Auburn coach Hugh Freeze said on his weekly radio show Monday that the three top quarterbacks on the roster -- Arnold, Stanford transfer Ashton Daniels and five-star true freshman Deuce Knight -- could see time in the season opener Aug. 30 at Baylor.

Newton will join Pat Sullivan (No. 7), Bo Jackson (No. 34) and Terry Beasley (No. 88) as former Tigers football players whose numbers are formally retired. The jerseys of Sullivan and Beasley were retired following Sullivan’s 1971 Heisman Trophy season, and Jackson’s number was retired as part of Auburn’s football centennial celebration in 1992.