AUBURN — Auburn football will host Arkansas at Jordan-Hare Stadium on Saturday in its first SEC game of the 2024 season. Auburn leads 20-12-1 in the series with Arkansas, winning last season's matchup 48-10. However, the Razorbacks won their previous matchup in Auburn, 41-27 on Oct. 16, 2021.

Having just learned that he’d be starting his first college football game, Auburn redshirt freshman Hank Brown had a phone call to make. “The first person I called was my dad,” Brown told reporters on Saturday night after his debut as Auburn’s starting quarterback.

AUBURN — Auburn football hosted New Mexico at Jordan-Hare Stadium on Saturday in its third straight home game of the 2024 season, with redshirt freshman quarterback Hank Brown making his first start. He replaces Payton Thorne, who threw four interceptions in the previous week's 21-14 loss to Cal.

Here's what Hugh Freeze and Auburn football players say about QB Hank Brown after his first start in a win over New Mexico.

"I just felt like we left so many plays out there, winning football plays that could win a game for us, and I couldn’t put my finger on why because I know he has the understanding of it,” Freeze said of Thorne. “I just felt like this is what was best for our team.”