Why Connor Lew will break out for Auburn football in 2023

Could Connor Lew be the breakout freshman performer for Auburn football’s offense in 2023?

Playing another round of our predictive series, who will be a breakout performer for Auburn in 2023, this time with a focus on the newly added freshman talent, we ask once more who can rise to the occasion and be a breakout performer in 2023?

Of the 19 enrollees currently on campus seven of them are offensive players, all of whom possess the talent to be breakout performers, yet I would place my wager on the interior offensive lineman Connor Lew being the breakout freshman performer for the Auburn Tigers in the upcoming 2023 season.

The 6-foot-3 290-pound freshman offensive lineman comes to us from Kennesaw Mountain High School, in Kennesaw, GA. This versatile young man is capable of playing both center and guard, when necessary, as he displayed during his Spring A-Day performance, lining up with the 2s at center and subsequently stepping in for Tate Johnson at guard after his injury. Being the obvious choice to replace Avery Jones at center once that young man has moved on from his collegiate career, I imagine the coaching staff will look to get Connor active in the rotation as quickly as possible to make sure the young man is developed and ready to perform consistently at the SEC level during his sophomore year.

Lew has a solid and quick first step with an amazing amount of upper body strength to size up with the mass majority of the SEC-level defensive linemen he will most certainly face across the trenches. I feel that given the frequency of injuries across the offensive line as the season progresses, I see the likelihood of seeing Connor lining up with the 1s being extremely high. This in concert with the numerous compliments made about his performance since his being on campus from both coaches, staff, and players is why I would place my bets on Connor Lew being the breakout freshman offensive performer for Auburn football this upcoming 2023 season.

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