New Mexico State QB May Not Be Available vs Auburn

Auburn may be facing New Mexico State without their star quarterback.

According to Colin Deaver of KTSM 9 News, Jerry Kill said that New Mexico State QB Diego Pavia practiced some today. He wasn’t full-speed, and it seems like he’ll be day-to-day for Auburn this Saturday. Kill said Pavia is tough and will do everything he can to be on the field.

Pavis played through injury against Western Kentucky last weekend, completing 14 of his 24 pass attempts for 141 yards and two touchdowns. He also ran for 44 yards.

New Mexico State has already clinched a spot in the C-USA title game. There's a chance that they rest Pavia against Auburn in order to not potentially injure him further.

Tigers' head coach Hugh Freeze had a lot of praise for Pavia on Monday.

"Very talented quarterback, extremely, extremely tough," Freeze said. "He's mobile, he's a handful for sure... they've got a really good plan, and he can make a lot of things happen with his feet."

In 11 games for New Mexico State this season Pavia has completed 59.7% of his passes for 2,257 yards, 19 touchdowns against six interceptions. He also has 703 rushing yards and five rushing scores.

Auburn returns home to take on New Mexico State this Saturday, November 18th. Kickoff is at 3:00 pm CT on the SEC Network.