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Saturday, December 26, 2009

Right tackle Andrew McCain takes full advantage of his one year to shine

I will be traveling to Tampa this afternoon by car, so there probably won't be any updates today. But to tide you over, I wrote a feature on right tackle Andrew McCain. Here's how it starts:

AUBURN, Ala. — The first four years of Andrew McCain’s Auburn career were a twisted path of position changes, backup roles and frustration.

He openly wondered whether the wait ever would be worth it.

“There was a point last year at the end of the season where it was no secret that I was calling it quits,” he said.

But McCain decided to stick it out, encouraged by head coach Gene Chizik, offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn and offensive line coach Jeff Grimes that this would be his opportunity to finally play an important role on the football team he loves so much.

His patience paid off. The senior was inserted at right tackle in the spring. He was the only new starter on the line but quickly became a fixture, starting all 12 games for a group that helped Auburn go from 104th to 21st nationally in total offense.

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