Brandon Council, Auburn Football News: Draft Scout Player News

08/09/21 - OG Brandon Council, rSr/2023, Auburn

The start of Auburn's highly-anticipated fall camp finally arrived Friday morning with the first of two practice sessions. The Tigers are splitting up the work between the veterans and the newcomers to open the 25-practice camp in preparation for their season opener on Sept. 4. The media was allowed to watch roughly 20 minutes of Friday's opening session. Here were the biggest takeaways from what we saw: The Tigers' sported an interesting front five on the offensive line Friday. Auburn's first-team offensive line consisted of left tackle Austin Troxell, left guard Tashawn Manning, center Nick Brahms, right guard Brandon Council and right tackle Brodarius Hamm. There was plenty of movement among those players as practice continued, as Hamm and Manning also ran with the second teamers alongside right guard Kameron Stutts, center Avery Jernigan and left tackle Kilian Zierer.

Council's status entering fall camp was one of the major questions surrounding the Tigers. A transfer from Akron, Council worked his way into a starting role in 2020 before suffering a season-ending knee injury against Ole Miss on Oct. 24. Council's offseason later included shoulder surgery. Auburn head coach Bryan Harsin spoke about Council's availability on Thursday. "He's not limited out there at practice. I think we understand that he hasn't had the amount of practice time that other guys have, so he's going to go. He's going to be able to go out there and cut loose," Harsin said. "We're going to have to do a good job of allowing him to build into a few things that he hasn't done in a while. Other than that, it's really kind of based on how he feels and how he looks, how he responds after each practice." - Opelika-Auburn News

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