Auburn QB Jarrett Stidham’s role in the offense has become a topic of conversation following LSU’s comeback win.

Auburn jumped out to a quick 20-0 start over LSU before blowing the lead while getting shutout in the second half. The LSU defense made enough adjustments to shutdown Auburn and RB Kerryon Johnson after falling behind.

Auburn never got rolling again after its fast start, and Stidham revealed on Sunday that he does not have the authority to check out of a play at the line of scrimmage.

Despite Stidham’s revelation, head coach Gus Malzahn went on to say that Stidham actually has more freedom than any QB he has had in college.

Tom Green with AL.com shared Malzahn’s comments:

“Jarrett probably has more flexibility than any quarterback that we’ve had since I’ve been in college,” Malzahn said. “From the standpoint to change protections, the RPOs, the decision-making, he probably has more freedom than any quarterback we’ve had.”

It is worth noting that Malzahn was the offensive coordinator when Cam Newton was at Auburn and the head coach when Nick Marshall helped lead the Tigers to an SEC Championship and trip to the BCS National Championship Game.

It remains to be see if Stidham will get even more freedom moving forward, but it does appear the coaching staff has a lot of trust in the young quarterback.

Auburn will look to move on from the loss to LSU when the Tigers travel to take on Arkansas this weekend. Kickoff is set for 7:30 pm EST on the SEC Network.