Below are some notes on yesterday's scrimmage based on numerous conversations with sources:
- Overall, the offense looked sharper than last scrimmage, although the defense won the day. Tyler Van Dyke had better pockets and was driving the ball. He had a long pass down the middle to Xavier Restrepo along with a TD to Elijah Arroyo.
- With the room depeleted by injuries, walk-on RBs Devon Perry and Terrell Walden II had moments to shine. Perry in particular looked explosive with a 50+ yard TD run. Thad Franklin also had some slippery runs between the tackles.
- The throw of the day was a corner route TD from Jake Garcia to Jacolby George.
- The top overall performer on the day may have been freshman CB Chris Graves. He had at least four pass breakups and continues to tackle with physicality. He is young for his grade and the arrow is still pointing up.
- Jaleel Skinner had several nice catches-and-runs along with a TD in red zone work.
- The wide receivers had some drops and continued to have issues making big plays downfield in contested situations. However, Gattis seems to be doing a better job of scheming players open for chunk plays (especially Restrepo).
- Nyjalik Kelly and Leonard Taylor made nice plays in the backfield.
- The linebackers had another good day, with Caleb Johnson looking the best of the group. Chase Smith continues to flash unique twitch and strike ability, especially as a blitzer.
- Anez Cooper continues to flash with several pancake blocks.
- Malik Curtis got some opportunities with the ones and showed big-time speed running down Restrepo and preventing a TD.
- Justice Oluwasun is battling Logan Sagapolu at RG and got significant work with the 1s. He’s also getting work at RT.
- Overall, the offense looked sharper than last scrimmage, although the defense won the day. Tyler Van Dyke had better pockets and was driving the ball. He had a long pass down the middle to Xavier Restrepo along with a TD to Elijah Arroyo.
- With the room depeleted by injuries, walk-on RBs Devon Perry and Terrell Walden II had moments to shine. Perry in particular looked explosive with a 50+ yard TD run. Thad Franklin also had some slippery runs between the tackles.
- The throw of the day was a corner route TD from Jake Garcia to Jacolby George.
- The top overall performer on the day may have been freshman CB Chris Graves. He had at least four pass breakups and continues to tackle with physicality. He is young for his grade and the arrow is still pointing up.
- Jaleel Skinner had several nice catches-and-runs along with a TD in red zone work.
- The wide receivers had some drops and continued to have issues making big plays downfield in contested situations. However, Gattis seems to be doing a better job of scheming players open for chunk plays (especially Restrepo).
- Nyjalik Kelly and Leonard Taylor made nice plays in the backfield.
- The linebackers had another good day, with Caleb Johnson looking the best of the group. Chase Smith continues to flash unique twitch and strike ability, especially as a blitzer.
- Anez Cooper continues to flash with several pancake blocks.
- Malik Curtis got some opportunities with the ones and showed big-time speed running down Restrepo and preventing a TD.
- Justice Oluwasun is battling Logan Sagapolu at RG and got significant work with the 1s. He’s also getting work at RT.
