Report Card: Grading Auburn’s historic win over LSU

BATON ROUGE, LA | Auburn made history on Saturday night as it took down LSU for the first time since 1999. The game was filled with crazy plays and some huge performances out of some of Auburn’s players.

Time to grade out the position group from the 24-19 victory:

Quarterback: A

It would be criminal to give anything less than an A to the quarterbacks. Bo Nix wasn’t perfect, but he put the offense on his shoulders and led the way for Auburn. He made plays and was huge throughout the game. Given the situation he was in entering the game, it was even more impressive.

Nix’s final stat-line of 255 yards and a touchdown on 23-of-44 passing was damaged by a handful of drops. He probably should’ve been closer to over a 60% completion percentage with 300-plus passing yards. On the ground he had 12 carries for 74 yards and a touchdown.

It was a gutsy performance out of Nix in Baton Rouge.

T.J. Finley played the third drive, which was scripted according to Bryan Harsin. He went 1-of-4 passing with his lone completion going for 35 yards.

Running Backs: B

The Auburn running backs were bottled up for most of the night. LSU stacked the box and was determined to stop the run while the offensive line failed to create any holes to run through.

Tank Bigsby was basically obsolete, carrying the ball nine times for 35 yards.

But two things saved this grade.

No. 1, Jarquez Hunter. The freshman tailback continues to shine under the spotlight. On Auburn’s 92-yard drive, he ripped off a big 44-yard carry to set the offense up. He finished off the drive barreling through a linebacker for a touchdown. He finished with six carries for 80 yards.

And No. 2, Shaun Shivers as a receiver out of the backfield. Shivers caught five passes for 38 yards. It felt like he was open on every third down for a dump-off that Nix could hit for a first down.

Wide Receivers: C-

It felt like the same below-average performance from Auburn’s receivers.

Demetris Robertson led the way with six catches for 60 yards. No other Auburn receiver had more than one catch.

Kobe Hudson had a great turnaround catch for 20 yards, but he also dropped a wide open pass earlier in the game.

The room wasn’t going to get fixed overnight with Eric Kiesau taking over, but it still has quite a bit of work to do.

Tight Ends: A

This grade was about as close as it gets to an A+. Had John Samuel Shenker not dropped two easy catches, it would have been an A+. But even with the drops, it was still a stellar performance out of Auburn’s tight ends.

Shenker led the way with five receptions for 102 yards. That marked the first game an Auburn tight end had recorded more than 100 yards since Andy Fuller against Florida in 1994.

Tyler Fromm came into the game with zero career receptions. He left with three receptions for 40 yards and was the recipient of Nix’s wild fourth down touchdown pass in the second quarter.

Overall, Auburn’s tight ends were fantastic.

Offensive Line: C

The offensive line wasn’t awful against LSU, but it wasn’t good, either. Just an average performance from the group.

They struggled to create any holes for the running backs to run…