Aubserver Mailbag 23: Who are some breakout candidates for the 2021 season?

Plus: Tank Bigsby, Dematrius Davis, Gus Malzahn's best recruiting class, play-call scripts, transfer guards, Mexican restaurants and flip flops

DB Smoke Monday and WR Kobe Hudson (Todd Van Emst/Auburn Athletics)

This is March.

And this year, that doesn’t mean postseason Auburn basketball. But what it does mean is the return of football practices on the Plains — and the first camp under new head coach Bryan Harsin.

This week’s Mailbag is filled with questions about the Tigers’ 2021 football roster and who might become household names inside and outside of Auburn this fall. There are also questions about the present and future of Bruce Pearl’s basketball program, along with my new ruling on the state of Mexican restaurants in Auburn.

You know, the important stuff. Let’s go.

I enjoyed the depth chart projections and thought some of the moves on defense were interesting.

Who are the players that benefit the most from the new defensive structure? Guys that were out of place or blocked in the old system.

John

I don’t know if I would call anyone on Auburn’s defensive roster “out of place” in the last system. There are a few guys who I beli…