Not a lot to take from the scrimmage. As the spring game, I think they kept it very vanilla.
QB’s
I am very impressed with Hunt. If the line can give him time, I think he will have a big year. He was extremely accurate with his long ball and connected multiple times with 20+ yard passes.
For the majority of the first ¾ of the scrimmage it was either Hunt or Long running the teams. I was surprised by Long being out there more than Kimble or Wilson. Long seems extremely small and had issues connecting with his passes. When he does scramble, he can pick up some yards. There was no contact on the QB’s. Hunt wore a Go camera.
RB’s
We have great depth here and Irv looked extremely impressive. Adonis ran hard, made great cuts, and could still move the pile. Tyson is going to be Tyson. GM and McFarlane are right there ready to go. There is no shortage here and all can catch the ball out of the backfield.
OL
1st team looked solid. Miller did a great job snapping in the shotgun. It looks like we have good depth here.
WR
Thinking of it, I didn’t notice Estime. The rest of the cast did a great job. Ashton caught the ball well and is going to be a weapon this year. It was great to see Flemming moving well. West made a few nice grabs. Ben Lewis and Cornelius had some run with the first team. Lewis looks like he is entrenched in some major PT. Avant made some big plays. The one freshman that got a ton of run was Ishmael. He made a great catch on a 30+ yard pass that had some of his teammates wolfing at him on the sidelines. You could see the smile across the field in the stands. Looks like we might redshirt some of the freshmen due to the depth. This is a great thing. All receivers caught the ball well. It is a far fetch from lining up with tiny WR's.
DL
There were multiple sacks on the QB but they were blown dead. One got a rise out of Lester. SS blew the ball dead just as Wilson made a big throw downfield for a completion to a diving Kobena. There was some ribbing going back and forth between Lester and SS. With Crume out Coleman, RT, and Johnson got a lot of run inside. RT caught some flack a couple of times from the coaches. Harvey got a good bit of run.
DB
Lots of press coverage and the boys did a great job staying with WR. Eskridge and Kelly played well at S with Kelly making some big plays. I would watch for him to do big things this year. Scissum really stood out. Williams is going to be a stud! Made a lot of plays out there. Should have been rated a lot higher, kid is a steal. We are going to have great depth here in the future.
LB
I loved Spruill and it seems like Hodge is going to do a great job stepping in as a starter. The rest of the crew is going to be who they are; great. As far as the freshmen, LT made some big plays, Moskal dropped an interception right in his hands (it was thrown pretty hard), Ziare did a good job filling the gaps. The freshmen class is going to be a special one. They move well and already fill the pads. Great depth here in the future.
K
Both kickers made all their kicks. There was nothing super long with the longest being about 40 yards. There was no heavy rush. Kelly did a great job holding. I would not be shocked to see a great play or two come from him this year. Dixon boomed a few in practice. I am less concerned after the scrimmage then I was going into it.
Wolfgang was out shagging balls. Didn’t see any other of the fam’s including our ACE recruiter Missy.
Sat in front of Naes’s clan. It seems that he was a bit homesick but is quickly getting used to the program. Dad said that it is a tough adjustment for many of the freshmen. He said that it is a shocker to the kids when they are recruited vs. being in the program. It is a hard adjustment but a positive one due to many being the big thing in HS and then being at the bottom of the list when they step in. They are happy with the program and his little sister is just a wonderful, sweet beautiful young lady. She had the most adorable little cheer session when her big brother was in.
There were a few recruits kicking around but couldn’t identify them. One might have been the kid from Postdam who transferred and has to repeat 11th grade.
The one thing I really noticed is that the team one looks in shape and two looks the part of a D1 team. This guy's are big and fast. Huge difference from 10 years ago. We are going to have major depth and really start redshirting freshmen which will really help with the health issues we have had.
I noticed three players banged up on the sidelines. Two were Luke and Crume and couldn't figure out the third. One of the bigger players.
It was a great Fanfest and fun to see how many people were out. It was the best fanfest I have been to in over a decade and included free drinks, snacks, and “Jumpy houses”. I didn’t stick around for the autographs. The GF said I had to get home before I got impounded. Great day, great weather, and is going to be a special year!
