The Rundown
Practice officially began at approximately 10:10 a.m. CT and we walked out around noon. We watched individual drills and then made our way into the stands to watch the scrimmage, which featured the first and second team offenses and defenses working on plenty of situational drives and such.
Regarding the order of appearance
With it being a scrimmage format, we saw just the first and second team groups with substitutions rotating in and out as it was a real game.
There remains movement on the right side of the offensive line, as E'Marion Harris started at right tackle and Keyshawn Blackstock started at right guard Saturday. We did, however, see Shaq McRoy work in at first team right tackle and Harris moved to right guard some. Caden Kitler was notably the starting center for most, if not all, of Saturday.
The offensive tackles seemed to have some trouble Saturday, as Taylen Green was often pushed out of the pocket and there were a handful of plays blown dead for sacks with a handful more that probably could've also been blown dead.
Oklahoma transfer Kani Walker continues to get work at first team corner since his return from injury. We also saw David Oke work in as an edge rusher with the 3-3-5 look on the starting defense, and Charlie Collins also got up with the first team defense a few times. Eastern Michigan transfer Quentavius Scandrett also got a look at first team safety.
Kickers have a bad day
Most of the drives ended with a field goal attempt or two, and it was a rough showing from the kickers. Highly-touted freshman Scott Starzyk was just 2-for-6 with his makes from 23 and 36 yards and misses from 46, 52, 47 and 43 yards. Blake Ford, a redshirt junior, hit from 36, 43 and 54 and he missed from 42 yards. Redshirt freshman Charlie Von Der Meden missed from 39 yards out.
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Unofficial Stats
Stats compiled by local media. These are very unofficial.
Passing
- Taylen Green: 15-for-21, 173 yards, 1 INT
- Madden Iamaleava: 7-for-12, 132 yards
- KJ Jackson: 13-for-18, 126 yards, 2 TD
Rushing
- Rodney Hill: 5 carries, 102 yards, 2 TD
- Mike Washington: 12 carries, 58 yards, 1 TD
- Tyrell Reed Jr.: 8 carries, 36 yards
- Madden Iamaleava: 3 carries, 27 yards
- Taylen Green: 13 carries, 25 yards , 1 TD
- KJ Jackson: 2 carries, 10 yards
- Braylen Russell: 4 carries, -1 yards
- Kam Shanks: 1 carry, -3 yards
- AJ Green: 3 carries, -7 yards, 1 TD
Receiving
- Krosse Johnson: 4 catches, 74 yards
- CJ Brown: 7 catches, 64 yards, 2 TD
- Kam Shanks: 5 catches, 59 yards
- O’Mega Blake: 2 catches, 54 yards
- Raylen Sharpe: 4 catches, 48 yards
- Jaden Platt: 2 catches, 39 yards
- Monte Harrison: 3 catches, 34 yards
- Rodney Hill: 3 catches, 32 yards
- Ismael Cisse: 1 catch, 16 yards
- Rohan Jones: 2 catches, 6 yards
- Tyrell Reed Jr.: 1 catch, 5 yards
- Andreas Paaske: 1 catch, 0 yards
Defense
Coming soon.
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BIG plays
- KJ Jackson completed a 28 yard pass to Rodney Hill, who was hit hard by JJ Shelton at the end.
- KJ Jackson hit Krosse Johnson for a 30-yard gain and then found CJ Brown for a touchdown on first and goal the very next play.
- Quincy Rhodes Jr. sacked Taylen Green for a seven-yard loss.
- Taylen Green completed a 38-yard pass to O'Mega Blake.
- Rodney Hill had a 47-yard touchdown run with the second team offense.
- Madden Iamaleava completed a 34-yard pass to Kam Shanks.
- Xavian Sorey Jr. sacked KJ Jackson and Charlie Collins logged a sack on the next play.
- Rodney Hill ran for a 40-yard touchdown, again with the second team offense.
- Taylen Green completed a 31-yard pass to Jaden Platt on a busted coverage.
- Xavian Sorey Jr. logged a sack and then picked off Taylen Green in a two-play sequence with the first team defense during a two-minute drill late in practice.
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Depth Chart
These depth charts are unofficial and just a general list based on the order of appearance. They go with different personnel and different formations often.
FIRST TEAM
Offense
QB: Taylen Green
RB: Mike Washington/Braylen Russell/Rodney Hill
TE: Rohan Jones/Andreas Paaske
WR: O'Mega Blake, Ismael Cisse, Raylen Sharpe
LT: Corey Robinson II
LG: Fernando Carmona Jr.
C: Caden Kitler
RG: Keyshawn Blackstock
RT: E'Marion Harris
Defense
DE: Quincy Rhodes Jr.
DT: Ian Geffrard/David Oke
DT: Danny Saili
LB: Brad Shaw
LB: Xavian Sorey Jr.
LB: Stephen Dix Jr.
NB: Larry Worth III
CB: Jaheim Singletary
CB: Selman Bridges/Kani Walker
S: Caleb Wooden
S: Miguel Mitchell
SECOND TEAM
Offense
QB: KJ Jackson/Madden Iamaleava
RB: Rodney Hill/AJ Green/Tyrell Reed Jr.
TE: Jaden Platt
WR: CJ Brown, Monte Harrison, Kam Shanks
LT: Kavion Broussard
LG: Bubba Craig
C: Brooks Edmonson
RG: Blake Cherry
RT: Shaq McRoy
Defense
DE: Donovan Whitten
DT: Kaleb James
DT: Kevin Oatis
DE: JJ Hollingsworth
LB: Wyatt Simmons
LB: Tavion Wallace
NB: JJ Shelton
CB: Jaden Allen
CB: Keshawn Davila
S: Quentavius Scandrett
S: Ahkhari Johnson
