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Spring PractiSe #3 : Media today: Kevin Steele, Al Blades Jr., James Williams and DJ Ivey

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skyman said:
We already recruit pretty good at TE to begin with.. high level.. we just beat bama for one.. lol..

Brevin and Mallory were big pulls recently.. TE is one of few positions recruited at a playoff talent level.. qb and safety are the others right now..
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For sure. Actually thinking about it more weā€™ve had a stud TE for many years now. I think weā€™ve been spoiled at the position.

21: We had Mallory and numbers donā€™t tell his story because if you consider the called back TDs. Heā€™s probably pushing 500-600 yards and 2-3 more TDs last season.

2018-2020 was the Brevin Jordan show.

Herndon/Njoku

Walford

Thinking about it itā€™s been 12 years since weā€™ve had bad TE play.
 
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Hoyacane1620 said:
Some observations/notes from Gaby and Lake:

One of the major takeaways is that the first group has been the same on both sides of the line over the last two practices.

The left-to-right look on offense was Zion Nelson, Ousman Traore, Jakai Clark, Justice Oluwasesun, and DJ Scaife. Jalen Rivers and John Campbell were participants in all drills minus the ones where they went up against the defensive linemen.

Ryan Rodriguez was a guy I noticed Alex Mirabal coaching up. Michael McLaughlin looked like the second-team left tackle. He physically looks like he's trending the right way.

Jahfari Harvey, Jared Harrison-Hunte, Leonard Taylor, and Chantz Williams were the first defensive linemen out. Elijah Roberts did stretch alongside others who were out on Friday but didn't have any noticeable braces or anything like that. On Wednesday, he wore a brace on his right ankle.

The offensive linemen were working on double-team drills, so it didn't necessarily favor the defense, but one guy who I saw breakthrough was USC transfer Jake Lichtenstein.

Something notable I saw once the offensive and defensive line wrapped up was true freshman linebacker Wesley Bissainthe getting a look alongside Corey Flagg with the first-team defense up against the first-team offense led by Tyler Van Dyke.

- Tyler Van Dyke was the most consistent with his ball placement when throwing to the receivers on air. Jake Garcia showed the best ability to throw on the run when moving to his left when working on that drill. Jacurri Brown continues to show some good accuracy, but at times needs to be more consistent. He will have four good throws and then one throw that is poor.

- WR Keyā€™Shawn Smith couldnā€™t come down with a 50-50 ball in the end-zone with Teā€™Cory Couch in coverage.

- I really like how this staff is emphasizing blocking in the run game with the tight end group. They work for close to 20 minutes on a combo blocking drill with the offensive tackles and head coach Mario Cristobal is assisting with the coaching in that drill. On one rep, Cristobal was praising the work that Zion Nelson and Elijah Arroyo were doing on a combo blocking drill.

- From what we could see, it looked like Henry Parrish was working with the first team offense while Thad Franklin was working with the second team.

- The first team defensive line appeared to be: DE Jahfari Harvey, DT Jared Harrison-Hunte, DT Leonard Taylor, and DE Chantz Williams. LBs Waynmon Steed and Keontra Smith were the first team linebackers on the inside run drills.

- The second team defensive tackles appeared to be Jake Lichtenstein and Allan Haye when I glanced at them.

- From what we could see, it appeared the first team offense beat the first team defense on the inside run drills.

- While we were out there during pass defense drills, the first team in the back seven appeared to be: CB DJ Ivey, Nickel Al Blades Jr., DB Avantae Williams, DB James Williams, CB Marcus Clarke, MLB Corey Flagg, and WLB Wesley Bissainthe.

- During half field passing drills in which UM had trips receivers lined up, Xavier Restrepo took a nice swing pass and followed the blocking receivers, outracing Keontra Smith and Avantae Williams to the pylon.

- On the same drill, Jacolby George showed nice elusiveness on a swing pass as well.
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Really need Taylor and JHH to take a step up in their game this year. Our DL depth is scary bad
 
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KrazyCane said:
Brashard was making contested 1 hand catches all over his highschool highlights, star impact player level talent. He needs to be on the field more than on the sidelines this season.
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As Steele put it, if you have a talented player standing next to you on the sidelines then you're doing something wrong.
 
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