For a while, Auburn’s Tank Bigsby has been one of the best running backs in the SEC. Now that new coach Bryan Harsin has been around him for a while, he’s starting to see why.

Harsin explained what he’s noticed about Bigsby during the SEC coaches media teleconference on Wednesday.

“Since I’ve got a chance to be around Tank, I think he does a really good job in the weight room at practice and in his conditioning. That’s a very important trait you have to have at that position,” Harsin said. “… That’s carried over into our practices this fall. The biggest thing is taking that work and the consistency he’s been practicing with … and carrying that over into the game on Saturday.”

According to Harsin, there’s not much that he doesn’t like about his feature back.

“I expect Tank to be physical and to play that way running the ball and in pass protection,” Harsin said. “I also like how he’s become a student of the game. … We’ve seen some flashes of his ability to prepare himself each day. … That maturity and that experience and that physical experience to show up when he plays.”