Auburn sticking with Sean White as starting QB
Auburn will stick with Sean White at quarterback when it hosts San Jose State on Saturday.
White, a redshirt freshman, made his first career start over the weekend against Mississippi State. White completed 20-of-28 passes for 188 yards and an interception in a 17-9 home loss.
Despite the mixed results, Malzahn was happy with how White performed in his first appearance.
“I really feel like he’s earned that,” Malzahn said of the decision to start White. “If you take away the red zone struggles, we felt like we got better on the offensive side of the football.”
Malzahn made the move to start White after benching junior Jeremy Johnson. Plenty of hype surrounded Johnson heading into the season, but he struggled with six interceptions through three games.
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On a Monday night radio appearance, Malzahn said he was pleased with White’s vision as a passer – something Johnson struggled with this season.
“My experience is some guys have good vision and some guys have trouble with vision,” Malzahn said per Al.com. “Sean is one of those guys that he sees the field pretty well and I thought he did a really good job for his first time out going through his progressions.”
The loss to Mississippi State dropped the Tigers to 2-2 (0-2 SEC) on the season.
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