Bryan Harsin provides latest update on Kobe Hudson
Auburn head coach Bryan Harsin provided an injury update on sophomore wide receiver Kobe Hudson following an injury sustained during Saturday’s loss to Mississippi State. He left that game with a career-high eight catches for 107 yards and a touchdown.
“Kobe (Hudson), like I said, it’s not season-ending,” Bryan Harsin told reporters during Wednesday’s SEC teleconference. “So I’ll stick with that as far as the way that I’ve handled our injuries.”
After providing the cryptic injury update on Hudson, the Auburn coach turned his attention toward the burst and explosiveness Hudson and others brought in the first half last week.
“And as far as what Kobe did… there were some things from an explosive standpoint on the offensive side that we did well,” said Harsin. “Obviously, all that is overshadowed by the loss from last game. So we can build off of that, that’s part of what we wanted to create from the week before when we wanted to be more explosive.”
Hudson has 44 receptions for 560 yards and two touchdowns over two seasons at Auburn. After playing in just five games last year, he has featured in every game for Auburn in 2021.
Auburn looks to move forward
Bryan Harsin and the Auburn Tigers fell victim to a second-half disaster on Saturday.
At first, the Tigers looked to be in the driver’s seat for the entire first half against Mississippi State. Auburn led 28-10 at halftime. However, Harsin and Auburn struggled to make adjustments out of halftime, and Mississippi State pulled off the largest comeback win in program history — scoring 40 unanswered points to win 43-34 — while Auburn blew the largest lead resulting in a loss in program history.
As for what’s next — Harsin will travel to South Carolina, first, where Auburn will take on a bottom-dwelling South Carolina team, before the hardest test of the year: a home game against No. 2 Alabama in the Iron Bowl. For now, Harsin said Auburn must simply stay the course.
“It comes back to guys loving football. You’ve got to have a bunch of guys that love the game. And that’s going to be the challenge, because when you win, everything is good. But when you lose, things can be — you start to question yourself and the things that you’re doing,” Harsin said. “It’s the same message since back at fall camp or spring practice. Just what it takes to be successful and to win each and every week.
“The challenge is how do we get better? How do we improve? How do we find ways to finish ballgames? How do I do a better job of making sure that we’re ready to play four quarters of football?”