WHAT THEY'RE SAYING

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The Sports Xchange

October 03, 2018 at 8:58 am.

PLAYERS TO WATCH

–LB Erroll Thompson made a career-high 14 tackles against Florida, twice as many stops as any other player in the game other than Johnathan Abram (eight). Thompson is the first Bulldog to make double-digit tackles in a game this season.

–NG Jeffery Simmons leads the team and is second in the SEC with 7.5 tackles for loss. Simmons has 23 career stops behind the line of scrimmage during 30 games, which ties him for 10th in school history.

–DE Montez Sweat is second on the team and third in the SEC with seven tackles for loss. Sweat has also made 15 sacks in 18 career games at MSU, which ranks 10th in school history.

–QB Nick Fitzgerald has accounted for 81 career touchdowns — 43 passing and 38 rushing — which ranks second in school history behind Dak Prescott. Fitzgerald owns a dozen school records and needs 144 yards to pass Tim Tebow for the most career rushing yards by a quarterback in SEC history.

SERIES HISTORY: Auburn leads 63-26-2 overall and 13-6-1 in Starkville.

QUOTE TO NOTE: “We’re not just building a team. We’re building a program here to make sure we have long-term, sustained success in addition to what we’re going to accomplish this year.” — MSU coach Joe Moorhead.