TAMPA, Florida — The future is wide open for Anthony Schwartz.

The Auburn receiver is set to return to the Tigers' track team in February, and depending on how he performs, he may not return to the football program.

"If I make an Olympic team, I feel like I’ll stick with track, but if I’m running a season like I did last year, I think I’ll stick to football," Schwartz said Wednesday after the Tigers' 31-24 loss to Minnesota in the Outback Bowl.

Olympic qualifications run through June 29.

Schwartz caught six passes for 49 yards to lead the Tigers in the postseason loss. He did so recovering from injury with "pretty much a pulled hamstring. I was at 80 percent the whole time, but I tried to fight it out and try do what I could do for my team."

The sophomore receiver was injured on the first play of Auburn's 48-45 victory against Alabama in the Iron Bowl on Nov. 30.

"This year will be a big key for my track season, depending on how I do," Schwartz said. "If I do good enough or just, I don’t know how to explain it, there will probably be (a decision) coming next year."

Schwartz tweeted after the game "control what you can control" with an emoji of a person shrugging and "6/6," which is in reference to his six catches on six targets.

What did his tweet mean?

"I really just can't do anything more than I can do," he said. "I can't control all 22 that play, so."

Auburn was held to a season-low 232 yards, the eighth-worst performance in coach Gus Malzahn's 14 seasons as a college coach.

Schwartz does not expect to participate in spring football practices at Auburn. He skipped spring drills to run track in 2018, too.

Schwartz finished his sophomore season with 41 catches for 440 yards and one touchdown. He also rushed for 118 yards and two touchdowns on 11 carries.

He hopes to improve upon his track times from last season, particularly in the 100-meter dash.

"I should be able to get back down to my 10 lows, try to get 9s this year," he said.

The Auburn receiver broke the school's 60-meter dash record for a freshman twice with times of 6.62 seconds and 6.59 seconds at the Clemson Tiger Paw Invitational in 2018. He ran the fastest time of 6.59 two hours after setting the new record.

Schwartz injured his hamstring during a track meet and sat out most of the indoor season.

Schwartz was the nation's Gatorade track and field athlete of the year in 2018 after setting records and winning the Class 2A state title in Florida in the 100-meter (10.07 seconds) and 200-meter dashes (20.41). He also won the silver medal at the IAAF Under-20 World Championships in Finland with a time of 10.22 seconds in the 100-meter. He was part of the gold medal team that won the 4x100 relay for Team USA in 38.88 seconds.

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