PRESSER: Kodi Burns previews Tennessee

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Jerry Humphrey (1:00)

Jerry Humphrey, ao.com coach. Last game was Auburn's homecoming, of course.

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Just being a former player, what was that like for you?

Jerry Humphrey (1:06)

And just what would be the emotions like this weekend into Tennessee?

Kodi Burns (1:09)

Yeah, it was awesome to have homecoming for obviously the alum, the former players, seeing some of the guys is always really good.

I feel like obviously going into this week, I feel like we're obviously getting prepared right now. I feel like we're in a really good spot, growing up against a really good opponent in Tennessee. So, we got to continue to put the work in, starting the game plan obviously throughout the day, and then implement that plan for the players starting tonight.

Jason Caldwell (1:36)

Jason Caldwell, Auburn 247 Kodi, you've seen most of these wider seeders for a while. Where have you seen this group develop the most since last year as they've now progressed through four games this season?

Kodi Burns (1:47)

Yeah, I think the biggest thing is that they've proven that they belong in this league. You look at a guy like Keyshawn Singleton, who the moment's never too big, seems to make a play. And I talk about this all the time. I think games are one of moments. And you look at this Vanderbilt game this past week, right there, right on key, a five step route to really finish the game and close the game out and made a big time play with his hands. I think Chas is a guy that's really explosive, like I've been talking about, can stretch the field vertically, is a really good route runner. So those two guys have done a tremendous job of showing up in this league and making plays. And as we continue to grow really with the young guys, you look at a guy like Deshaun Spencer, who's playing a ton of ball right now. Brian Williams saw some action a few weeks ago. He's improving and Neptune and Jeremiah Coger as well. So we got plenty of guys right now that I think are playing at a really good level. We got to continue to improve each and every day.

And they're only going to get harder from here on out. You know, we've done a good job up to this point, but we know what is coming in front of us here pretty quick. So we got to continue to improve.

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Nathan King (2:53)

Nathan King, Auburn 247 What did you learn in that season at Tennessee under Coach Hypal? Obviously him and AG were working together. Just kind of how did that inform your thoughts on offensive philosophy and kind of how did you implement that over the next few years of your career?

Kodi Burns (3:07)

Yeah, I'll tell you what, man. I grew a ton as a coach. I think every stop that you end up at, that you take things that you like, leave things that you don't love. And what I can say about Hype, man, is he's ultra competitive, really, really smart, learned a ton of offensive philosophy and offensive ball from him and goalish in that year that I spent there at Tennessee. And clearly, he's done a tremendous job at Tennessee. You know, what Coach Hype and Danny White have been able to build there at Tennessee is really, really good. It's really special. And again, going back to that year that I had at Tennessee, grew a ton as a coach, just offensively, what they do in the past game. And they've continued to evolve, which is really cool to see where that offense has went. And so again, I got nothing but the utmost respect for Hype and what they do, Joey, the entire staff.

They've done a tremendous job.

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