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Auburn quarterback Sean White looks for a receiver against Louisiana-Monroe on Oct. 1, 2016, at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn, Ala. (Julie Bennett/jbennett@al.com)

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Auburn's starting quarterback will be back in this week's game with rival Georgia.

Sean White, who missed the first half of last week's 23-16 win over Vanderbilt due to a shoulder injury but came in to go 10 of 13 for 106 yards with a touchdown in the second half, will open this week's game

"He'll start," Auburn coach Gus Malzahn said during his press conference on Tuesday. "He's not 100 percent or we would have started him last week. He went in there and did a solid job. He'll be better this week than he was last week. We'll see how it goes in practice. ... He'll practice this week."

Malzahn would not elaborate as to White's injury but reiterated he would practice this week.

"He's a tough guy," Malzahn said. "He' a real tough guy and he showed a lot of guts and a lot of courage last week."

White, who leads the SEC in completion percentage (69.1) and passer efficiency (159.84), started the first seven games of the season for No. 8 Auburn (7-2, 5-1 SEC).

He's thrown for 1,617 yards with nine touchdowns and two interceptions with 145 yards rushing and two scores this season.

After John Franklin III started and played the first half of last week's game, White came in and completed his first seven passes.

White, who was not available for interviews but did appear on the school's postgame radio show after last week's game, said he felt "just as good or better than before."

The redshirt-sophomore threw for a season-high 247 yards with a touchdown and had 27 rushing yards on five carries against Ole Miss.

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