> Bryce came.
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  >> Go ahead, Gary.
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  >> A guy like Chaz Neon didn't get to
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  finish the season last year. What kind
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  of the ceiling this year here at Auburn?
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  >> Man, I hate to say it, but thousand yard
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  receiver, I'm put that expectation on
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  him. He he he works hard each and every
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  single day. So, uh, I know he'll he's
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  shooting for that and I'm I'm going to
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  try to do what I can to get it to him
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  and everyone else as well. Bryce Kane
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  was a guy here who hadn't played a ton,
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  but you know, a lot of people been
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  really excited about. What have you seen
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  out of him, especially how quick he is?
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  >> Oh, man. He's fast. One, there's one
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  play he shot out of the count. I was
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  like, man, he rolling. So, uh, very
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  excited for that. He catches the ball
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  very cleanly. Uh, keep him in stride.
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  He'll he'll take a short a short
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  completion and make it a make it a
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  touchdown. So, loving what I see from
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  him.
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  >> By, what was the past couple months like
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  for you kind of being put at the
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  forefront of maybe this this hire of
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  Coach Kles? I know you you're at the
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  basketball game the first day you
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  signed. you were out on the road with
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  with coach Burns and coach go talking to
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  Auburn fans. Guess what has that been
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  like to kind of be more or less them
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  wanting you to hey, you know, be the
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  face of the program as they're making
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  this change?
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  >> And it's truly a blessing. You know,
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  it's something that you dream of and uh
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  I mean I'm just truly blessed to be in
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  this position. But I know that uh with
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  that it comes a lot of hard work. And I
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  mean I'm doing everything that I can
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  outside of just the you know talking to
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  the fans and everything inside this
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  building. So that way I know that when
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  I'm out out on the field the fans can
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  trust that I'm going to do my job and my
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  teammates can trust I'm going to do my
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  job and the coaches as well.
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  >> Galish was a tight end's coach for a
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  while and he really likes that position.
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  You talk about how key it is for you for
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  you guys in this offense. How how big is
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  that for you as a quarterback? How
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  valuable are those guys? man, they they
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  catch passes, they they block, and
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  they're like the determining factor for
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  how how we line up. So, uh they're
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  they're very key. They're very cerebral.
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  Uh loving this tight end group thus far.
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  Um got some got some work to do. Um
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  loving Aras, loving Jake, loving Hunter,
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  loving loving all those guys, Ryan G as
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  well. So, uh looking forward to the to
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  the next practice as well.
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  >> Uh you know, you obviously ran a ton
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  last season and you know, it's a key
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  part of this offense. You guys got
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  running back, you got four guys who were
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  leading running backs for their teams
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  last year. How much you enjoying that?
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  How much you like working with those
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  guys and knowing that the running game
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  is going to be huge for this offense?
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  >> Love working with them. And I know that
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  the
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  >> presence of me is going to help open it
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  for them. Uh you've got Cobb, uh Bryson,
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  you got Tay, you got Mai. So th those
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  guys, they've been to the rock. They
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  excellent pass pro. Um and they can all
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  can catch. So uh brings that um dynamic
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  factor to to the offense as well. Barb,
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  obviously you've Sorry, go ahead, Jerry.
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  >> I was just gonna say just talk about
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  your transition, you know, to Auburn.
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  You know, I'm sure Alabama was a lot
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  different than Florida.
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  >> Uh, it's been smooth. I mean, uh,
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  everyone has welcomed me with open arms
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  and, you know, it hasn't stopped, which
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  is like probably the most shocking
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  thing. Like, everyone has been extremely
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  genuine and I I truly appreciate that.
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  And, you know, the football-wise, the
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  the guys welcomed me in with open arms
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  as soon as I got here and, you know,
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  just like, "Let's go to work." And I've
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  been been that ever since. How did you
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  and the other How did you and the other
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  USF guys react to waking up this morning
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  and it's like 25 degrees outside?
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  >> Man, I mean, we we thought we was
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  outside, so we was ready. We was going
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  to layer up, but uh they they told us we
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  were inside and uh we was just excited
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  to go out here and play ball uh for the
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  first time as as the Auburn Tigers.
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  That's