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Auburn WR Jeremiah Koger - 2026 Spring Practice, Day 2 · The Auburn Undercover Podcast

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  fire away.
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  >> Well, Jeremiah, talk about what the
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  first couple practices were like, not
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  only being here at Auburn, with a bunch
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  of familiar faces from USF as well.
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  >> Yeah, obviously, uh, you know, we came
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  over here, a bunch of new faces, bunch
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  of new guys, but the team, we came out
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  here the first two days, man. We're
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  we're connecting together. The the
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  energy is high. It's electric out here.
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  You know, we always going to have a few
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  things to clean up, but so far the past
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  two days, man, has been nothing but sort
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  of amazing.
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  >> What's it been like being able to just
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  pick up where you left off with Byron
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  and you and all those guys who who
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  played with him last last couple years?
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  No, it's always amazing when like you
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  and your QB have good chemistry. Like
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  that's always like one of the best parts
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  of like being in the offense with
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  somebody, you know, like he knows how
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  you run, how you run your routes, where
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  you going to be, what when you're going
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  to be there, like what kind of passes
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  you need. So just having that chemistry
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  is definitely a big step for what we
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  need in this offense.
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  >> Was it was it kind of a no-brainer for
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  all of you guys and and did y'all have
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  any conversations amongst yourselves,
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  the receiving core, a bunch of guys from
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  USF last year about following coach
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  Golish and following Byum here? Yeah, I
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  mean I mean definitely I think like it's
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  it's pretty obvious that like we we were
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  talking the whole time like through the
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  whole situation, but like in deep in our
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  heart like we knew that goalish and the
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  staff like that's that's who we want to
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  play for like these these are amazing
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  people. We know they're going to take
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  care of us. We know that their minds are
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  straight like we know that they're good
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  leader men so we trusted them that they
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  can lead us to where we want to be.
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  >> How fun is it to be a receiver in this
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  offense specifically?
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  >> Man, I think as best as it gets, man,
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  big time plays all over the place. I
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  mean like it's either you want to win or
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  or you don't. I mean like it's on you.
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  Like the opportunities are there like
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  we're shooting the ball down the field
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  like as you can see last year on
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  offense. We shooting it. We shooting it.
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  It's got the receivers to make the play.
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  >> This receiver group particularly the
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  guys that came from USF. How would you
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  describe I guess the profile of that
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  group? And is there anything maybe that
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  a lot of people don't know about that
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  group that you think people should know?
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  >> Man, you know the media trying to
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  portray like we we some group of five
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  guys but I just like we came here to
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  compete like group of five not or not.
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  We came here to compete. We trying to
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  show everyone that we belong here.
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  >> How would you describe yourself as as a
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  wide receiver to maybe some Auburn fans
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  here? Might not be quite quite as
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  familiar with you yet.
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  >> Um,
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  >> high energy, big time playmaker. Uh, if
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  you see me around a facility all day
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  long, I walk around putting smiles
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  people face. I'm smiling all day long.
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  Like everybody let me hear. I'm like I
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  feel like I'm a person that like
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  reflects off good energy around the
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  whole facility. Offense, defense, staff,
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  coaches,
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  trainers. I just feel like I'm I'm a
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  good energy guy and I I feel like I'm a
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  good person to be around.
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  >> Y'all got a high energy like receiver
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  group. I noticed some practice the other
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  day. Y'all just dancing like while y'all
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  waiting line. Is that is that kind of
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  the the kind of the mentality y'all want
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  to carry over?
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  >> Yeah, we want to be connected as
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  brothers. So, you know, I mean football,
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  you know, it's a serious game, but like
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  we want to be here like to to be on each
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  other like so we can be connected and
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  happy together.
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  >> Jeremiah, kind of how would you describe
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  the practice atmosphere under
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  >> man? We're competing practice. We
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  competing. We competing. We competing.
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  That's what I can tell you right there.
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  >> Heard a lot about Chaz. Some people said
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  he might be the fastest player on the
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  team. Just you what have you kind of
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  grown to know about him as a receiver
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  and as an athlete?
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  >> Chaz, first of all, Chaz is a unique
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  person. You can ask anybody here. Like
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  Chaz is a It takes you some time to get
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  used to Chaz, but I've gotten used to
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  him. I think Chaz like as a receiver is
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  one of the most electric receivers I've
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  I've seen. like um if you ask me, he's
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  had he's he has one of the like fastest
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  first steps that I've seen. Like and and
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  speaking of his speed, Chad's like 23
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  miles per hour guy. Like I feel like you
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  can go on go with any anybody in this
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  country.
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  >> What about some of those young guys,
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  young freshman that you guys have coming
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  in? Anybody catch your eye,
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  >> man? Young freshman.
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  Brian, like I like Brian a lot. Like
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  he's 65. What? 6'5? And Brian's like one
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  of the he's like as smooth as it gets. I
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  I think Brian has a really high upside.
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  I think he'll be a really good player.