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247 Sports Needing to see some separation to help narrow things down at the position, Malzahn has talked about the potential of making the quarterbacks live in a scrimmage setting in the spring . . . For Davis, though, the doubts people have about him are all things he's shown he can improve on . . . The path he took to Auburn is not typical . . . As spring practice gets underway on The Plains, Martin has already seen the infectious vigor from his new coach . . . Senior Sal Cannella excited at start of his final spring at Auburn . . . It's an impossible situation for self-loathing Auburn fans . . . For Williams, this was practice No. 1 as a Tigers coach and probably is a day he won't soon forget . . . It's simple again, Tigers head coach Gus Malzahn seemed to say . . . It's early yet, and Auburn only practiced in helmets on the first day of spring practices Monday, but Nix's technique was sound . . . Gatewood and Nix had the least to fix in Malzahn's eyes, or, at least, he made the least corrections to them . . . Watch Gus Malzahn preview spring football practice at Auburn . . . When asked if it was possible for the quarterbacks to partake in live drills Gus said, "It is possible. Usually you can find out in a couple of live drills who will separate themselves . . . Davis participated in drills during the early portion of practice but was held out later when the Tigers ran position-specific drills and rolled out the spring's early three-deep depth chart . . . The hurry-up, no-huddle is returning just in time for a four-man battle at quarterback that begins in earnest today on the practice fields adjacent to the Auburn Athletics Complex . . . "No timetable on narrowing things down or naming starters . . . WATCH Gus Malzahn preview spring football practice at Auburn . . . They'll scrimmage the next two Saturdays . . . Auburn's football program will practice this spring without four players due to injuries and two others because of participation with the Auburn track team . . . After struggling at times last spring, particularly on A-Day, Gatewood looked like a different player during his limited action in the Tigers' bowl game . . . With the Tigers opening spring practice Monday, AL.com takes a crack at projecting Auburn's depth chart less than a month until the annual A-Day spring game . . . All eyes will be on the quarterback position this offseason as the Tigers try to replace two-year starter Jarrett Stidham . . . At his pro day, Andrew Williams felt he was "solid all around" with his performance in front of NFL personnel. He ran an unofficial 5.36 in the 40, a 7-foot-9 broad jump, a 23.6-inch vertical and put up 25 reps of 225 pounds on the bench press . . . Once an overall weakness for Auburn, special teams became one of the Tigers' strengths in 2018 — even with Anders Carlson experiencing some early struggles in replacing his brother, Daniel Carlson, as the team's kicker . . . A question mark on the defense a year ago, safety should certainly be considered one of Auburn's overall strengths in 2019 . . . On the other side, where Dean roamed a year ago, Tutt should slot in to the starting job after a strong freshman campaign in which he saw considerable playing time in 11 of the team's 13 games, though most of that was at nickel after an early-season move inside . . . WATCH Auburn defenders hard at work over spring break . . . Britt will be the most experienced of the group and is expected to fill the void left by Davis and "run the show" at middle linebacker . . . Depth certainly won't be an issue for Auburn, which typically rotates 10-deep along the line under defensive line coach Rodney Garner . . . Here's a position-by-position breakdown of the Tigers' offense as preparations for the 2019 season begin . . . Unlike last spring, when Auburn was searching for answers at multiple positions along the line following the departures of Braden Smith, Austin Golson, Darius James and Casey Dunn, the Tigers have the advantage of returning all five starters from last year's unit . . . The absence of Williams from those postseason opportunities was a shock to not just Auburn fans, but also to Williams and NFL scouts . . . For the past several years, Auburn has had separate players at the H-back and tight end positions but have expressed the desire to evolve the two into a singular, more versatile role within the offense . . . While Stove and Schwartz play similar positions, Schwartz's versatility could lend to Stove seeing more snaps at flanker . . . Alec Jackson, a redshirt sophomore who appeared in 11 games at defensive tackle last season, is now listed as an offensive lineman on Auburn's official roster . . . Newcomer Bo Nix enters the ring against redshirt freshman Joey Gatewood, junior Malik Willis and redshirt freshman Cord Sandberg . . .
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