Bryson Washington is looking forward to facing Baylor as an Auburn Tiger after transferring.
Washington transferred to Auburn after starting 23 games at Baylor over three seasons. He rushed for 1,861 yards and 18 touchdowns during his time as a Bear.
The running back told reporters earlier this week he is fully embracing the opportunity of playing his former squad.
“I’m most definitely look forward to it, playing my old team,” Washington said. “But I look at it as just another game, so we just gotta go handle that.”
The Baylor transfer has managed to build some positive momentum ahead of his first season as a Tiger by gaining the trust of Auburn’s coaching staff.
“I'd just say like when I first got here, I was like out of shape. I wasn't where I wanted to be at, like my size, weight-wise,” said Washington. “I'll just say like I took a big step getting back lean to my body mass. And then just the coaches just constantly pouring into me, you know, believing in me to just take the step to be better in the offense and just learning the offense.”
Auburn’s head coach Alex Golesh highlighted Washington ahead of game week during his Monday press conference.
“Bryson (Washington), right now is just working on making sure he is ready to rock and roll,” Golesh said. “I have not picked his brain a whole lot, but we will sit down here as we go and see what he knows. He had a great game against Auburn a year ago and had two really, really good seasons there. So we will certainly pick his brain and see what he has got. I know he is excited for the game in a lot of ways.”
Auburn opens the season against Baylor on Sept. 5 in Atlanta.
