Here’s my notes from what I saw yesterday during the 20 minute practice viewing.
- Creed Whittemore: Creed was a standout WR this week. He took several nice catches for nice gains today from both Dampier and Wilson. He looked like the “go-to” guy today finding ways to get open and bring in the catch. His speed is what sets him apart. He gave some covey-esque looks today.
- QBs: From what we’ve seen in spring ball so far, it looks like Dampier is taking the 1st team reps while Wilson is taking majority of 2nd most Reps. Ficklin got one series at the end.
- Dampier: Had some solid looks yesterday, through the air and on the ground. He had one nice 30+- yard completion to Zipperer and a couple nice runs. He did have one pretty bad overthrow. He showed good pocket presence and seems impossible to catch when he rolls out.
- Wilson. Had some nice throws today, including a great throw to Hunter Andrews. He did fumble one snap that, while a bit low, looked catchable and went off his fingers.
- Offensive Penalties were an issue. We saw 3 or 4 offensive penalties to include False Start and illegal man downfield. A couple of the penalties killed what were otherwise sizable yardage gains Including one that looked to be a deep touchdown.
- Nate Johnson: Didn’t see a lot of him yesterday, but we did see him lining up at WR and take a direct snap for a 10+ yard gain.
- Byrd Ficklin: The true freshman took reps with for the last drive of practice and looked great. He had a a couple good passes including a very nice pass under pressure on a rollout to #34 Rayshawn Glover for a 15 yard gain, followed by a run the next play for 10-ish yards. He’s looking fast and confident with his decision making. Whittingham did mention he’s added 15 pounds so far, but he could probably use a few more.
- RB Devin Green had 2 very nice runs through middle. Didn’t see a lot from Parker in the viewing period.
- Defense: I did not catch the number, but there was one play where a blitz up the middle was not picked up by the offense and Dampier was sacked before he had a chance to do a thing. Snowden continues to dominate and shut things down over the middle.
Dillon Curtis ended the practice with a live 50 yard field goal completion (with the entire team surrounding him and yelling). It was somewhat right of center but well left of the post. The kick had some extra on it, I would say it would have been good from 55 at least.
- Creed Whittemore: Creed was a standout WR this week. He took several nice catches for nice gains today from both Dampier and Wilson. He looked like the “go-to” guy today finding ways to get open and bring in the catch. His speed is what sets him apart. He gave some covey-esque looks today.
- QBs: From what we’ve seen in spring ball so far, it looks like Dampier is taking the 1st team reps while Wilson is taking majority of 2nd most Reps. Ficklin got one series at the end.
- Dampier: Had some solid looks yesterday, through the air and on the ground. He had one nice 30+- yard completion to Zipperer and a couple nice runs. He did have one pretty bad overthrow. He showed good pocket presence and seems impossible to catch when he rolls out.
- Wilson. Had some nice throws today, including a great throw to Hunter Andrews. He did fumble one snap that, while a bit low, looked catchable and went off his fingers.
- Offensive Penalties were an issue. We saw 3 or 4 offensive penalties to include False Start and illegal man downfield. A couple of the penalties killed what were otherwise sizable yardage gains Including one that looked to be a deep touchdown.
- Nate Johnson: Didn’t see a lot of him yesterday, but we did see him lining up at WR and take a direct snap for a 10+ yard gain.
- Byrd Ficklin: The true freshman took reps with for the last drive of practice and looked great. He had a a couple good passes including a very nice pass under pressure on a rollout to #34 Rayshawn Glover for a 15 yard gain, followed by a run the next play for 10-ish yards. He’s looking fast and confident with his decision making. Whittingham did mention he’s added 15 pounds so far, but he could probably use a few more.
- RB Devin Green had 2 very nice runs through middle. Didn’t see a lot from Parker in the viewing period.
- Defense: I did not catch the number, but there was one play where a blitz up the middle was not picked up by the offense and Dampier was sacked before he had a chance to do a thing. Snowden continues to dominate and shut things down over the middle.
Dillon Curtis ended the practice with a live 50 yard field goal completion (with the entire team surrounding him and yelling). It was somewhat right of center but well left of the post. The kick had some extra on it, I would say it would have been good from 55 at least.
