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'A chance to do something big' - Braden Smith wins Ken Rice Award

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AUBURN, Ala. - Sixty years after Ken Rice arrived at Auburn as the Big Man on Campus, he shook hands with the Tigers reigning BMOC, Braden Smith.

Before Auburn’s A-Day game, Smith received the Ken Rice Award as the Tigers best blocking lineman.

“It’s obviously a high honor,” Smith said. “Lots of good linemen on our team. To get that award is a very big honor.”

The two Auburn football stars have much in common, beginning with the ability to move defensive linemen to places they’d prefer not to go.