ALERT: Byrum Brown Is Being Underrated | So Is Auburn Football's Potential! artwork

ALERT: Byrum Brown Is Being Underrated | So Is Auburn Football's Potential!

The Auburn Express

August 18, 2026

The SEC might be sleeping on Byrum Brown, and Auburn football could be in position to make the conference pay for it in 2026. A recent ranking placed eight SEC quarterbacks ahead of Byrum Brown entering the season. Is that really where Auburn's quarterback belongs?
Speakers: Mike G, Ike Jones

Topics: Football, Sports, Basketball

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**Mike G** (2:30)
Eight quarterbacks in the conference better than Byrum Brown? I think not.
Welcome on in to The Auburn Express Power By The War Rapport. I'm your host, Mike G. Turn us on, turn us up. We'll turn it out. I'm here with myself. That's it, just me here on a Tuesday morning to continue your week. On today's show, we're gonna be talking about that schedule and why I think 10 and two is possible when you all break it down. But to start the show, I want to talk about Josh Pate's QB rankings one more time. Guys, don't forget to like and subscribe to the channel. Your likes and subscribes help keep us the number one source of Auburn Football content anywhere.
Let's start at the top. You guys, I've had them on the channel. I love them to death. Josh Pate is a good friend, and I wish him all the success in the world. We got to talk about your power rankings here on today's show. So if you missed it, we kind of discussed it on a live. There were some power rankings released by Josh Pate, by the Josh Pate College Football Show, where he ranked eight quarterbacks ahead of Byrum Brown. Now, I'm not saying Byrum Brown is necessarily a top five quarterback in the SEC. I think he has the potential to finish as a top five quarterback in the SEC. But there were some oddities about this list that we're going to break down in the first half of the show. Let's just get straight to the list.
Trentad Chambliss comes in at number one, Arch Manning at two, John Mattier slotting in there at number three, George Gunnar Stockton at four, LSU Sam Levitt at five. At six is whoever is the Alabama QB. This is what it says, Alabama QB. So they don't have a starter, but Josh thinks that whoever it is, he's the sixth best quarterback in the conference. At number seven, Lenore Sellers, number eight, Marcel Reed, Texas A&M. Number nine, Byrum Brown, Auburn, ten, Austin Simmons, Mizzou.

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