Five Auburn football players receive new numbers for 2023 season

A few transfers and a senior Tiger are receiving new numbers for this season.

Lance Dawe | Jun 21, 2023

Five Auburn football players receive new numbers for 2023 season /

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Some Tigers are getting new numbers this offseason.

Sources have confirmed to Auburn Daily that four transfers alongside senior defensive back Nehemiah Pritchett are getting new jersey numbers for this upcoming season.

The numbers are as follows:

CB Nehemiah Pritchett - No. 1 (previously No. 18)

WR Shane Hooks (JSU) - No. 11 (previously No. 5)

WR Jyaire Shorter (UNT) - No. 17 (previously No. 16)

OLB Jalen McLeod (ASU) - No. 35 (previously No. 35)

LB Larry Nixon III (UNT) - No. 30 (previously No. 43, 30, 3)

The Tigers kick off the 2023 season underneath the guidance of new head coach Hugh Freeze on September 2nd at home vs UMass at 2 p.m. CT on ESPN.

Here's a look at the entire 2023 schedule:

Sept. 2nd vs UMass

Sept. 9th at California

Sept. 16th vs Samford

Sept. 23rd at Texas A&M

Sept. 30th vs Georgia

Oct. 14th at LSU

Oct. 21st vs Ole Miss

Oct. 28th vs Mississippi State

Nov. 4th at Vanderbilt

Nov. 11th at Arkansas

Nov. 18th vs New Mexico State

Nov. 25th vs Alabama

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