Auburn’s quarterback room has been labeled a mess in 2023.

AthlonSports’ Kevin Borba dubbed the Auburn football quarterback room a mess in an assessment of Wazzu transfer Cameron Ward’s landing locations, while also labeling the Tigers a “riskier” choice via the portal.

“Auburn’s quarterback situation was a disaster this season, and Hugh Freeze will likely be all-in on a handful of transfer quarterbacks just to make sure he doesn’t have to deal with that again,” he wrote. “Heading to Auburn compared to some of the other options may be a bit riskier, but Ward doesn’t seem to shy away from a challenge as he bet himself once already.”

Notably, Ward on the Plains was not dismissed; rather, it was promoted as a potential challenge for those looking for one during their undergraduate days. Certainly, Alabama flip Perry Thompson, recent Texas A&M flip Cameron Coleman, and Georgia flip Demarcus Riddick felt like taking a risk for the biscuit at Auburn, so Ward wouldn’t be the only one.

Auburn football quarterback Payton Thorne failed to impress national analysts.

Those who covered Auburn’s four-game losing streak to begin SEC play will recall how much better Payton Thorne looked once the schedule reached the Mississippi State/Vanderbilt/Arkansas part.

However, many people around the country are leaving with the same impression of the Tigers that they had before the season began. Thorne’s failures against Texas A&M, LSU, and Ole Miss are apparent causes for this.

When compared to Bo Nix’s near-Heisman campaign at Oregon, Hugh Freeze’s insistence on an unpopular two-man system that never offered Robby Ashford a meaningful opportunity was a disaster for Auburn’s offense, and therefore the plot is lost on national pundits.