HawgBeat - Monday Practice Observations - Western Carolina Week
HawgBeat's takeaways from Arkansas football's practice on Monday afternoon.
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Arkansas had its first open practice of Week 1 on Monday afternoon and the media was let in to view four periods of action for around 25 minutes total. The team practiced outside on the two outdoor practice fields as it was sunny and mid-80s in Fayetteville.
Here are a few takeaways and tidbits from what I was able to see:
Monday practice takeaways (8/28):
~ Arkansas practiced in shells and shorts on Monday afternoon. The weather actually felt really nice and the team began practice outside and remained outside for the duration of the viewing period after holding all of last week's practices inside the Walker Pavilion.
~ Some notable things include linebacker Antonio Grier returning to the practice field and Brady Latham continuing to be a non-participant. As of now, I'd expect both to be able to play Saturday.
~ Arkansas began with a swing pass drill in period 1, transitioned to fastball starts in period 2 and then finished with two individual drill periods.
~ There was once again a long list of players not participating during the media viewing portion of Monday's practice. If we know the reason they are out, it's in parenthesis. If we don't know why they are out, the reason for them not participating is undisclosed at this time. Here are the names I saw, but it's not limited to this list
OL Brady Latham
OL E'Marion Harris
OL Luke Brown
OL Terry Wells (pec)
DE Jashaud Stewart (heel)
WR Sam Mbake (knee)
~ On the day that the team released the Week 1 depth chart, it was a great opportunity to see how much the depth chart was represented during the 11-on-11 fastball period.
~ Ty'Kieast Crawford ran with the first team offense at right guard and Josh Braun moved over to left guard with Brady Latham out. Amaury Wiggins was the fill-in with Latham out last week.
~ Andrew Chamblee continued to run with the first team offense at left tackle over Devon Manuel.
~ Jaheim Thomas played as the first team linebacker over Pooh Paul and Hudson Clark moved from second team safety to second team "HOG," or nickel. TJ Metcalf stepped up at second team safety and Jaylen Lewis, who is usually second team HOG, did not participate in fastball.
Fastball Depth Chart
*Not an official depth chart*
OFFENSE (First Team/Second Team)
QB: KJ Jefferson / Jacolby Criswell
RB: Rashod Dubinion / Isaiah Augustave
TE: Luke Hasz / Ty Washington
WR: Andrew Armstrong / Davion Dozier
WR: Isaac TeSlaa / Dazmin James
SWR: Isaiah Sategna / Bryce Stephens
LT: Andrew Chamblee / Devon Manuel
LG: Josh Braun / Paris Patterson
C: Beaux Limmer / Josh Street
RG: Ty’Kieast Crawford / Brooks Edmonson
RT: Patrick Kutas / Aaron Smith
DEFENSE (First Team/Second Team/Third Team)
DE: Trajan Jeffcoat / Zach Williams
DT: Eric Gregory / Keivie Rose
DT: Taurean Carter / Cam Ball
DE: Landon Jackson / John Morgan
LB: Jaheim Thomas / Chris Paul Jr.
LB: Jordan Crook / Brad Spence
CB: Jaheim Singletary / LaDarrius Bishop
CB: Dwight McGlothern / Jaylon Braxton
S: Jayden Johnson / Malik Chavis
S: Alfahiym Walcott / TJ Metcalf
Nickel: Lorando Johnson / Hudson Clark
Fastball play-by-play
FIRST TEAM
~ KJ Jefferson gives forward “pop” pass to Andrew Armstrong, who runs at right end for a few yards
~ Rashod Dubinion runs at right tackle for a short gain
~ Jefferson's pass incomplete, low intended for Isaac TeSlaa on a comeback with Jaheim Singletary in tight coverage
~ Jefferson flips it left edge and Luke Hasz makes a nice catch that starts with 1-hand tip
SECOND TEAM
~ Jacolby Criswell takes snap, runs almost immediately up middle, looked like designed QB draw
~ Isaiah Augustave takes run-pass option at right guard and somebody whiffs blocking, play is blown up, potential fumble at the end and Hudson Clark recovered.
~ Augustave runs at right guard
~ Criswell's pass complete to Augustave at left edge
