Mason Young

Tulsa World OU Sports Reporter

NORMAN — Jackson Arnold was a dejected backup quarterback when Oklahoma visited Auburn last season, but his time in the Loveliest Village on the Plains still made an impression on him.

“‘You like this place?’” Jackson’s mother, Sharon, asked during that weekend last September.

“He said ‘I think this place is pretty cool,” Jackson’s father, Todd, recalled.

Now, Jackson is Auburn’s starting quarterback after transferring from OU in December, and he’s loving everything about his new home.

“He fell in love with the coaching staff,” Todd Arnold told the Tulsa World. “And when he goes to move there, it all of a sudden hits, ‘I don't know anybody.’ But he's transitioned well. … He loves playing there. People around the town are wonderful. He’s been

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