Hugh Freeze on Making Jackson Arnold Auburn Tigers #1 Target

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The Auburn Tigers made former Oklahoma Sooners quarterback Jackson Arnold their No. 1 target in the transfer portal. Head coach Hugh Freeze broke down why at SEC Media Days.

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00:00A lot of quarterback options available in the transfer portal after last season.

00:04What was it about Jackson Arnold that made him the right guy?

00:07It goes back to his high school days, truthfully for me.

00:10That's where it began.

00:11I, like everyone else, wanted him.

00:14I thought he was super talented, and there's a reason he was Gatorade Player of the Year

00:20and five-star quarterback.

00:22So you see all of that, and then you go in your mind to,

00:26okay, the lack of production at Oklahoma has to be at least dealt with in your mind.

00:34And you go study all of that, and you find out the facts where they unfortunately had

00:40a lot of injuries, both offensive line and receiver.

00:43And I think that affected Jackson's play.

00:47But you see his toughness all throughout the year, especially the Alabama game,

00:52where he really just played one tough of a football game.

00:55And you combine that with the system I want to run, and does he have the skill set for that?

01:02And there's no question in my mind that he does, and that's why we went after Jackson.

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