Arnold entered the portal following the common season and was reported to have acquired curiosity from Mississippi State.
Bulldogs head coach Jeff Lebby recruited Arnold out of highschool as Oklahoma offensive coordinator, however his historical past with the previous Sooners quarterback wasn’t sufficient to sway Arnold to Starkville.
By touchdown Arnold, Freeze has his most gifted quarterback at Auburn.
It additionally provides the Tigers another person with a historical past of beating their in-state rival, Alabama.
Freeze beat Alabama twice as Ole Miss head coach.
Arnold began Oklahoma’s 24-3 Week 13 win, in the end stopping the Tide from reaching the expanded 12-team School Soccer Playoff.
This season, Arnold was 154-of-246 (62.6 p.c) for 1,421 yards, 12 touchdowns and three interceptions. He added 444 yards and three touchdowns on 150 carries.
“He is a dual-threat man who understands the [run-pass option] system extraordinarily effectively and throws the deep ball extraordinarily effectively,” Freeze added.
Per Pro Football Focus data, of Arnold’s seven completions of 20 yards or extra this season, six have been credited as “big-time throws,” which the site defines as throws “when a quarterback is beneath stress and turns a detrimental play right into a optimistic one,” “when a quarterback throws into a decent window” and “when a quarterback makes a wonderfully positioned lengthy go.”
PFF data exhibits that Arnold gained 363 yards on designed runs, together with a season-high 110 yards in opposition to Alabama.
Arnold will get a possibility to play his former workforce.
On Wednesday, the SEC introduced the dates for the 2025 convention schedule, and Auburn travels to Oklahoma on Sept. 20.
The Tigers haven’t had a profitable file since 2020. This system has had 4 consecutive dropping seasons, essentially the most since 1946-50.
Freeze wanted a spark on the Plains. Arnold might present it.
