Practice #5 Updates

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Coach Majors at practice today

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After stretching, offense and defense squared off in a one-on-one red-zone passing drill. Some, but not all of the results, included: Von Pearson beat Cameron Sutton; Emmanuel Moseley beat Ryan Jenkins; Brian Randolph beat Ethan Wolf — and earned an interception to top it off; Alex Ellis beat Devaun Swafford; A.J. Johnson pinned A.J. Branisel to the ground and kept him from running a route; Wolf went again and beat Curt Maggitt.
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* In an early walk-through the offense showed a two-back look. Tight end Joe Stocstill blocked for running back Marlin Lane in the first group. Tight end Brendan Downs blocked for running back Jalen Hurd in the second.
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The punt return pool consisted of five players today. Vic Wharton, Von Pearson, Cameron Sutton, Jacob Carter and Josh Malone were the only players taking reps there today.
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Jayson Swain@SwainEvent 3m
Jalen Hurd = Stud (beast day in team, and TOUGH AS NAILS)
 
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Fingers said:
Moseley said if he isn't the fastest guy on the team, it might be D. Young, Orta or Josh Smith. Says you aren't a true 4.3 guy unless you know what you're doing.

Young complimented Wharton.
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I think one of the Berrys would have something to say about that :)
 
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Thanks for the 4th day in a row Fingers...

You really are an "Amazing A"...Charley Finley would be proud!
 
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Rucker says Josh smith continues to get most of the 1st-team reps and is taking advantage of the opportunity. According to Wes, he's getting open, making catches and showing good elusiveness in space.
 
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Jdh13579 said:
Love our wideouts! Just wish we had a halfway decent qb to throw them more than a slant or bubble screen.
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lol we didn't have a QB on the roster last year that could throw a slant. The middle of the field was basically off limits.
 
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Mike Wegzyn, a Knoxville native and transfer from UMass, got the third-team reps at quarterback behind Worley and Dobbs. Scholarship sophomore Nathan Peterman got the fourth-team reps. Wegzyn is a 6-foot-5, 222-pound redshirt junior.
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Freshman Evan Berry saw time at safety. Defensive backs coach Willie Martinez told IT that Berry could play anywhere in the secondary.
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Tired of seeing receivers catch passes in a red-zone drill, senior linebacker A.J. Johnson shoved safety LaDarrell McNeil out of the way to take the next turn. Johnson promptly knocked the receiver to the ground, then shoved him off course when the opponent rose to his feet, forcing a throw-away. Next Johnson looked at his fellow defenders as if to say, “That’s the way you stop that stuff.”
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Danny Parker
 
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TAF said:
Thanks for the 4th day in a row Fingers...

You really are an "Amazing A"...Charley Finley would be proud!
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Guy better have more likes than posts before the start of the season. He is doing God's work giving me an easy place to scour for all these reports/quotes.
 
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DC Vol said:
My tally from the vimeo link:

Moseley missed @4:52

Swafford missed one @5:21

McNeil missed @5:28

Orta missed @5:35

I couldn't tell who missed at 5:55 but FFS it's Croom. Good luck. I think maybe Coleman?

Sutton missed @6:02

Payne missed @6:13

Moseley missed @6:17

Swafford missed @6:22

Jones? missed @6:32

McNeil got beasted @6:43



Let me follow this up by saying I'm not looking to call any of these guys out. They're doing a 1v1 drill in practice for this so they can get zero'd in on as a problem. However, some other thoughts:

Moseley is just small at 180 to go 1v1 against a guy like Malone that has 20-25lbs on him or Croom who has 60lbs. He's a smallish guy at 6' 180 and he's also just a Freshman. He'll get better.

Sutton missed one but we know he's a sure tackler in open field. Not really worried.

Kelly looked punishing in his 2 that were shown. I honestly think he takes FS this year.

Randolph looked good and I think notched both of his showings.

The rest of the guys on there probably won't see much of the field in all honesty and we also don't know what the entire drill showed as some guys only appeared once.

Last thought: having to practice on wrapping up Pearson, Malone, Croom, Johnson, Smith, etc can only make our DBs much better. That's a really slippery group to try to 1v1.

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Watched the RTI video and it seemed like less. Brent didn't show all of them. Some good tackles and pops in there. Once one guy grabs him too there should be others swarming the ball
 
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Patrick Brown@patrickbrownTFP 20s
Butch on freshman receiver Vic Wharton: "He's gonna make us better."
 
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