After head coach Hugh Freeze elected to turn to Ashton Daniels after Jackson Arnold was struggling to get the job done in Auburn football's contest against Arkansas, there is now uncertainty as to which quarterback will get the nod against Kentucky this week.

While both Arnold and Daniels are preparing to get the start, not even they know who will trot out on to the field when the Tigers get the ball for the first time on Saturday.

"Just coming out here and competing every single day," Daniels said. "Just pushing each other to be better, iron always sharpens iron. And at the end of the day, whoever's playing on Saturday is going to be prepared to go out and get a win."

Despite not seeing the field much so far this season, Daniels has grown as a quarterback since arriving at Auburn. 

As a result, he feels more prepared to step into the starting role than he did when he first joined the program during the summer.

"I think for me personally, it was more of a lot of mechanics that I had to fix," Daniels said. "Coming here and being able to run this RPO offense and the things that we run, you know, just fixing my eyes, a lot of things that I didn't necessarily have at Stanford, which I think kind of affected me in a negative way. But Coach Stone and Coach Austin have done an amazing job of pointing those things out, helping me, giving me tips on how to work on those things. And that's really been the main thing for me, is working on my mechanics and figuring all that out."

Daniels believes while the Arkansas performance was a step in the right direction, the Tigers' offense still has plenty of work to do.

"I think it was a good performance," Daniels said.  "But I also think we, as an offense and myself left a lot out on the field. For example, we should have had an easy throw to Malcolm, but my feet got a little antsy, got out of the pocket, just things like that, you know. Knocking the rust off and getting back out there, getting these live reps against these SEC teams. I think it was a good game. But it's also even better to go back and watch your film and see what we left out on the field and what we could have done better on Saturday."

No matter who comes out at quarterback to start the game, the Tigers will hope to see continued offensive progress against Kentucky on Saturday. Kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m. CT, and SEC Network will carry the broadcast.