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Robby Ashford

  • position QB
  • height 6-2
  • weight 229
  • class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Hoover, Ala.
  • High school Hoover
  • Previous School Auburn
  • position QB
  • height 6-2
  • weight 229
  • class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Hoover, Ala.
  • High school Hoover
  • Previous School Auburn

Robby Ashford Bio

2022 Auburn Offensive Player of the Year

Fifth-year player who has appeared in 22 career contests with 10 starts… logged two seasons at Oregon before spending the last two years at Auburn… looks to compete for playing time and have a role that features his excellent running ability… has completed 137-of-277 passes for 1,758 yards with nine touchdowns and nine interceptions… also has rushed 199 times for 927 yards with a dozen touchdowns… owns career highs of 121 yards rushing against Alabama and 337 yards passing against LSU… has two years of eligibility remaining.

2023 (Redshirt Junior)

Appeared in 10 games for the Auburn Tigers making one start… completed 14-of-27 passes for 145 yards and two touchdowns with two interceptions… also rushed 46 times for 217 yards and five touchdowns… caught one pass for two yards… lone start came against Ole Miss… completed 3-of-4 passes against Samford (58 yards and a TD), LSU (52 yards and a TD) and Ole Miss (22 yards)… rushed a season-high nine times for a season-high 51 yards in the opener versus UMass with a career-best three rushing touchdowns.

2022 (Redshirt Sophomore)

Transfer quarterback who became the Auburn starter in week 4 and held that position for the remainder of the season making nine starts… selected as the Tigers’ Offensive Player of the Year… completed 123-of-250 passes for 1,613 yards and seven touchdowns… added 709 yards rushing with seven scores… was 4-for-7 passing for 100 yards and rushed for 68 yards on six carries with a 49-yard long gain against Mercer… was the Tigers’ top rusher vs. San José State gaining 61 yards on seven carries… first start came against Missouri, where he was 12-for-18 for 127 yards and rushed for 46 yards and a TD… went 19-for-38 for 337 passing yards with 2 scores vs. LSU… had a 62-yard touchdown pass at Georgia… rushed for two TDs at Ole Miss… went 24-for-33 for 285 yards and a touchdown and 19 carries for 87 yards vs. Arkansas… logged 108 rushing yards at Mississippi State with 2 TDs, the first 100-yd rush game by an Auburn QB since 2014… totaled a career-high 121 yards rushing versus Alabama and became the first Auburn player to rush for two Iron Bowl TDs since 1983.

2021 (Redshirt Freshman)

Reserve quarterback on the Oregon football team… did not see any game action… played 20 games as an outfielder for the Ducks’ baseball team in the spring of 2021, making 10 starts.

2020 (Freshman)

Did not see any game action as a true freshman at Oregon… redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL

Graduated from Hoover (Ala.) High School in 2020… threw for 1,088 yards and 10 TD in six games as a senior for Coach Josh Niblett… earned AL.com all-Birmingham honors… National High School Quarterback of the Year Award watch list…  selected for the Under Armour All-American Game in both football and baseball… picked for the 2020 Polynesian Bowl… was the Elite 11 top QB in Alabama… also the top-ranked baseball prospect in Alabama by Perfect Game and No. 2 according to Prep Baseball Report…. as a senior, earned Hoover Sun All-South Metro honors after batting .353 with 18 RBI, 15 runs scored and six stolen bases.

PERSONAL

Robert L. Ashford was born Oct. 1, 2002… is a services management major.