Auburn Football Players Rally In Support Of Former Teammate After Hugh Freeze Tore Him Down

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00:00Auburn football players rally in support of former teammate after Hugh Freeze tore him down.

00:06Damari Alston will not finish his college football career at Auburn. His teammates wish him well.

00:11Hugh Freeze framed this departure negatively, potentially fostering a divide within the locker

00:16room. There are two sides to this story. Alston's side and Auburn's side. Alston's teammates'

00:23reactions suggest issues with his treatment by the coaching staff. It started after a loss to

00:27Georgia on Saturday. The senior running back sought a redshirt due to limited play and health,

00:32aiming to preserve eligibility. He committed to attending every practice, lifting weights and

00:37helping the scout team. Freeze and Derek Nix were furious, urging Alston to reconsider.

00:43Freeze seemed open to a redshirt initially. Less than 12 hours later, Freeze changed his stance,

00:49informing Alston that it wouldn't be allowed. The NIL collective threatened that Alston would

00:54owe money if he quit. Alston maintained he didn't quit. He wanted to stay while redshirting.

01:00Freeze and Nix rejected this, viewing it as quitting. Freeze then twisted his sudden departure negatively

01:06at a Monday press conference. Hugh Freeze claimed Damari Alston failed to meet the standards of the

01:12program. His words implied grave misconduct by Alston. He didn't. He asked to redshirt.

01:18Freeze later clarified his comments, saying,

01:20his statement was in no way meant to be demeaning of DeMar's character as a man and an individual.

01:26Alston hadn't done something awfully wrong. It was too late. Auburn players swiftly defended their

01:32former teammate when his departure was announced, challenging their head coach's public statements.

01:37Real one since day one, control the controllables and go get what you deserve,

01:42wrote Alvin Henderson. Great teammate, even better person. Love you Bruda, posted Debo Atkins.

01:48One of the best people I've meet in Auburn. Great man and great teammate. Love you Bruda,

01:54chimed Blake Woodby. Champ Anthony, a fellow team captain, also shared his thoughts.

02:00Love you family, you one of the least selfish and most loyal people I met in Auburn.

02:04Keep your head up. Ain't never do no wrong in my eyes. You know the real family I got you 5L

02:09no matter what. We voted you cap for a reason, he wrote.

02:12Rayshon Pleasant commented on Anthony's post with an exclamation point. Chris Murray commented the

02:18word literally with a black heart emoji. Deuce Knight said, we voted big bro captain for a reason.

02:25The five-star true freshman quarterback also made a separate post of his own.