Auburn's red zone defense is the best they've had in half a decade

The last time Auburn's red zone defense was this good was five seasons ago.

The Auburn Tigers are not statistically dominant in a lot of categories this season.

At 5-4, it would be difficult to imagine that being true. However, we've already seen progress in a lot of areas on the defensive side of the ball in Ron Roberts' first season on the Plains as defensive coordinator. He's really turned things around when it comes to creating turnovers, something that Auburn was awful at last year and has greatly benefitted an otherwise struggling offensive unit.

However, creating turnovers isn't the only thing the Tigers have been good at.

According to CFBstats.com, Auburn's red zone defense is currently No. 1 in the SEC. The Tigers allow opponents to score 75% of the time, which is also good for 19th nationally.

The defense bends, but has not broken consistently this season.

That 75% mark is the best Auburn's defense has boasted since the 2019 season. The one with top ten pick Derrick Brown on it, alongside three other NFL Draft selections. The 2019 defense allowed opponents to score 71.8% of the time.

While Auburn hasn't been extremely dominant in a lot of categories this season, it's promising to see numbers like that, proving parts of the staff are off to great starts on the Plains.

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