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Notes from fanfest

RubenMeza

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-Notes:

-The kick returning groups were:
Juwan Washington/Kendrick Mathis
Mathis/Rashaad Penny
Chase Jasmine/Juwan Washington
Quest Truxton/Juwan Washington

The punt returners were:

Truxton
Washington
Babiash

Truxton had the best return of the day and showed off that shiftiness we all mentioned we he first was added to the team. Washington also showed off some of his speed when he found his seams.


-Some depth chart notes: Dixon was with the ones and Rosales was with the twos. Still think Rosales will be the guy. Dakota Turner had a lot of reps as the first-team fullback. I’m curious to see if he develops into a better pass blocker than Nick Bawden.

-As mentioned the QBs crushed it during 7v7s. Chapman was perfect on his first and second drives (although one was incomplete due to an uncalled PI on Holder). The rest of the QBs were very efficient too, and although there were a lot of dump offs to the receiers, they actually connected on a number of deeper passes, particularly thrown by Agnew and Chapman. Chapman’s were very pretty and on the money too.

Chapman had one bad throw the entire practice and that was when he put too much air under a throw to Mikah, which was picked off by Malik Smith for a long return. Other than that, he was very sound. Agnew did nearly as well in 7v7s but he really struggled during the live periods and the scrimmage series’ he was in.

-Eric Judge was better than Chase Favreau today, who stumbled on some of his routes and had two or three really bad drops. There’s something about Qualcomm when it comes to Chase. He looks different on the practice fields compared to the college stadiums he plays in.

-Jerry Chaney is becoming the most consistent receiver out of the youngsters. His time will come. He actually made one of the toughest catches of the day on a 25+ yard grab from Agnew. The rest of the younger receivers dropped some really catchable balls.

-One of the worst was within the 10-yard line where Tim Wilson failed to go down for a catch which was sort of thrown behind him. It would have been an endzone if he fell toward the ball and grabbed it but he stayed on his feet and reached back behind him for some reason. Coach Cooper actually got on him about it.

-Randy Ricks without a doubt made the biggest impact on defense and looked like an all-mwc talent. We’ve always known he had that in him but hopefully this is the year he gets to put up big numbers. Him and the defensive ends are just way too quick to contain on the outside. Opponents better have QBs mobile enough to handle that all game.

-Both Kyavah Tezino and Kaelin Himphill showed off their potential with big hits. Himphill actually had two back to back stops, chasing down in outside pitch run, then blitzing on the following play to bring down the running back during the handoff exchange. He has very fast foot speed at this stage and that helped him prevent a big run because the power o play was going the direction where Himphill was originally at, but he stopped the play before it could get started. Very special.

Wormhoudt ran a curl/hitch route over the middle and then when he turned upfield after the catch Tezino was right in his chance and basically speared him into the ground. Pound for pound, Tezino is the biggest hitter. What makes those plays by him especially satisfying is that he always has great form. He’s going to lay down some violent hits without drawing flags in his career.

-Dwayne Parchment, Trenton Thompson and Dwayne Johnson (at Aztec) have been awesome to watch all camp and again today. They all have great agility to the ball and can really lay the hammer.

-There were two bad snaps today, one by Ismael under center and one by Achayo, which he sent over Agnew’s head in shotgun.

-Forrest Hanlon continues to stand out as a pass rusher. Just very explosive with good hands. Glad he’s wearing No. 99 like Jon Sanchez.

-During 1v1s, the defense pretty much dominated like they did during the scrimmage. Mostly with bullrushes.

-Ricks bull rushed through Salcedo, Melifonwu pancaked Jordan Becar, Kelley bullrushed and then cut back inside toward the end of the rep which broke Kwayde Miller’s ankles.

-When the edge rushers did try to speed around the tackles, the only guys to consistently stick with them was Brunskill and Miller.

-Joe Salcedo had one of his worst showings. He looked either tired or was favoring one of his legs. Just didn’t move well and shown any strength in his pass pro.

-Noble Hall continues to look very, very strong. I must have missed it in the spring but his strength at the point of attack has really caught my attention this fall.

-An atlanta Falcons scout was at practice.

Please share any other insights if you guys attended. Hoping to have video up before 11 am tomorrow.
 
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