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Auburn WR Chas Nimrod - 2026 Spring Practice, Day 2 · The Auburn Undercover Podcast

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  Chad, just talk about your time in
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  Auburn. How's it going so far?
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  >> Uh, it's been really good. It's been a
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  pretty easy transition, uh, with all the
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  familiar faces, but all the new guys are
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  super cool and accepting and make it
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  pretty easy to get used to. And then
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  Auburn itself, all the fans and
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  everything make it super welcoming. So,
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  it's been good so far.
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  >> Byum yesterday said he's expecting a
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  thousand yard season from you. Just I
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  mean, do you have the same expectation
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  for yourself? But, I mean, just more
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  than that, you know, why why is he
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  expecting that from from you, you know?
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  >> Uh, you know, just pick up where I left
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  off at last year. Um, and then yeah, I
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  expect that for myself, but I'm just
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  going to take advantage of all the
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  opportunities brought my way and put
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  like try and put myself in the best
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  position to like succeed and achieve
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  that goal.
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  >> How would you describe yourself as a
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  receiver to like all my fans who might
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  not have got to watch you a ton?
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  >> As a receiver, I'm very explosive off
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  the field or like off the line. I can
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  stretch the field a lot. Um, and then
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  just like it's more like the more I get
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  involved in the game, like the better I
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  play and just like can be myself. So,
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  >> you're mostly outside guy. You work
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  inside a slot. What's What do you do?
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  >> Uh, my like first couple years or my
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  first year in college I was outside.
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  Second year I got moved to inside. And
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  then like my third year I played like I
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  was combo a little bit of both. And then
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  last year South Florida I played outside
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  cuz we had a pretty talented slot room.
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  Um, and then this year I'm playing both
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  combo.
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  >> Equally or you like both equally or? Uh,
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  yes sir. I kind of I mean the slot's
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  nice because you get to go on like both
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  sides and mix it up, run routes off your
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  right side and left side, but I just see
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  it as like you're just out there running
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  routes your receiver like regardless
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  where you're at. Uh, so I just I just
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  enjoy being out there for real.
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  >> Ch two or three guys have said you may
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  be the fastest fastest guy on the team.
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  How do you feel about that? Who who who
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  your competition if you're not?
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  >> Uh, Bryce Kane for sure. Bryce is
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  definitely faster than me, but I'm up
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  there like top five for sure. Uh they're
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  not wrong like but like definitely Bryce
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  and then like W's pretty fast too but
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  like we could definitely line it up on
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  the track and like see that' be a good
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  talk.
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  >> Speaking of Speaking of Bryce, he's a
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  guy that you know hadn't played a lot
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  these first couple of years here, but
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  there's a lot of expectation for him to
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  kind of take that. What have you seen
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  from him early?
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  >> Uh he's really good. He's really
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  twitchy. Um, I know playing in this
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  offense takes a little bit to like get
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  used to and everything, but he's done a
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  really good job of picking it up and
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  he's really like uh what's like he wants
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  to learn like and he wants to compete
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  and everything. So like excited to see
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  what he does in the future.
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  >> Yeah. You uh got Arkansas connection
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  still going strong with Golish and Cody.
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  >> Yes sir.
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  >> How valuable is that for you that that
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  there's some guys that understand know
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  where you're from and that and that
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  relationship you guys have built over
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  the years?
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  >> Uh it means a lot. Um, I mean like over
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  time I've just realized that I'm like a
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  relationship person and like that like
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  relationships mean something to me and
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  like being from Arkansas I feel like a
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  lot of people like want to stay in
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  state. But uh it's cool seeing coach
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  Burns like he got out and he's like
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  doing his thing. So, it's just like kind
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  of inspiring to me to see somebody else
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  who was in my shoes one day like at some
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  point and has made a name for himself
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  like in a space like in the football
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  world
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  >> and recruiting you all the way back to
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  Tennessee to now. What's that bond like
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  between you guys?
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  >> Uh, it's definitely just grown a lot.
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  Um, and it's pretty cool. Like it means
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  a lot to me. I'm pretty like is a like
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  my coach like I kind of just like sit
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  there and like watch how like they move.
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  like I don't really like I could
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  definitely talk to him more and like get
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  a few more like nuggets from there, but
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  I kind of just like sit there and like
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  watch how he moves so I can like
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  incorporate into like how like I want to
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  be and go about my day and stuff.
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  >> Chaz, uh last year when you had the
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  breakout and then got injured, was that
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  a difficult time for you having to sit
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  out, you know, after you got such a
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  great start?
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  >> Uh yeah, it was difficult. I mean, I
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  just there's a lot of good people though
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  in South Florida, so they like it wasn't
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  as hard to like go into the building
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  every day and like want to do rehab and
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  everything. Like all the people in
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  there, which a lot of the people came
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  here, too. Um, they just like help. And
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  there's like um yeah, it's just really
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  like the people. So like my head space
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  wasn't like terrible, but definitely
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  like uh it was hard for sure. Are you
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  still rehabing or you 100%.
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  >> I'm 100% but I you know I just do like
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  uh just like prevention stuff. I'm still
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  in there like every day you know
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  getting old too so it's like got to take
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  care of the body.
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  >> What's it been like being able to like
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  pick up right where you left off with
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  Byron and and and a lot of these guys in
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  this offense?
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  >> Uh it's super nice. It cuts out like a
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  whole transition period of like having
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  to try and figure out like the
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  quarterback get a feel for me. I get a
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  feel for like the offense quarterback
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  and everything. So, it's been pretty
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  nice. Smooth transition.
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  >> You've been you've been in the SEC
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  before, obviously you've been at the G5
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  level as well. How big is the jump there
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  or is it, you know, when you're out
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  there, you're just, you know, competing
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  like you would at any level.
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  >> Uh, I just go out there and compete like
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  I would at any level. I mean, like
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  obviously like it's really just the core
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  and then like the corners like the
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  corners are like bigger, faster,
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  stronger, and then like in the like the
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  D lineman, they're like bigger, faster.
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  So, it's like kind of just like on a
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  screen like you just got to get up out
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  of there. And then like you just have to
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  work your technique a little bit more.
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  For sure.
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  >> Last year when you hurt like Jeremiah
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  had to step up and play a lot more for
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  USF. What have you seen him kind of grow
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  and and what does he bring to the table
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  here?
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  >> Uh he brings a lot. He's grown a lot as
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  a leader. Like he's definitely probably
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  the most vocal in the receiver room.
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  Like kid never is quiet. Um not in a bad
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  way, but like he's like always talking,
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  which is good. Like good energy and
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  everything. Um but he's done a very good
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  job like being a becoming a more vocal
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  leader like off the field. Uh, but him
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  stepping up last year was awesome. It
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  was just cool to see. Excited to see
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  like what his future holds.