Spring football has come and gone on the Plains. And Auburn is one of several SEC West schools that hasn’t selected its starting quarterback for 2016.

In the Tigers’ case, that’s not necessarily the worst news. Six years ago, Gene Chizik waited until days after Auburn’s A-Day game to go with Cam Newton, and that move obviously turned out to be the right one.

Gus Malzahn isn’t Chizik — and John Franklin III might not be Newton — so for now, his stock is holding steady, and until further notice, we’re going to take a pass on it. As a matter of fact, treating certain elements of Auburn’s performance this spring as stocks, here are the ones we want to keep and those we want to ditch.

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The defensive line. Between upperclassmen such as Carl Lawson and Montravius Adams and younger players such as Byron Cowart and Marlon Davidson, the Tigers appear to be very deep. Barring injuries – and we say that with Lawson’s history in mind — new defensive coordinator Kevin Steele and co-coordinator Wesley McGriff will probably not have to worry too much about this group.

The running game. On A-Day, one of Jovon Robinson’s runs went for 55 yards, Chandler Cox had a 71-yarder before he was caught from behind and fellow H-back Kamryn Pettway added a 40-yard dash. Peyton Barber’s early departure to the NFL seemed to hurt Auburn’s depth here a bit, but Robinson already has declared he wants 1,000 yards, and he’ll likely get enough carries to go after it.

The offensive line. All three of Auburn’s interior linemen are returning for 2016, and that’s big when you consider how much Malzahn and offensive coordinator Rhett Lashlee like to run the ball. An experienced interior also will help with the possibility that the inexperienced Franklin might be leading the offense in a few months. Alex Kozan, Austin Golson and Braden Smith will be counted on for their veteran leadership and blocking ability.

Daniel Carlson. Quite possibly the best place-kicker in the country made five field goals – all in the first half – on A-Day. The rising junior connected on kicks from 25, 25, 33, 52 and 55 yards.

Wedding proposals. Good job by this guy proposing to his girlfriend on A-Day. It’s much easier to pull this off in April than it would be at Jordan-Hare Stadium in the fall, and now these two can plan their wedding for sometime after the season.

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Quarterbacks. None of Auburn’s signal-callers was impressive on A-Day. Sean White completed 8-of-14 passes for 125 yards but fumbled in the red zone and threw an interception. Fellow returnee Jeremy Johnson was just 6 of 13 for 35 yards and this TD. He had another sure touchdown dropped.

Franklin, meanwhile, was 7 of 11 for 61 yards and a 40-yard TD pass to Marcus Davis, a pass that probably should have been intercepted.

Malzahn doesn’t seem much closer to making a decision.

“We have a full body of spring evaluations,” Malzahn told the Associated Press. “We have gone live a couple of days and that was great.  John Franklin III and a couple of those guys went live twice. So, it’s good for us in those settings to evaluate.”

Run defense. We’re still excited about the starters on the defensive line. But both A-Day offenses combined for 318 rushing yards, with members of the first-string Blue Team gaining 10.6 yards per touch against the second-team defense.

Empty seats. Believe it or not, Auburn’s A-Day attendance — 45,723 — was the lowest of the Malzahn era, according to AL.com. In case you were wondering, Jordan-Hare’s seating capacity is 87,451, and 83,401 fans attended Malzahn’s first A-Day game just three years ago.

Offense on third down. Incredibly, Auburn went 1-for-22 — that’s just 4.5 percent — on third down on A-Day. It’s speaks volumes about where the passing game is. That’s not what you expect from a Malzahn offense — let alone any offense for that matter.