Pappoe a 'game-time decision'

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Auburn LB Owen Pappoe a 'game-time decision' for Georgia matchup

ByNathan King

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Week Six Preview: Georgia @ Auburn (Late Kick Cut)

 

AUBURN, Alabama — Derek Mason's defense is hoping to get one of its most important players back for a huge matchup with No. 2 Georgia.

Starting linebacker Owen Pappoe has been limited but is "doing some things" in practice this week leading up to the rivalry game against Georgia, Bryan Harsin said Wednesday on the SEC coaches teleconference.

"You can call it a game-time decision; we'll know before that," Harsin said.

Pappoe has missed Auburn's last two games after sustaining a lower-body injury in the Tigers' Week 3 loss at Penn State. He had 15 tackles and two tackles for loss through the first 10 quarters of the season. The team captain traveled to LSU over the weekend but did not dress out. Pappoe was also limited in practice last week.

A five-star prospect in the 2019 class, Pappoe's commitment to Auburn was a huge recruiting win over Georgia, Pappoe's home-state team and the presumed runner-up in his recruitment.

"To be at home and have a chance to get back on the field, I know he wants to do that," Harsin said of Pappoe. "So I anticipate he'll have himself in a position to hopefully help us this week, and get out there and go play."

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Without Pappoe, and with Auburn's other starting linebacker, Zakoby McClain, having missed the first half of the Georgia State game after a targeting penalty against Penn State, senior Chandler Wooten has stepped up, with 25 tackles over the past three games.

Additionally, Harsin said Wednesday that there are "no issues" with sophomore defensive tackle Zykeivous Walker, who left the Georgia State game with an arm injury and did not play last week against LSU. Walker came out of the locker room with his arm in a sling.

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