AUBURN, Alabama -- Freshman quarterback Zeke Pike will not be with the Auburn football team when fall practice starts today and his future with the Tigers is unclear.

Pike was sent home by coach Gene Chizik in the summer after being arrested for public intoxication.

Pike, a true freshman, enrolled in Auburn last January and participated in spring practice. His departure leaves Auburn with three quarterbacks on scholarship: sophomore quarterback Kiehl Frazier, junior quarterback Clint Moseley and incoming freshman Jonathan Wallace, a player Auburn recruited late and was something of a Signing Day surprise.

Frazier and Moseley are competing for the starting job, but Wallace's stock has risen because Pike missed summer workouts and is not in Auburn now. Senior linebacker Daren Bates said Tuesday that Wallace was

who impressed him in summer workouts.

Two weeks ago, Chizik said he was evaluating whether he'd let Pike return: "We have certain standards and expectations of our guys. That's why I sent him home.

"Right now, he's at home and he'll remain there. We'll continue to evaluate that. We're in communication."

Chizik may address Pike's status tonight following practice.

Pike was suspended for the first and last games of his senior year at Dixie Heights High School in Edgewood, Ky., where he completed 145 of his 267 passes for 1,964 yards and rushing 728 yards and 16 more scores. As a junior, he completed 136-of-235 passes for 2,218 yards and 18 touchdowns, and rushed for 1,072 yards and 17 touchdowns.

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