Jeremy Johnson will start his second straight Iron Bowl.

The Auburn senior will make his second straight start in place of Sean White when the Tigers face top-ranked Alabama at Bryant-Denny Stadium on Saturday (2:30 p.m. CT, CBS), the school announced.

Johnson, who made his first start since last year's Iron Bowl against Alabama A&M last week, was 14 for 19 with a touchdown and had six carries for 42 yards and two scores.

"I thought Jeremy did a solid job running our offense," Auburn coach Gus Malzahn said earlier this week. "He's the most experienced guy we've got. He's got a lot of experience and he knows the offense and he made some good throws. He made some good plays with his feet and most importantly, he protected the football."

The Montgomery native is 18 of 25 for 185 yards with a touchdown and interception and has 12 carries for 24 yards this season.

In last year's Iron Bowl, Johnson was 10 of 23 for 170 yards with a touchdown and had six carries for minus-18 yards in the 29-13 loss.

Johnson posted to Instagram Friday night with an image featuring the text "'Redemption' Part Two."

"A lot of pain frustration emotions tears stress failure," Johnson wrote, "but I remember that god always get me through it!!!! Iron bowl."

As of Wednesday, Auburn was still weighing its options and considering playing Sean White, who started the first eight games, came in at halftime against Vanderbilt and played the entirety of the loss at Georgia, when he aggravated the injury to his right shoulder.

White is 129 of 198 for 1,644 yards with nine touchdowns and three interceptions with 148 rushing yards and two scores this season.

During a pre-game radio interview, Malzahn said White "had a good week of practice (and) has thrown each day" at practice.

The redshirt-sophomore dressed out and threw during the early part of pre-game warmups but did not attempt a throw during 7-on-7 or full offense drills.

At the time of Auburn announced Johnson would start, the points spread favored Alabama by 18.5 points, according to VegasInsider.com, the same as the opening line that fluctuated initially and was between 17 and 18 points most of the week. Within 30 minutes, the spread shifted to Alabama being favored by 20.5 points.

The school's announcement indicated John Franklin III "may also see action in a backup role."

Franklin, who started the Vanderbilt game but came out at halftime after going 2 of 4 for nine yards with 59 yards rushing, is 9 of 15 for 98 yards and a touchdown with 38 carries for 400 yards and two scores.

"If it's Sean, Jeremy on John, we all have faith in them," running back Kerryon Johnson said earlier in the week. "We've just got to let it play out and see what happens."

Only Johnson and Franklin attempted throws during pre-game 7-on-7 and full offense drills.

A lot of pain frustration emotions tears stress failure but I remember that god always get me through it!!!! Iron bowl [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] A photo posted by @super_turtle6 on Nov 25, 2016 at 8:40pm PST

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