Auburn football’s abhorrent players didn’t accept a lot of highlights in a turnover-filled aboriginal flat Saturday. But redshirt apprentice active aback JaTarvious “Boobee” Whitlow may accept fabricated the play of the day.Whitlow bankrupt a 70-yard touchdown run in Auburn’s aboriginal bounce flat Saturday central Jordan-Hare Stadium. It mirrored a lot of his touchdowns from his top academy canicule in adjacent LaFayette, Ala. — area he afflicted administering backward in the play and still activate the end zone.“It was something like you see on ‘Madden’ — area you just go one way and he antipodal the added way,” inferior abhorrent bouncer Marquel Harrell said. “It was a acceptable run. It brought some activity to the field.”Whitlow is one of 5 scholarship active backs allusive for the starting job this season, forth with Kam Martin, Devan Barrett, Malik Miller and Asa Martin. At 6-foot and 213 pounds, Whitlow arguably has the best physique of any of the Tigers’ backs for an every-down role.

A top academy quarterback, Whitlow fabricated a last-minute Signing Day allegation to Auburn in 2017 and redshirted in the abatement with an abate injury. Whitlow afflicted coaches and teammates during the Tigers’ Peach Basin practices and has kept it traveling in the aboriginal few preseason practices.“Boobee’s been appealing absorbing all spring,” arch linebacker Darrell Williams said. “I told him today, appealing much, the ball’s in his court Madden Coins. Whatever he wants to be, that’s what he can be.”According to Auburn drillmaster Gus Malzahn, Whitlow rotated analogously with the draft of the aggressive active backs in the Saturday scrimmage. Yet none of them had as big of an appulse play as Whitlow.“He cut above field, cut all the way aback and denticulate a touchdown,” inferior abhorrent bouncer Mike Horton said. “It was good. I saw that about Boobee, I think, endure abatement camp. I’ve consistently apparent that about him. I’ve consistently batten awful about Boobee. I apperceive he’ll be a abundant player. I adulation him a lot.”Auburn admirers haven’t had a adventitious to see Whitlow in action, clashing Kam Martin, Barrett and Miller. But teammates say they’ll be afflicted if he hits the acreage in two weeks for the anniversary A-Day bounce game.