Today, reporters were given the magnificent privilege of watching 25 minutes of Auburn's eighth spring practice.Here are some of the details from the workout:
Receiver Montez Billings (unknown) is still sitting out practice. Trooper Taylor said he is banged up, but didn't offer any details. I will attempt to get some kind of detail to clarify the situation. Expect what I'm expecting, though: Nothin'.
Guys back from injury: HB Mario Fannin (ankle), S Zac Etheridge (shoulder) and WR Tommy Trott (knee). All three were in full contact jerseys.
Guys not participating: OLs Bart Eddins and Rudy Odom, LBs Da'Shaun Barnes and Adam Herring and DL Derrick Lykes.
Players practicing in no-contact jerseys: CB Aairon Savage (knee) and WR Philip Pierre-Louis (knee). Pierre-Louis said he is healthy when we last talked to him, but he didn't look healthy when I watched him.
Linebacker Eltoro Freeman split time working with the 1s today. He worked in front of Spencer Pybus at weak-side linebacker. That left the 1s with a lineup of Craig Stevens, Josh Bynes and Freeman.
Marcus Jemison is also working with the linebackers. The redshirt freshman came to Auburn last year as a safety. He broke his leg in a fight during an August practice and missed the entire season.
I didn't see this, but my colleagues Andys Gribble and Bitter of the OA News and Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, respectively, informed me that DE Antoine Carter was carted off the field with an apparent right foot injury.
Trooper Taylor, as always, put on an excellent show during practice. First thing I saw when I got to the field was Taylor running a drill where he took the padding from the bottom of the goalpost and swing it like a baseball bat at receivers trying to catch passes. Taylor knocked the ball away from both Terrell Zachery and Derek Winter.
Taylor also had some great comments, like this one after a walk-on dropped a pass: "I could make you a volleyball player yesterday."
Photo credit: Todd Van Emst, Auburn University
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