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Auburn walk-on LB shares reaction to scholarship surprise during Saturday practice
By Crissy Froyd
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The Auburn Tigers had a special moment in practice in Jordan-Hare Stadium on Saturday morning when head coach Bryan Harsin awarded a scholarship to walk-on linebacker Jake Levant.
Harsin gathered the team midfield to make the announcement, which obviously got a big reaction out of the players. Levant himself admits he wasn’t fully sure what was going on at first.
It took me a second to realize what was happening,” he said in a report from Bennett Durando of The Montgomery Advertiser. “All of a sudden people are jumping on me.” It didn’t take long for him and everyone else to notice what was on the video board, though.
How bout this: Cool moment in the middle of Auburn’s practice in Jordan-Hare Stadium this morning as Bryan Harsin gathers the full team at midfield after a drill and awards a scholarship to linebacker walk-on Jake Levant. Team goes crazy.
— Bennett Durando (@BennettDurando) August 20, 2022
Cool moment just occurred at Auburn practice, LB Jake Levant just found out that he’s got a full ride scholarship!
This is the stuff you love to see. ❤️@WRBLSports pic.twitter.com/j2GvvLnDjo
— Jack Patterson (@JPattersonTV) August 20, 2022
Auburn LB Jake Levant on being awarded a scholarship today: “It took me a second to realize what was happening. … All of a sudden people are jumping on me.”
— Bennett Durando (@BennettDurando) August 20, 2022
Levant was used as a reserve linebacker last season, making eight appearances in 2021. He’s mostly been used on special teams and tallied a single tackle last year, though it will be interesting to watch how his workload could change in 2022. Levant was also named to the SEC academic honor roll and the AD Honor Roll.
Crissy covers SEC football news for Saturday Down South.
