For as well as Auburn started 2021, the Tigers ended it as
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Connor Carrick Men Jersey completed fewer than 60 percent of his pa ses and averaged le s than 215 yards per game.MORE: He also mi sed the Tigers' last two games in the regular season, including the Iron Bowl lo s, after surgery to repair a broken ankle.Bigsby,Nix's backfield mate the past two seasons, joined NixBigsby rushed for 1,003 yards and 10 touchdowns in 12 games this year as a sophomore, but he also had in the Iron Bowl that helped Alabama come back and win the
Nic Petan Jersey game. In his two seasons at Auburn, Bigsby averaged 5.3 yards per carry and was named SEC Freshman of the Year in 2020. He is one of the highest-profile running backs to enter the portal in 2021.MORE: If Harsindecides to stay in house to replace them, he has T.J.Finley at quarterback and Jarquez Hunter at running back. Finley was impre sive in the Iron Bowldespite being injured, and Hunter was more efficient on the ground than Bigsby, averaging 6.9 yards on 84 carriescompared to 4.8 yards on 207 carries for Bigsby.The majority of the players on the Tigers' roster are holdovers from Malzahn. The upcoming recruiting cla s will be Harsin's first real shot at leaving his mark on the program. The Tigers haven't finished below .500 since 2012 when they went 3-9 and fired Gene Chizik.With Wednesday's early signing day approaching, the Tigers have the 35th-best cla s in the country, according to 247Sports, behind schools like Arizona, Vanderbilt and West Virginia. They're 13th out of 14 schools in the SEC
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