Auburn freshman shared what he likes about the new defensive system
Year one of Hugh Freeze as the head coach at Auburn came and went quickly, and we have seen a bunch of turnover from last year's staff.
Some coaches moved on to the NFL, like defensive line coach Jeremy Garrett, while others left for new jobs in college. Auburn's defensive coordinator from a year ago, Ron Roberts, left to coach the Florida Gators, which left a vacancy at that position. Hugh Freeze went on to hire former Texas A&M defensive coordinator DJ Durkin to take over the defense.
Last season at Texas A&M, Durkin's defense led the SEC in sacks with 42, which was good for 7th best in all of college football. Auburn would love to get more pressure on the quarterback this season, so hopefully, Coach Durkin can help with that in his first season on the Plains.
Freshman defensive lineman Malik Blocton had this to say about Durkin's defense on the Locked On Auburn Podcast, "It's a really great defense. We're doing a lot of moving. A lot of stunts. We're going to be playing fast. We're going to be getting up field. We're going to be making plays in the backfield. That's what I like."
Movement across the defensive line and front seven can make things difficult for the offensive line to get everyone blocked and could be a big reason why Durkin's defense a season ago had so many sacks. If Auburn's defensive line and entire defense can learn this quickly, you could see Auburn put up a lot more sacks than they had a year ago.
