re: Official Fall Practice Thread: It's game week Barners

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Safety Tray Matthews was not seen at the opening practice and sophomore Nick Ruffin was taking reps with the first-team defense in place of Matthews.

We'll hear from Gus Malzahn following practice as to why Matthews was not here today.

The first-team defense was Carl Lawson and DaVonte Lambert at end with Maurice Swain and Dontavius Russell at tackle.

Kris Frost and Cassanova McKinzy were at linebacker with Cameron Toney and Blake Countess alternating at the Sam/Nickel spot.

Josh Holsey and Jonathan Jones were at corner with Ruffin and Johnathan Ford at safety.

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Tray Matthews he gone

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The second-team defense was a bit of a mix of second and third-team personnel.

Andrew Williams and Gimel President were at end with Devaroe Lawrence and Montravius Adams at tackle.

Justin Garrett and Tre' Williams were at linebacker with JaViere Mitchell at the Sam/Nickel.

The secondary was a Markell Boston and Tim Irvin at safety with Michael Sherwood and walk-on Ben Hood at corner.

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Boston did not have his helmet strapped initially and Will Muschamp was not pleased.

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First wide receiver group:

D'haquille Williams, Marcus Davis, Melvin Ray and Jason Smith.

Third group was Myron Burton, Jonathan Wallace, Stanton Truitt and Gray King.

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For the initial pre-practice periods the freshman who were not previously on campus were all off to the side and not in helmets.

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Roc Thomas and Jovon Robinson split the reps with the first-team offense during drills, receiving the handoffs from Jeremy Johnson. That left Peyton Barber to work with the second-team and backup quarterback Tyler Queen. When the Tigers began their "pace" drills -- with them lining up and running a play as quickly as possible -- Thomas was the only one to receive first-team reps before media members were asked to leave.

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Byron Cowart is a large human being. The nation’s No. 1 overall prospect in this past signing class was out there on Tuesday for the first day of practice after enrolling in classes this summer. The five-star defensive end, who is expected to make an early impact for Auburn’s revamped defense, is every bit the 6-foot-3, 277 pounds Auburn has him listed at on the official fall roster.

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During opening "pace" period the first-team offense:

Line: Shon Coleman, Alex Kozan, Austin Golson, Braden Smith, Avery Young
Receivers: D'haquille Williams, Marcus Davis, Jonathan Wallace
Running back: Roc Thomas H-back: Kamryn Pettway
Quarterback: Jeremy Johnson

Second-team offense included:

Receivers: Myron Burton, Ricardo Louis, Melvin Ray
Quarterback: Sean White

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WTF about Tray.

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