Robertson shows promise in his first scrimmage

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Demetris Robertson shows promise in his first Auburn scrimmage

ByMark Murphy

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AUBURN, Alabama–In a scrimmage in which the defense held the upper hand one of the bright spots on Saturday night was the play of the newest member of the Auburn football team, wide receiver Demetris Robertson.

Making one of the big plays of Auburn’s initial preseason scrimmage, the 6-0, 185 transfer from the University of Georgia was on the receiving end of a 41-yard pass play and caught a pass for another 20-yard plus gainer. He also won some praise from Auburn’s new head coach, Bryan Harsin.

“He was good tonight,” Harsin said. “I think he had several catches in there. There was one in the middle. He can roll and he had one he had a chance to catch and run with.

“He has picked things up well offensively,” the coach pointed out. “He has been studying. He spent time each evening going back over his notes and preparing himself.

“I thought it might have taken him a little more time to pick things up, but he has excelled in the last few days especially,” the coach said. “He has shown up on a few of our practice tapes and has pulled some things out. On some highlights from practice he has been on there a couple of times. He did some good things tonight as well.

Originally a five-star recruit out of Savannah, Ga., who earned Freshman All-American honors for the Cal Bears, Robertson transferred back closer to home to the University of Georgia after spending two seasons in the Pac-12. He just joined the Auburn team after finishing up his academic work enabling to transfer to AU.

While playing for the Bulldogs he caught 42 passes for 443 yards and three touchdowns. He ran the ball 10 times for 161 yards and one score for UGA.

“We have to keep working him in,” Harsin pointed out. “He is probably not as multiple as he can be right now as he is progressing. Now that we have got a chance to watch him scrimmaging and doing some live work we can use him obviously at other positions because he seems to pick things up pretty well.”

As a group, Harsin said he believes the “wide receivers made a lot of progress” during preseason camp. “It showed up in the scrimmage,” he said. “They caught the ball well. They were able to catch and get some yards after catch. I thought they had some good plays in critical moments on third down—they went up and got it. They have been doing that in practice.”

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The Tigers will wrap up their preseason camp on Sunday and will have Monday off for the first day of fall classes before returning to practice on Tuesday.

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Best news of the whole scrimmage IMO