Scrimmage Recap: Offense

Get ready for information overload. There is a lot to say after seeing the first scrimmage. Just some general notes: Belcher, Mack, Faulkner, Martin did not play. Darius Willis got hurt after a few runs. Looks like it is a left hip injury but hopefully isn’t too serious. Lots of recruits on hand today to watch the first scrimmage. Let’s get right to it.

QB’s: Chappell was pretty much flawless the whole day. Completed almost every pass to a variety of receivers. Even hit Tandon on a deep pass after he rolled out to the right and threw on the run. He didn’t turn the ball over and just had a great day overall.

Ed Wright-Baker- did a good job escaping the pocket and running the ball. Had a tough time throwing the ball the first time out but eventually settled in and made some good throws. Most of the incomplete passes were when he threw off his back foot. He should fit in nicely at the “Wildcat” position.

Dusty Kiel- he had the longest run of the whole day. He dropped back and quickly took off up the middle and probably would’ve gone 60 yards to the house until they blew the play dead. Did a pretty good job today. Didn’t force a whole lot even though he didn’t have many players open the first couple of drives. Once he settled in, he found Tandon a couple of times and showed off his good arm strength.

RB’s:

Darius Willis had a couple carries for a few yards but hurt his left hip it looked like. He went to the locker room and iced up and watched the rest of the day from the sideline.

Nick Turner- had a couple of good runs up the middle. Did a good job catching the ball out of the backfield. Clearly the fastest back of them all but the o-line didn’t provide a ton of holes.

Antonio Banks- also had a good day. Similar to Turner, Banks did a good job running tough up the middle and getting yards between the tackles. Also had a few catches out of the backfield and had the longest run of all the running backs, a 10 yd TD.

Shane Covington- did a good job making the initial defender miss. He was pretty elusive and did a good job cutting back where he saw the holes. Caught the ball out of the backfield as well.

Trea Burgess- did a good job in short yardage situations. Showed some power on a few runs up the middle to get some tough yards.

WR’s:

They clearly dominated the scrimmage today. Tandon Doss had a ton of catches for some pretty big gains. He did a lot in space and usually made the first defender miss. Nobody could really stop him and he clearly was the best wide out today. One of his biggest gains happened after getting a huge block from Duwyce Wilson opening up the whole right side of the field.

We all know what Tandon can do but watch out for redshirt freshman Duwyce Wilson. He was the #2 receiver today and had a great day. He had a 40 yd TD catch on a great post route and had a couple other catches where he did a good job keeping his feet in bounds. Duwyce shined today and is continuing a very good spring. The wide receiver position has so much depth. Even with the 2nd strings, Tyler Adetona had some big plays. Once he gets into space he has the ability to make multiple defenders miss and take off with his good speed. Jamonne Chester had a few catches as well, one being on a critical 3rd down.

TE’s:

Max Dedmond had a couple of nice catches and both Ted Bolser and Charles Love III got a catch. These three are all good receiving tight ends and I hope we continue to get them more involved in the passing game.

OL:

The O-line did a pretty decent job in pass protection. They didn’t open up a ton of holes and had around 6 penalties. Pagan and Faulkner didn’t play so some younger guys had to fill in with the 1st string. They have some room for improvement and need to cut down on the penalties.

To sum up the offense’s performance: Chappell, Doss, and Wilson were the 3 best players in my opinion. Our receiving core is going to be extremely difficult to stop and we have so much depth. They performed extremely well and didn’t even have Belcher and Turner playing. The back up running back spot will have a lot of competition and Turner, Banks, Covington all showed some good things today.