ESPN’s "College GameDay" featured the incredible story of Auburn kicker Alex McPherson on Saturday morning.

The feature began by highlighting McPherson’s mental toughness, which he said is paramount for a kicker to possess, and prepared him for what was to come.

Not many could imagine, or even endure, what McPherson went through. At the conclusion of the 2023 season, the week of Auburn’s bowl game against Maryland and his first year as the Tigers’ starting kicker, McPherson began to feel ill.

“That week, I began to feel sick. I would run to the bathroom 15-20 times a day. I thought I just had the flu or a stomach bug or something going on,” McPherson said. “ My weight was down. I had lost 20 pounds.”

McPherson received treatment during the ongoing months. After a colonoscopy, it was de

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