Sammie Coates News

White team defensive back Jermaine Whitehead flattens wide receiver Sammie Coates during the Auburn A-Day game at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn, Ala., Saturday, April 20, 2013.

The SEC is a run-first conference, but that doesn't mean that it's lacking in the wide receiver department.

Auburn's Josh Holsey earned the first-team spot at safety after playing cornerback for most of the spring.

AUBURN, Alabama -- Every once in a while, Sammie Coates offers a glimpse of his potential, flashing down the sideline, two steps behind the cornerback racing to catch him, wide-open for a ball lofted over the top.

AUBURN, Alabama - Watch as AL.com Auburn beat writers Brandon Marcello and Joel A. Erickson discuss Auburn's offense on the final day of spring practice Wednesday, April 24, 2013.

Auburn defensive back Jermaine Whitehead flattens wide receiver Sammie Coates during the Auburn A-Day game at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn, Ala., Saturday, April 20, 2013.

The Gus Malzahn era has officially begun in Auburn with the annual A-Day game marking the first time the public has seen this program under his guidance.

AUBURN The starting quarterback at Auburn this season remains up in the air. Junior college transfer Nick Marshall could wind up taking that first shotgun snap this season.

Auburn head coach Gus Malzahn watches his teams warm up before the Auburn A-Day game at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn, Ala., Saturday, April 20, 2013.