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Auburn updated its online roster this week and added new jersey numbers for the upcoming 2023 football season. Everyone, including post-spring transfers and summer enrollees from the 2023 signing class, has a number now for the Tigers.
And that includes Michigan State transfer quarterback Payton Thorne. Thorne is largely expected to win the battle with Robby Ashford for the Tigers’ starting quarterback spot; fitting, since he has taken the No. 1 jersey for the new season.
Defensive back Nehemiah Pritchett is also moving from No. 18 to No. 1 on the defensive side of the football.
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— Nehemiah Pritchett ✍? (@King_Mighty1) June 28, 2023
Thorne wore No. 10 during his time with the Spartans in East Lansing.
At Auburn, he looks like the guy to lead the charge for Hugh Freeze in Year 1. The 6-foot-2 junior from Naperville, Illinois, went 16-10 as a starter at MSU before hitting the transfer portal. He ranks fourth in program history in career passing touchdowns (49) and sixth in career passing touchdowns (6,494).
The updated roster can be found here. Auburn held its in-house media day earlier this week. SEC Media Days are fast approaching in July. The start of fall camp and a new era for the Tigers is inching closer.
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