Malzahn: Auburn down 16 players in practice this week due to COVID-19 issues

Last week was tough for the Auburn football program. Tigers head coach Gus Malzahn told reporters on Sunday night that his team will be without 16 players when it returns to practice on Tuesday due to COVID-19 issues. Auburn practiced just once last week with an array of positive tests among the players and others potentially exposed to the virus via contract tracing. Between that and the players feeling “extremely upset” on the heels of the…