Auburn football 2025 snapshot profile: Alex McPherson
Auburn football 2025 snapshot profile: Alex McPherson Alex McPherson is ready to return to action this season after experiencing a setback in 2024.
The 2025 season is expected to be an exciting one for the Auburn Tigers. As we anticipate the start of the season, lets introduce you to a key member of the 2025 roster.
Alex McPherson has been a solid special teams player since arriving on campus in 2022. However, he suffered a setback that severely limited his talents last season. McPherson battled through a gastrointestinal illness, which forced him to miss all but one game in 2024. Despite the roadblock, McPherson continued to regain strength during spring practice and is now cleared to return to action as Auburn's starting placekicker for the 2025 season.
"Just being around the guys has been a blast, and just getting back for spring practice. All that hard work and time we spent trying to figure everything out... now it is finally paying off," McPherson said during the spring practice period. "Getting to see the fruit from everything that we have been going through... it is awesome to finally get back out there."
McPherson's return should boost Auburn's field goal game this season. The 2024 Tigers connected on just 12-of-22 field goal attempts last season, which is a far cry from McPherson's 90% success rate. Before the season starts, here is a look at McPherson's player profile.
Alex McPherson's personal profile
Hometown: Fort Payne, Alabama
Fort Payne, Alabama High school: Fort Payne High School
Fort Payne High School Height: 5-9
5-9 Weight: 160
160 Class: Junior
Alex McPherson as a recruit
Recruiting class: 2022
2022 Position rank: No. 2
No. 2 State rank: No. 93
No. 93 Rating: Three-star
Three-star Other schools of interest: Florida, Texas A&M
Alex McPherson's career numbers
YEAR FGM FGA LONG XPM XPA 2022 6 7 51 9 9 2023 13 13 53 40 40 2024 1 2 27 3 3 TOTALS 20 22 53 52 52
Alex McPherson's PFF report card
2022: 59.8
59.8 2023: 88.4
88.4 2024: 80.8
80.8 Strengths: 90.9 FG %, 100% on field goal tries between 30-39 yards, 66.7% (3-of-4) on field goals of 50+ yards
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