Hugh Freeze on QB Payton Thorne's ongoing shoulder injury: 'Not as far along as I'd hoped'
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AUBURN -- Hugh Freeze said senior quarterback Payton Thorne was "not as far along as I'd hoped" during practice on Tuesday. Freeze made the comments during Wednesday's SEC teleconference.