2023: Backup QB who made 9 starts in 2022 … 924 career rushing yards; 12 rushing TD … rushed for three touchdowns in the season opener with UMass (10,1,4, yds) … gained 51 yards rushing against the Minutemen … 32-yard pass TD to Micah Riley and 1-yard rush TD against Samford … 9-yard TD run against Georgia … 3-4 passing at LSU for 52 yards with a long gain of 39 to Brandon Frazier and a 3-yard TD to Frazier along with the 2-point conversion pass

2022: Transfer quarterback who became the Auburn starter … 123-250 passing, 1,613 yards, 7 TD for season; 709 yards rushing, 7 TD … ranks third in all Auburn freshman passing categories and sixth among Auburn all-time freshman rushers … started the season No. 2 on the depth chart … 4-7 passing for 100 yards and rushed for 68 yards on 6 carries with a 49-yard long gain against Mercer … top rusher vs. San Jose’ State gaining 61 yards on 7 carries; 1-3 passing with an interception … 10-19 passing with a 22-yard TD pass to Jarquez Hunter and an interception; also 29 yards rushing against Penn State … first start came against Missouri, where he was 12-18 passing for 127 yard and rushed for 46 yards and a TD … 19-38 for 337 passing yards vs. LSU, with 2 TD; also an int and a fumble … 13-38 passing at Georgia for 165 yards, with 62-yard TD pass to Jarquez Hunter … rushed for 35 yards and 2 scores at Ole Miss; also 8-17 passing for 140 yards, 2 int … 24-33 passing for 285 yards and 19 carries for 87 yards vs. Arkansas, with a 9-yard TD pass to Camden Brown … 108 rushing yards at Mississippi State with 2 TD, the first 100-yd rush game by an Auburn QB since Nick Marshall in 2014 … 8-19 passing for 102 yards and rushed for 37 more against Western Kentucky … 121 yards rushing vs. Alabama and the first Auburn player to rush for 2 Iron Bowl TDs since Carnell Williams in 1983 … game captain: Mississippi State … coaches’ offensive player of week: Missouri … team offensive player of the year

Before Auburn: Spent the 2020 and 2021 season at Oregon, but did not see game action in football; played 20 games as an outfielder in spring, 2021, for the Ducks, making 10 starts … threw for 1,088 yards and 10 TD in six games as a senior for Coach Josh Niblett at Hoover High … AL.com all-Birmingham … National High School Quarterback of the Year Award watch list … Under Armour All-American Game in football and baseball … 2020 Polynesian Bowl … Elite 11 top QB in Alabama … top-ranked baseball prospect in Alabama by Perfect Game and No. 2 according to Prep Baseball Report … as a senior, Hoover Sun All-South Metro batting .353 with 18 RBI, 15 runs scored and six stolen bases

Personal: Birthday is October 1 … son of Meloney and Robert Ashford … has one sister, Brandi Square … studying in the College of Liberal Arts