2023: Returning starter at safety … 149 career tackles; 38 for the season … 3 tackles vs. UMass … 2 tackles at Cal … 3 tackles at Texas A&M … 5 tackles, PBU vs. Georgia … 5 tackles at LSU … interception, 5 tackles, TFL vs. Ole Miss … interception against Mississippi State … 3 tackles, forced fumble at Arkansas … 3 tackles vs. New Mexico State … 4 tackles, TFL against Alabama … game captain: Mississippi State, Vanderbilt, Arkansas, New Mexico State ... SEC academic honor roll and AD Honor Roll

2022: Returning starter at safety … 112 career tackles … 3 tackles, PBU in opener against Mercer … had 6 tackles against San Jose’ State … 3 tackles, PBU against Penn State … 6 tackles vs. LSU … 6 tackles at Georgia … had 7 tackles and a sack at Ole Miss to cross the 100-tackle mark … 5 stops and forced an Arkansas fumble … 4 tackles at Alabama … game captain: LSU

2021: Wore #11 first three games of season … 46 tackles for year … safety who played some linebacker last season … 3 solo tackles against Akron … 2 tackles vs. Alabama State … 2 solo tackles as a starter at Penn State … 4 solo stops vs. Georgia State … 6 tackles at LSU … career-best 10 tackles to lead team vs. Georgia … 7 tackles at Arkansas … 9 tackles vs. Ole Miss … 3 solo tackles vs. Mississippi State … 2 tackles vs. Alabama … game captain (Arkansas)

2020: Redshirt freshman at star safety … started the Kentucky game, recording 2 tackles … 3 tackles at Georgia … 4 tackles vs. Arkansas … TFL at South Carolina … 2 tackles vs. LSU … TFL, 3 tackles at Mississippi State … SEC academic honor roll

2019: True freshman safety who played in four games … four tackles, one TFL, one PBU for season ... SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

High School: Talented prep athlete who enrolled at Auburn in January … projects as a cornerback … recorded 93 career tackles for Coach Nick Davis and the Spalding High Jags … Class 4A Georgia all-state … consensus four-star prospect at cornerback … rated as the No. 12 (Rivals), 14 (24/7), 16 (ESPN) overall recruit from the state of Georgia … PrepStar Dream Team … two-time all-state pick in basketball … part of 4x100 recordsetting relay … honor roll student and class honors as a sophomore, junior and senior

Personal: Birthday is December 31 … son of Candis Gaston and Brian Puckett … has four siblings: Jacoby, Jazzie, Olivia and Zoey … May, 2023, graduate of the College of Business ... studying in the College of Liberal Arts