Auburn quarterback Zach Calzada to miss rest of the season with shoulder injury

Auburn quarterback Zach Calzada will miss the remainder of the 2022 season with a shoulder injury head coach Bryan Harsin confirmed during his Monday press conference. Calzada has not played a game this season for the Tigers, transferring in from Texas A&M.

Harsin took two quarterbacks this offseason from the transfer portal, with Oregon’s Robby Ashford joining Calzada. Both competed for the starting role, with TJ Finley initially winning out. Calzada finished third, in part to his shoulder injury.

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Calzada was the starter for most of the 2021 season in College Station. Haynes King went down with an injury in Week 2 and Calzada took over from that point forward. The now Auburn quarterback is best known for getting a program-defining upset over Alabama last October.

AuburnLive’s Justin Hokanson was first to report on Calzada’s shoulder surgery and added the quarterback will seek a medical redshirt. If granted, he will have three years of eligibility remaining at Auburn and possibly a new coaching staff.

The Tigers will now be down to three scholarship quarterbacks, with Ashford currently being the starter. Finley is working back from injury as well, while Holden Grenier has gotten limited snaps during the season. It’s a tough schedule ahead for Auburn, beginning with Georgia on the road this Saturday.

Paul Finebaum expects Bryan Harsin out at Auburn sooner than later

The Auburn Tigers‘ 21-17 loss to LSU on Saturday did little to quiet speculation about the safety of Bryan Harsin’s position. Discussing the hot seat in Auburn on McElroy and Cubelic in the Morning, SEC analyst Paul Finebaum says he believes the former Boise State coach will be on his way sooner, rather than later.

“If the end was near last week, the end is nearer this week,” Finebaum said. “… I really have to anticipate it’s either at the end of this week or the next. The frustration in the Auburn family is boiling over. We all have been texted, the ineptitude in the second half against Power 5 programs is abysmal.

“I think it’s become pretty obvious that Bryan Harsin can no longer lead this program much longer. I don’t say that meanly, I say it as a reality… Do you pull it after the Georgia game? After the Ole Miss game? At some point, Auburn has to keep acting like this is going to be corrected.”