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Auburn TE Jake Johnson - 2026 Spring Practice, Day 2 · The Auburn Undercover Podcast

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  How's the first week been out here?
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  >> Yeah, awesome. It's it's always great to
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  just get back to football and um it's
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  obviously a grind. It's a new team and
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  um made a lot of new relationships and I
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  think everybody's out here competing. I
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  just glad football's back so enjoying
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  it.
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  >> Goish is a guy who's been a tight end's
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  coach throughout the year. He puts a lot
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  of importance on that position. Can you
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  kind of tell that with the the way this
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  this roster got built, that room got
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  built?
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  >> Yeah, I would say first of all, just the
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  tight end position is a gritty position.
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  Um you're asked to do a lot. Um, and a
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  lot of it is just effort and your
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  attitude and what you put into it and
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  what you put and what you get out. So,
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  um, uh, he puts a lot on our plate, run
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  game, pass game, uh, motion shifts, all
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  that. And we got to be, uh, just locked
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  and executing everything that he calls
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  us to do. So, I really enjoyed him so
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  far. And I love the head coach. It's
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  >> a wide mix of different kind types of
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  tight ends in that room. How do you feel
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  like that's that group's coming
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  together? Y got a bunch of different
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  kinds of guys.
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  >> Yeah, I feel like um, everybody's
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  competing. Um, we're all loving, we're
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  all getting better and encouraging one
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  another. And I think that's a big thing,
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  just having a tight bond with each other
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  and um so yeah, I think we're getting
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  better day by day and just um it's a
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  slow process and you're not going to be
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  great day one or bad day one. It's just
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  it's a slow process and just working uh
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  to become the best you can become.
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  >> Jake, what brought you to Auburn and
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  what do you think so far? Yeah, I think
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  first of all the town is awesome and um
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  uh Coach Golis, Coach Gooish just he
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  called me um when I was in the portal
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  and I felt like I connected with him
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  well and just with his offense um they
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  produce a lot and I think that's
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  something I was looking forward to and
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  uh what I wanted um out of my last year
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  and I think just the system's been great
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  and coach Gordon and um having coach
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  Scott and Jack and uh as my tight ends
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  coach I I I've had great relationships
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  with them so just uh getting ready to go
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  compete and looking forward for the rest
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  of spring ball.
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  >> Talk about uh you know building
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  chemistry and and timing and everything
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  with Byron.
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  >> Yeah, I think um when I first got here,
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  Byron was one of the first people I met
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  him in the training room. Um but he's a
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  very hard worker. He um he's in the
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  facility all day from just the morning
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  till night time. So I felt most respect
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  for him. Um and every day whenever he
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  asked me to throw, I try to just catch
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  and just build that relationship um as
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  strong as I can just to have a great
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  relationship with him. Jake, you've been
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  under some different coaches. How would
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  you describe a practice under Alex
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  Gooish and his group?
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  >> Yeah, I think I've been fortunate um to
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  be under a lot of great uh coaches and
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  um I just I really do love coach Gooish
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  and just his attitude and energy that he
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  brings to the team and he just brings
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  the best out of all the players. So, um
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  there's nothing to not love about him.
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  Perfect. Great answer.
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  >> Appreciate it. There's some younger guys
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  in the tight end room who's kind of
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  stood out to you in the short amount of
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  time.
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  >> Yeah, I think I think really everybody
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  like everybody's coming out here,
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  they're competing. I wouldn't just say
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  one name. I think we're all here getting
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  better and really just focusing on today
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  and what we can do. Um so it's not
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  really just bunch of standouts. It's
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  just we're doing our job and uh doing
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  what we're asked to day by day. Yeah.