AUBURN, Ala. — With full-scale Northwestern preparation still a few days away and Auburn having plenty of practice time to fill before the Outback Bowl, seldom-used quarterbacks Barrett Trotter and Clint Moseley got their chance to work in team drills Sunday.

Trotter wasn’t full speed until recently after tearing a knee ligament last spring. Moseley worked mostly on the scout team during his redshirt season.

They will get reps this month, though, which is the unofficial start of Auburn’s 2010 quarterback competition.

“We told the guys, not just the quarterbacks but all the young guys, that you’re trying to earn a position right now starting for next year,” offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn said. “We’re looking at some of this as an extra spring practice. We’re challenging our guys. We’ll find out more the more we go.”