Auburn QB: Payton Brown Leads Transfer Crew

0:00It's April 6th. Welcome to Auburn Tigers football news today, AI-powered coverage of your squad. Auburn football is gearing up for A-Day on April 18th at Jordan Hare Stadium, less than two weeks out, and they're rebuilding the quarterback. Room from scratch for the second straight year heading into the 2026 season. All the holdovers like Jackson Arnold, Ashton Daniels, induced night, bounced by the transfer portal, so head coach Alex Golesch went shopping and landed three transfers plus a top sign need to fill the void. Payton Brown from USF is the clear front runner to start, since he ran Golesch's offense for three years down in Tampa and knows it inside out. At six foot three, 232 pounds, the senior from Raleigh, North Carolina, put up monster numbers there, over 7,000 passing. Yards, 61 touchdowns, plus 2,000 rushing yards, and 31 scores on the ground. He's not rolling solo either. Four of his top five receivers from USF followed him to the planes, guys who combined for over 2,000 yards and 20 touchdowns last year.

1:04Brown loves the instant chemistry with him, and the returners like Bryce Cain and Sam Turner, saying it's been smooth sailing through winter workouts. Into spring practice, the depth chart rounds out with Tristan Ti, a six foot two-retcher freshman from Oregon State, who threw for nearly 400 yards and limited. Action, and Lockland Hewlett, another USF transfer and wretcher freshman standing six foot one. They've also got fresh faces like true freshman, resbresh from Tampa, Jr. John Colvin from Mountain Brook, Alabama, and wretcher freshman Will. Myers from Homewood. With Brown locked in and this new crew clicking early, Auburn's QB spot looks stable for spring ball. Keep an eye on how they gel come a day could set. The tone for a bounce back campaign.