-- Auburn's leading returning rusher is dipping back into a former teammate's bag of tricks to train this offseason.

Tre Mason

posted a picture on

and Twitter late Monday afternoon that showed himself holding onto a squirrel, a simple caption beneath it.

"Catch squirrels to test your speed!" Mason wrote.

Mason is ostensibly following in the footsteps

.

McCalebb somewhat famously used to chase squirrels and rabbits growing up back home in Florida, although the speedy back said he always let the squirrel go after catching one in Auburn.

And it appears that Mason has picked up the habit, although Auburn's returning 1,000-yard back has apparently been doing this for some time.

Back in September, Mason tweeted that he'd hauled in his first squirrel.

"Just caught my first squirrel," Mason tweeted. "Did it on the 2nd try! [?] [?] #fast"

McCalebb, who

as an undrafted free agent on Saturday, is still a little skeptical of Mason's squirrel-chasing ability.

"It's funny," McCalebb said, "but I don't know if he caught that squirrel or not."

-- AL.com reporter Brandon Marcello contributed to this story --

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