Auburn’s offense hasn’t exactly come out swinging this season, but two Tigers are still showing up near the top of the SEC’s receiving charts.
Keshaun Singleton and Chas Nimrod are tied for fifth in the conference with 17 catches apiece, putting them in the company of some of the league’s most active targets. They trail Mississippi State’s Anthony Evans, Ole Miss’ Deuce Alexander, Arkansas’ Deuce Alexander and Texas A&M’s Mario Craver, while sitting ahead of Vanderbilt’s Junior Sherrill, Alabama’s Lotzier Brooks and former Auburn receiver Horatio Fields, now at Ole Miss.
The catch totals tell only part of the story, though. Neither Auburn receiver has turned those touches into big yardage. Singleton is ninth in the SEC with 230 receiving yards, and Nimrod is 15th with 188.
That split says plenty about where the Tigers’ passing game has landed so far. The ball is getting to Singleton and Nimrod often enough to keep them near the top of the receptions list, but the production after the catch - and the chunk gains - haven’t followed in the same way.
A big piece of that issue appears to be Auburn’s inability to run the ball consistently. The Tigers have had trouble creating anything steady on the ground, and that showed up against Florida, when RB1 Jeremiah Cobb carried it just nine times for the entire game.
When a defense doesn’t have to respect the run, it can sit on the pass and make life harder for the receivers on every snap. That’s left Singleton and Nimrod dealing mostly with shorter throws and limited yards after the catch, even though both have landed a few deeper receptions along the way.
For Auburn, the fix seems pretty clear: a more balanced offense. If the Tigers can make opponents worry about the run as much as the pass, it should create more room for their top wideouts to do damage and push those yards-per-catch numbers up.
The timing matters, too. After this week’s Vanderbilt game, Auburn is headed into one of the toughest stretches around, with Georgia, LSU and Ole Miss all looming on the schedule.
If the Tigers can get the offense moving now, it could make the road to bowl eligibility look a lot better, with Singleton and Nimrod leading the way at receiver.
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