Spring Practice Who to watch for?

[techdad]

Look for Brady Swilling in a possible move to B Back. He is a strong runner and showed it at the spring game by running over defenders as a QB. Bennett Barton was impressive at WR in the spring and fall practices and had some highlight days going against the first and second units.

 

[GTech63]

unless Swilling has added weight he looks more like A back material and is listed behind Martenson in depth charts. Spring practice will provide opportunity for some hidden gems hopefully

 

[pinglett]

Justin Bryan BB Is there any possibilty he can contribute this year?

I second this...@flea77 what is Justin up to these days? Think he'll break into the BB rotation?

 

[Eric]

Flea has said he was at LB last year.

 

[Techster]

Offseason has shifted from recruiting to making walk-ons message board legends, I see...

 

[Truittfields39]

I'll go with Whitehead, Tre Jackson, and Leggett.
Got to meet Tre on one of his visits. The kid just looks mean, like he is ready to fight at any time. Great mentality for the LB postion.

 

[dressedcheeseside]

Offseason has shifted from recruiting to making walk-ons message board legends, I see...

beats uni threads. Your smiley is the wrong shade of gold btw.

 

[IronJacket7]

Ones to watch IMO:

Offense: C.J. Leggett - take it to the house factor (Dwyer).

Defense: JHD - 290 frame with 4.6 speed on the DL. (Wow, just wow)

 

[GTech63]

Offseason has shifted from recruiting to making walk-ons message board legends, I see...

Exactly we have had some pretty good walk ons , Bedford, Godhigh plus big improvement like Snoddy. The new class except for the 4 EE have a lot to learn come Summer and Fall. The Fr and RSFR have been here and should be getting familiar with the system. Are the not talked about guys going to be buried forever or are there some diamonds in the rough who are getting polished and will contribute beyond scout teams.

 

[Techster]

Exactly we have had some pretty good walk ons , Bedford, Godhigh plus big improvement like Snoddy. The new class except for the 4 EE have a lot to learn come Summer and Fall. The Fr and RSFR have been here and should be getting familiar with the system. Are the not talked about guys going to be buried forever or are there some diamonds in the rough who are getting polished and will contribute beyond scout teams.

CPJ always has a walk-on contribute every year he's been here. Who's next?

 

[96Jacket]

CPJ always has a walk-on contribute every year he's been here. Who's next?

All indications are Isaiah Willis will be a fairly big contributor next year, unless some of the true freshman A-Backs jump him on the depth chart.

 

[GTech63]

Spring game will be fun to see who steps up and how well our EE are coming along.

 

[JacketFromUGA]

What about that kid from last year Johnson. He switched to defense I think so isn't he in shot to play over AJ gray?

 

[DvilleJacket]

Tre Jackson looks the part to be a hard hitting LB! Ready to see Trey Klock in action along with CJ Leggett! I hope Whitehead finally gets on the field and gets ten or so sacks!!!!

 

[AE 87]

All indications are Isaiah Willis will be a fairly big contributor next year, unless some of the true freshman A-Backs jump him on the depth chart.

CPJ mentioned Snoddy, Andrews, Lynch, and Searcy on NSD as our top ABacks, fwiw.

 

[Fatmike91]

Watch Smooth:

We lost 7 guys who routinely handled the ball in the B-back mesh and the A-backs. How does the mesh look? How well do the A-backs keep pitch relationship? How often does the ball touch the ground? Are the A-backs making their blocks on the edge?

I'd be happy if I visually lose track of the ball sometimes...that happened to me a lot last year ("oh, he kept it", "oh, Zach has it and he's already 15 yards downfield", "oh (holy cow) he pitched it").

If the ball is out there for everyone to see like a big meatball, then we aren't at the same level as last year.

Has Justin found a receiver that he is comfortable with (like Smelter)?

Give me the answers to these questions and I will tell you how we'll do next year. I have confidence that we'll be better on D, better on the D line and excellent on the O line.

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[Fatmike91]

I hope this is not too early to start

LOL. I didn't realize we were supposed to stop...

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[danny daniel]

I took following list of FR & RSFR from Roster. Many I have never heard mentioned. 29 FR; 13 RSFR. 42 Total These numbers seem high.

Trey Klock .OL 6-4 273; Casey Wilson LS 6-2 202; Tyler Merriweather DE 6-3 231; Antonio Simmons DL 6-3 228

Step Durham DB 5-11 188; Cheyenne Hunt OL 6-0 245; Matthew Jordan QB 6-2 200; Kevo Yeremian OL 6-4 290

Chase Martenson QB 6-2 201; Jake Whitley OL 6-4 288; Terrell Lewis DL 6-2 227;Lance Austin DB 5-10 187

Zach Matthews DB 6-2 180; Lawrence Austin DB 5-9 184; Trey Smith OL 6-4 255; Andrew Marshall OL 6-4 270

Melvin Davis DB 6-0 194; Qua Searcy WR 5-11 167; Clinton Lynch AB 6-0 181; Tre' Jackson LB 5-10 225

Roderick Tyler DB 5-8 207; Jalen Johnson S 6-3 200; Jake Stickler OL 6-5 261; C.J. Leggett BB 5-10 207

Josh Selembo DB 6-3 179; Shaun Kagawa DB 5-11 202; KeShun Freeman DE 6-1 236; Gary Brown OL 6-3 288

Michael Preddy OL 6-3 274 29 Freshman???

Bennett Barton WR 6-1 202 RS FR; Brady Swilling QB 6-2 213 RS FR; Niko Anderson OL 6-3 277 RS FR

Ricky Jeune WR 6-3 214 RS FR; Eason Fromayan OL 6-4 290 RS FR; Antonio Messick WR 6-3 195 RS FR

Jalen Saunders WR 6-1 188 RS FR; John Marvin DB 6-1 193 RS FR; Corey Griffin DB 6-2 194 RS FR

Ryan Braswell BB 5-11 211 RS FR; Chris Griffin OL 6-6 284 RS FR[ Shamire Devine OL 6-7 365 RS FR

Mitchell Williams OL 6-2 236 RS FR 13 S Freshmen

That's a 2014 list but it looks right. It includes a lot of walk-ons.

 

[danny daniel]

CPJ always has a walk-on contribute every year he's been here. Who's next?

Willis, maybe Barton

 

[Northeast Stinger]

If the ball is out there for everyone to see like a big meatball, then we aren't at the same level as last year.

Great observation.